Electric Football and the NFL Celebrate Anniversaries

NFL Week 1 Bears vs Packers Electric Football

The Packers and Beas meet tonight to start the NFL’s 100th season.

2019 is a special year for both Tudor Electric Football and the NFL.

Electric Football is celebrating its 70th anniversary, while the NFL is celebrating 100 years of professional football.

Both are significant landmarks. Landmarks that probably Electric Football inventor Norman Sas nor Chicago Bears‘ founder George Halas probably ever imagined.

the Chicago bears and green bay packers play in the snow in December of 1932

Bears and Packers play in the snow in 1932.

1949 Tudor No. 500 newspaper advertisement.

1949 Tudor No. 500 newspaper advertisement.

Bears play the Packers in 1963

Bears and Packers play in Wrigley Field in 1963 ©Neil Liefer

But here we are all these years later and both Tudor Games Electric Football and the NFL are still going strong. The NFL is honoring its long history by kicking off the season with a matchup of two of the leagues most storied teams. They are also two of the NFL’s founding teams – the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears.

Electric Football Tudor 1967 Packers and Bears

Tudor Bears and Packers in 1967.

It hasn’t been an easy journey for either entity. Yet they’ve both persevered though good times and bad ones. And it’s safe to say that they’ll both be around for a long time to come.

That’s because greatness can’t be denied. And we’ll be recapping Electric Football’s greatness all the NFL season in our Unforgettable Buzz Electric Football Timeline. Be sure to look for the first installment tomorrow.

 

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