Electric football is the original “fantasy football.” So we’re allowed to pretend that this week’s Raiders-Chiefs game is significant. It certainly is to the fans of the two teams. But outside of Oakland and Kansas City? Yes, for us it … Continue reading
Electric football is alive and well, as this photo has been floating around the internent for some time now. But it is our photo. It was part of the “Tudor History” page we did for the Miggle site. The game … Continue reading
Electric football was pretty popular in the early 1970’s, but was it “valuable” enough to be used as a bribe…to police officers? The answer is a resounding “Yes.” In a front page New York Times article from November of 1972, … Continue reading
Electric football and Christmas are inseparable, so with Christmas closing in it’s time for an update on The Unforgettable Buzz. When Marvel Graphic Designer Michael Kronenberg joined the project, we were faced with a tough choice. Michael could tweak the mostly … Continue reading
Electric football had become quite crowded by 1972. Not only were long-time players Tudor and Gotham still in the game, they had recently been joined by “rookies” Coleco and Munro. Both of these new companies charged onto the field like … Continue reading
Electric football was definitely “all in the family” as Roddy and his brother Roald played the “Garcia Bowl” on Thanksgiving Day. Roddy had his beloved Vikings, Roald his Giants. It was a “stock game” played on a 1969 NFL … Continue reading
This is the 1972 version of the Gotham electric football game we featured in the last post. Gotham has now turned this model into a large game (38″ x 21″), and renumbered it. It’s now the NFLPA G-1506. It’s basically … Continue reading
Electric football games were a Thanksgiving Day advertising staple in the 1960’s. The above ad was run by the Lazarus Department store chain ran in the Mansfield News Journal on November 27, 1969. It was a full page ad that … Continue reading
How popular was electric football in 1954? If you were Christmas shopping and walked into a toy store, you would have seen something like this…. Earl & Roddy
Back in early September I picked the Eagles and the Lions as the matchup for Week 6. This was done partially from a “home” perspective, but also because I still have my originals of these teams, even down to the … Continue reading
Norman Sas and Lee Payne created a lot of memorable electric football games during their time together at Tudor. Obviously the NFL models made their impact, an impact that many of us still feel deeply today. But perhaps the … Continue reading
When Coleco jumped into electric football in 1970, it produced some very striking games. The company had done its homework well. Coleco’s games were solidly built and featured inviting graphics, on the field and off. The large 3-D grandstands were … Continue reading
When Canadian toy maker Munro Games stepped off the electric football field in 1961, it was Montreal-based Eagle Toys who laced up its cleats to fill the void. Munro and Eagle were fierce rivals, essentially being the Canadian version of … Continue reading
Quantifying Electric Football’s popularity through the years is a difficult task. The obvious way would be to measure sales figures, but those figures, at least for years when the game was at its peak, are lost to history. (our book The … Continue reading
I just want to thank Michael for doing such a wonderful job with the cover of the book. We are excited to have someone of his stature and talent be part of The Unforgettable Buzz. From meager beginnings, this project has … Continue reading