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Sam Robinson
Sam Robinson, who has covered sports for nearly a decade, is based in Kansas City, Missouri. He writes mostly about the NFL.
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Philadelphia's Steve Van Buren took public transportation to get to the 1948 NFL Championship Game against the Chicago Cardinals.
On Christmas Eve 1950, the Cleveland Browns beat the Los Angeles Rams in an epic matchup featuring 12 future Hall of Fame players. But the game wasn't televised nationally, limiting its legacy.
From 1946-55, Hall of Famer Otto Graham and his Cleveland Browns appeared in 10 straight championship games, winning seven.
From Yale's Walter Camp and Oklahoma's Bud Wilkinson to Miami's Jimmy Johnson and Alabama's Nick Saban, these trailblazers left their marks.
In 1960, Chuck Bednarik's 'perfectly legal' hit on the New York Giants' star resounded beyond the playing field.
In 1932, the Chicago Bears beat Portsmouth in a championship contest that featured a 60-yard field, a punt that plunked an organist and circus 'leftovers.'
