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Dec 19, 2023

Jim Brown Voted 1963 NFL Player of the Year

Dec. 19, 1963 - Jim Brown of the Cleveland Browns today was voted the 1963 NFL player of the year by United Press International. Brown,...

Dec 18, 2023

Al Davis of Oakland Raiders Named AFL Coach of the Year

Dec. 18, 1963 - Al Davis, a dynamic young man who lifted the Oakland Raiders from the cellar to a pennant-contending role in one year,...

Dec 18, 2023

Bears’ George Halas Named NFL Coach of the Year

Dec. 18, 1963 - George Halas (pictured with defensive tackle Stan Jones), a stubborn man who taught the youngsters a few new football...

Dec 18, 2023

Bears and Packers Heavily Represented on Western Conference Pro Bowl Team

Dec. 18, 1963 - The Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers landed eight men each today on the Western Conference team in the 14th annual...

Dec 17, 2023

Alex Karras, Suspended Detroit Lion, Quits Bar Business In Hopes of NFL Return in ‘64

Dec. 17, 1963 - Alex Karras (pictured in 1960), the suspended tackle of the Detroit Lions, has quit his bar business, hoping this will...

Dec 17, 2023

Navy’s Staubach Wins Another Collegiate Football Award

Dec. 17, 1963 - What’s Roger Staubach going to do for an encore in 1964? Navy’s All-America quarterback and Heisman Award winner, who...

Dec 16, 2023

NFL Championship Game To Be Presented on Theater Television

Dec. 16, 1963 - An NFL game will be presented on theater television for the first time on Dec. 29 when the New York Giants play the...

Dec 16, 2023

Browns Top Redskins as Jim Brown Passes Mile Mark for 1963

Dec. 16, 1963 - Jimmy Brown went past the mile mark for rushing in a season and Frank Ryan pierced the Washington defense with three...

Dec 16, 2023

Raiders Sneak by Broncos in Oakland

Dec. 16, 1963 - What should have been an easy walk-through for the Oakland Raiders turned out to be a dizzy scramble yesterday at Frank...

Dec 16, 2023

Colts Top Rams as Unitas Sets Record

Dec. 16, 1963 - Johnny Unitas set an NFL pass-completion record yesterday highlighted by a 14-yard touchdown toss to Tom Matte with 33...

Dec 15, 2023

Packers Make No Excuses for Loss of Crown

Dec. 15, 1963 - The NFL crown the Green Bay Packers have worn for two years was taken away today when the division races ended and the...

Dec 15, 2023

Giants Top Steelers, Win East Again

Dec. 15, 1963 - The New York Giants today defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers, the team that had come up to challenge them for the Eastern...

Dec 15, 2023

Cowboys Top Cardinals, End Season 4-10

Dec. 15, 1963 - Tom Landry, coach of the Dallas Cowboys, had a warm smile at the end of the cold day at Busch Stadium and of a long...

Dec 14, 2023

Last Game Played at Polo Grounds is Jets Loss

Dec. 14, 1963 - The end came quietly at 4:36 p.m. today for the grand dame, the Polo Grounds. She was 72. The scoreboard lights atop the...

Dec 14, 2023

Packers Edge 49ers in San Francisco

Dec. 14, 1963 - The Packers kept their championship hopes alive today with long passes that edged the 49ers in San Francisco, 21-17....

Dec 14, 2023

Chiefs Dominate Patriots in Kansas City

Dec. 14, 1963 - Len Dawson passed for 3 touchdowns today and ran 43 yards for another to lead the Chiefs, playing probably their best...

Dec 13, 2023

AFL Commissioner Talks “World Series” of Football

Dec. 13, 1963 - Commissioner Joe Foss of the American Football League says the NFL has refused to meet the AFL in a world championship...

Dec 12, 2023

Tittle Named NFL’s Most Valuable Player

Dec. 12, 1963 - Not only is Y.A. Tittle the most valuable player of the New York Giants, but he is the most valuable player in all of the...

Dec 12, 2023

Some Top NFL Players Retiring

Dec. 12, 1963 - Some fine professional football players will bow out this weekend. The San Francisco 49ers will start Joe Perry (pictured...

Dec 11, 2023

Halas Named NFL Coach of the Year

Dec. 11, 1963 - George Halas, the 68-year-old pro football pioneer and Hall of Fame member whose Chicago Bears are close to another...