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May 23, 2023

Rams Signing Young Defensive Stars

May 23, 1963 - Defensive ends David (Deacon) Jones (#75 with Frank Gifford) and Larry Stephens and defensive tackle Merlin Olsen (#74),...

May 22, 2023

AFL Champion Dallas Texans Move to Kansas City

May 22, 1963 - Lamar Hunt (third row left), owner of the American Football League champion Dallas Texans, moved his club to Kansas City...

May 22, 2023

Ernie Davis Buried in Elmira

May 22, 1963 - Elmira, N.Y. paid final tribute today to Ernie Davis (pictured with President Kennedy in 1961), the 23-year-old football...

May 20, 2023

NFL: Frank Grifford Not Considering Retirement

May 20, 1963 - Mention retirement and you get a quick allergic reaction from Frank Gifford. “Haven’t given a thought to anything like...

May 18, 2023

🚨Ernie Davis Dead at 23

May 18, 1963 - Ernie Davis, the only Negro ever to win the Heisman Memorial Trophy, college football’s highest award, died today after a...

May 15, 2023

Eugene (Big Daddy) Lipscomb Is Buried

May 15, 1963 - Five Cadillacs bearing his three ex-wives, his fiancée, and the grandfather who reared him escorted Eugene (Big Daddy)...

May 14, 2023

Weeb Ewbank Looks Toward First Season as Jets’ Coach

May 14, 1963 - Weeb Ewbank, coach and general manager of the New York Jets, said yesterday he is greatly pleased over the move of the...

May 11, 2023

Details on Overdose Death of Gene (Big Daddy) Libscomb

May 11, 1963 - A 25-year-old drinking companion of Gene (Big Daddy) Lipscomb (pictured with a fan in 1961), outstanding defensive tackle...

May 10, 2023

🚨Gene “Big Daddy” Lipscomb Dies after Overdose

May 10, 1963 - Gene “Big Daddy” Lipscomb (pictured #76 in 1962), former star in the NFL, died today at the age of 31, apparently after an...

May 7, 2023

Karras, Suspended Defensive Tackle, To Quit Wrestling

May 7, 1963 - Alex Karras, defensive tackle of the Detroit Lions, said today he has given up wrestling and wants to return to football in...

May 6, 2023

NFL: Bobby Layne Announces Retirement

May 6, 1963 - Bobby Layne (pictured in 1959), the quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers who came out of the University of Texas to set 4...

Apr 27, 2023

Blood-Smeared Dick the Bruiser Pins Alex Karras in Grudge Match

Apr. 27, 1963 - Dick the Bruiser, his face blood-smeared, won his grudge wrestling match with suspended Detroit Lions football star Alex...

Apr 25, 2023

NBC Shells Out $926,000 for TV and Radio Rights to 1963 NFL Championship Game

Apr. 25, 1963 - Television and radio rights to the NFL’s 1963 championship game were purchased today for $926,000 by NBC. CBS, the only...

Apr 23, 2023

Dick the Bruiser in Scuffle with Alex Karras

Apr. 23, 1963 - In Detroit today, wrestler Dick the Bruiser (pictured) pleaded innocent to an assault and battery charge following a...

Apr 18, 2023

Rozelle Leaves Door Open for Hornung and Karras

Apr. 18, 1963 - Paul Hornung and Alex Karras can hope for reinstatement in time for the 1964 season if they avoid betting on football...

Apr 17, 2023

Lombardi “Shocked and Hurt” at Hornung Suspension News

Apr. 17, 1963 - Coach and general manager Vince Lombardi of the Green Bay Packers said today he is “shocked and hurt” at the news of Paul...

Apr 17, 2023

Packers’ Hornung Issues Handwritten Apology

Apr. 17, 1963 - Paul Hornung of the Green Bay Packers, who was on the golf course today when the news of his suspension by the NFL broke,...

Apr 17, 2023

Lions Protest NFL’s Suspension of Karras

Apr. 17, 1963 - The Detroit Lions today protested “very harsh and severe” fines and suspensions imposed by the NFL in an anti-gambling...

Apr 17, 2023

🚨Packers’ Hornung and Lion’s Karras Suspended Indefinitely by NFL

Apr. 17, 1963 - Two outstanding professional football players — Paul Hornung of the Green Bay Packers and Alex Karras of the Detroit...

Apr 15, 2023

Ewbank Appointed Coach and G.M. of Newly Christened New York Jets of AFL

Apr. 15, 1963 - Wilbur (Weeb) Ewbank (center) was appointed today coach and general manager of New York’s American Football League team...