Don Fleming of Cleveland Browns Electrocuted in Florida
June 4, 1963 - Don Fleming of the Cleveland Browns was electrocuted today in Orlando, Fla., when a cable brushed against a power line at...
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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 19, 2023
Art Modell Speaks Out on Ernie Davis Death
May 19, 1963 - In October, doctors and Cleveland Brown officials told Ernie Davis (left), who died yesterday at the age of 23, that his...
May 18, 2023
Davis Kept Grave Diagnosis a Secret from Many
May 18, 1963 - An aunt of Ernie Davis said today the family was totally unaware the star athlete had been near death. The 23-year-old...
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,...
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