Editor’s note: Throughout the offseason, The Athletic is celebrating the 150th anniversary of college football, one decade at a time. For more on the 1940s, read Michael Weinreb on how college ...

Gene Rossides, a Columbia University football star who engineered one of the sport’s greatest upsets in the 1940s and later became a lawyer, campaign adviser and Treasury Department official ...

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, several southern Idaho high schools — some of which no longer exist — played 6-man football, including Dietrich, Richfield, Bliss, Carey, Fairfield ...

He led the country in scoring in both 1939 and 1940, winning both the Heisman Trophy and the Silver Football in 1940. He was the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft by the Chicago Bears, but he declined ...

Here is the full list of drafted players from 1945: This article originally appeared on Rams Wire: What was the Rams best NFL draft class? Analyst says it happened in the 1940s ...

A center on the football field, Turner became the center of controversy following his selection in the 1940 draft. In fact, to this day, it might rank as one of the biggest controversies – if ...

Where did all the top teams rank in the final 1940 to 1949 top 25 AP college football poll? Which programs made the cut and which ones just missed out, but received votes? According to the final ...

WILD FOOTAGE: FOOTBALL BEING PLAYED IN THE 1940s. After intercepting the ball, the defender can be seen lateraling it to a much larger teammate, who ran the ball all the way back to the opposing ...