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In this episode of the Football History Headlines, we discuss significant NFL Drafts and the Pro Football Hall of Fame's city selection announcement as well as many more HOF Legendary stories.

In this episode filled with Football Fun Facts we dive into some interesting little tidbits of the NFL Number one Draft Picks.

In this episode of the Football History Headlines, we discuss a bunch of NFL Drafts that commenced on this day in history plus the chin strap rule as well as many more HOF Legendary stories.

Born April 25, 1927, in Hector, Minnesota, was Minnesota’s Gustavus Adolphus tackle Calvin Roberts. With Roberts in the lineup the Golden Gusties won three consecutive league titles and boasted a 23-1 regular season record per the footballfoundation.org. The 1951 team was undefeated as Roberts won the first of his two All-America honors and became a three-time All-MIAC selection. The National Football Foundation selected Calvin Roberts for entrance into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003. Calvin was drafted by the New York Giants, but an illness prevented him from taking on competition at the professional level. Therefore Roberts then entered the Marine Corps where he was named to the All-Marine Corps team while playing for the El Toro Marines. Calvin later became a line coach at Augsburg College for a short period before entering a role as a teacher in physical education.    

Born April 25, 1954, in Brooklyn, New York, was Randy Cross the tough interior lineman of the UCLA Bruins. The National Football Foundation tells the tale of how Cross as a standout on the UCLA line helped the Bruins avenge an earlier 41-20 blowout loss to the Ohio State Buckeyes.At the 1976 Rose Bowl, UCLA slipped past the top-ranked Ohio State squad in one of the largest upsets in Rose Bowl history subsequently denying OSU of their national championship aspirations. Starting as the team’s center midway through his sophomore season, the coaches moved Randy to play guard for his final two years of eligibility where he became a first-team all-conference and a first-team All-America as a senior. Randy Cross received the great honor of being selected for inclusion into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010. After graduation Cross was picked by the San Francisco 49ers in the 1976 NFL Draft. Randy thrived in the Leagues for 13 years and won three Super Bowls with the franchise. Avoiding major injury, the iron man missed only eight games in his professional career propelling him to be named to three All-Pro teams and was voted the San Francisco 49ers' Man of the Year (1985) for his work in the community. Later after taking off the jersey for the last time, Cross became a television analyst.

In this episode of the Football History Headlines, we discuss Big changes to the NFL Rules in 1974 and some important Drafts as well as many more HOF Legendary stories.

We love it when knowledgable people honor great players and aspects of the gridiron. Straight from the archives of the Professional Football Researchers Association here is a post on the legendary NFL [url=https://www.profootballresearchers.org/archives/Website_Files/Coffin_Corner/22-01-83...

In this episode of the Football History Headlines, we discuss NFL QB Drafts, a Franchise is awarded and birthdays of Hall of Famers as well as many more Legendary stories.

April 24, 1974 - The NFL awarded a franchise to Tampa, Florida, that would soon be known as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. So far the Buccaneers have won two Super Bowl championships. The Bucs joined the NFL as members of the AFC West in 1976. The following year, they were moved to the NFC Central.