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U.P. athletes who played for the Green Bay Packers and in the first decade of the NFL.

Aired 09/02/2023

WNMU Presents

Linked to Legends

Special | 1h 11m 18s

U.P. athletes who played for the Green Bay Packers and in the first decade of the NFL.

They toiled in Upper Peninsula mines and mills. But on weekends, they would play against some of the NFL’s finest football teams. A rich deposit of U.P. football history is unearthed by NMU Professor Dwight Brady in this documentary that focuses on U.P. athletes who played for and against the early Green Bay Packers, along with other U.P. players who made their mark in the first decade of the NFL.

Aired 09/02/2023

WNMU Presents

Linked to Legends

Special | 1h 11m 18s

They toiled in Upper Peninsula mines and mills. But on weekends, they would play against some of the NFL’s finest football teams. A rich deposit of U.P. football history is unearthed by NMU Professor Dwight Brady in this documentary that focuses on U.P. athletes who played for and against the early Green Bay Packers, along with other U.P. players who made their mark in the first decade of the NFL.

Aired 09/02/2023

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