Today's Tidbit... How Conditioning Took Shape in 1923

The NFL preseason is underway, the major colleges have been practicing for a few weeks, and the small college, high school, and youth football training are getting started, so lots of boys are getting in shape.

The Fundamentals of Football Training was part of the Wilson Athletic Library. Released in 1923, it was one of eight football volumes, and another 30 or 40 covered other sports. Major John L. Griffith, the Big Ten Commissioner, and George "Potsy" Clark, the Kansas football coach, wrote the...