Today's Tidbit... Holders And Other Put Downs

Some time back, a reader, Ed Jarvis, asked about a 1940 program cover showing a holder on a kickoff, and wondered why the team used a holder rather than a tee? Ed might have seen one of covers below or a different cover, but his question remains: "What was the deal with holders back then?"

(Idaho and Kansas programs from 1940)

If you want the full story, I covered the question in the July 2022 Tidbit below.

The shorthand answer is that football originally did not allow artificial tees, so kickers h...