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“Bloody Monday,” “Ballown,” and “Old Division Football,” all of which derived from Mob Football. The injuries sustained and the brutality of the contests brought bans from Yale and Harvard in the 1860s. But not before the game had migrated into the eastern prep schools, where “townies” were brought in as last-minute ringers. Variations of the game evolved, and
The Ones Who Hit the Hardest: The Steelers, the Cowboys, the '70s, and the Fight for America's Soul
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