Purpose-built football stadia dominate their surroundings in many major urban areas around the United States, and on fall weekends they are often surrounded by legions of fans preparing for the upcoming gridiron contests. These two sites will allow distant (and not-so distant) visitors to learn about each of these "battlegrounds" through the use of photographs and brief expository pieces on the...

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Football fans, along with anyone interested in the history of college sports, will want to explore the University of Richmond's digitized collection commemorating more than 100 years of football at the school. As the site explains, football made its debut at the school, then known as Richmond college, in 1878 when two college literary societies organized teams of 20 players. During these early...

One can find a great deal of footage of Vandals in action on this site, but never fear: the Vandals in question are just the mighty members of the University of Idaho's athletic teams. The digitized materials here include over 160 16mm films held by the school's Special Collections & Archives. Visitors can browse the films by date, location or team. One standout is the 1925 film of the town of...

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