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December 14, 1936

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, December 14, 1936

* Green Bay Packers victorious
* Boston Redskins (Washington)
* NFL football championship
* Jesse Owens wins best athlete award


Page 3 of section II has a two column heading: "Green Bay's Passing Attack Nets Victory In "Pro" Title Game" with stats and lineups. (see)
The top of the same page has another two column heading: "Jesse Owens Is Voted Outstanding Athlete Of 1936 Campaign" with list. This was the year that Owens shined at the Berlin Summer Olympics in front of Adolph Hitler.
Complete with 20+ pages, light toning & minor wear at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine, generally nice.

wikipedia notes: The 1936 NFL Championship Game was the 4th championship game played in the history of the National Football League. The game took place on December 13, 1936, at Polo Grounds in New York, New York. The Eastern Division champions Boston Redskins's owner George Preston Marshall moved the game out of Boston's Fenway Park to New York as he had previous announced plans to move his team the following year to Washington, D. C.. This was the first championship game for both the Redskins and the Western Division champions Green Bay Packers.

Category: The 20th Century