Sports history
...nk" Younger also signed with the L.A. Rams a year after Washington. First Use of a Penalty Flag in the NFL - September 17, 1948. The penalty flag was first used in the NFL in a game between the Green Bay Packers and the Boston Yanks. First Overtime NFL Game - August 28, 1955. The Los Angeles Rams defeated the New York Giants, 23- 17, three minutes into overtime of a preseason contest. First NFL Championship Game - December 28, 1958 The Baltimore Colts defeated the New York Giants, 23-17. First Super Bowl - January 15, 1967 The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10. -NFL had ten teams in 1946…By 1977 it was 28. -MLB…16 teams after the war…but 25 by 1977. -NBA was shaky after the war, but by 1977 it was financially sound and had 22 teams. -Expansion was everywhere in sports, during this period. -Golf -Ben Hogan won $42,000 in 1946. -Jack Nicklaus won earned over $300,000 on tour -Olympic games began in 1948 in London -Russia entered in 1952 -Intercollegiate sports and interscholastic sports were becoming more competitive. -more scholarships -conference, state, and national championships became contests of interest. -more sports available -“Baby Boom” generation was first to experience...