The Dallas Texans, first pro football team in the Southwest, proved their season opening defeat was no fluke by losing 3714 to the San Francisco 49’ers on Oct. 5, 1952.Seventy-two years ago, the National Football League did not remotely resemble the sports spectacle of today. No Monday Night Football, no Super Bowl and no fat contracts for gridiron gladiators who risked crippling injur...
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