Tag: sports history

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December 7, 2022

Book Talk: We Are the Troopers

Included with general museum admission. Over nine seasons from 1971 to 1979, one professional football team won seven championships, earning a place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame as the Winningest Team in Pro Football History. In We Are the Troopers: The Women of the Winningest Team in Pro Football History, Toledo native Stephen […]
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November 13, 2022

Special Film Screening: International Incidents

Included with Museum Admission International Incidents, written and directed by Eric Weltner, chronicles Columbus’s three professional hockey teams that called the city home between 1966 and 1977. All three squads played in the International Hockey League. The documentary film covers their collective history, statistics and anecdotes. Former players, owners, broadcasters and league executives participated in […]
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July 7, 2022

The Sporting Legacy of Neil Johnston

Included with museum admission. Neil Johnston was a three time NBA scoring champion, the first NBA player to master the hook shot and a member of 8 different “Hall of Fame’s”, including the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Yet, even in his hometown of Chillicothe, Ohio he is considered by many an obscure athlete. […]
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May 2, 2022

Raising the Bar: The Columbus Pacesetters

Women have played football in Ohio for decades. In 1965, women’s football teams from Akron and Cleveland began playing games across the Midwest.