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Thanks for posting. I remember seeing Cassady play college football on television when I was a boy.

I saw him play for the Detroit Lions in Kezar Stadium in the 1950s

NIL will be the ruin of college football

Woody always said it was the way he played basketball at Central that convinced him of Cassady’s worth.

As a child, I watched him play several games! Even to a young (5 or 6 yo) boy, he was amazing!

Excellent history

Thanks. My hero was Vic Janowicz, Dick Kazmaier and Hoppolong Cassidy. I am 87 today (January 15, 2025). I have been a huge Buckeye fan since 1949!. Go Buckeyes! And yes, I know Kaz played for Princeton but he was Ohio born.

Just want to say.... I love the posts you all leave about your experiences with some of these players, programs and coaches! Thank you!

If ya scered, don't play.

My dad meet Hop in Michigan and became business partners with him. A concrete pipe plant in columbus. I grew up there and went to osu.

I was 9 in 1955 and I remember Hoppy very well. He was our home town hero. All of the boys who passed football on the Columbus streets emulated him in some way or another with our pretend touchdowns. All of us were #40 and unstoppable. What great memories of a great football talent and legend. I remember the Sunday Dispatch showing Hoppy scoring a touchdown on the previous day. What a thrill to be Hoppy as we pretended to be.

As a boy in the 1950s, I can remember listening to Ohio State football with my dad. He'd sit in his armchair next to our big console radio and I'd lay on the floor between him and the radio. Seems like every third play would be something like this... "the handoff goes to Cassady...he breaks a tackle!...and another...he's at the 50!...the 40!...he's going all the way!... Touchdown Ohio!" And they never bothered with the "State" back then, it was Ohio! Bill Kearns, Columbus

I graduated in 1973 from Central high school his picture hung on the wall I would see it as a left gym class leather helmet and all

Please do one on Red Grange.

I always remember hearing about Hopalong Cassidy but never really studied his history or documentary my dad had his documentary book. He was a big fan of Howard Hopalong Cassidy. But my mom was a big fan of the Western Hopalong Cassidy, Bill boyd. And so am I I still watch the reruns to this day whenever I can catch them. Tubi. But to hear the story of Hopalong Cassidy in a video like this is even more delightful. It's a shame my father's past now and I can't see what you put up there he may have some more to add. But I'll never know now.. so thank you so much for sharing this with us especially before the national title game. And I hope that the present Buckeyes get a chance to see it and understand what it means to the university and the Ohio State Buckeye fans in Ohio and across the country

I'm PRETTY sure his parents likely called him "Howie"...

As a Detroit Lions fan in the late 50’s and early 60’s Hoppy was one of my favorite players

Lane-caster, not Lan-caster.

The GREAT HOP CASSADY

Thanks for this. As a youngster growing up in Columbus (born 1955,) we certainly knew the name and legend of "Hopalong" Cassidy.

Archie GRIFFIN!

i am so glad you dealt with the tv show for i could never figure out if the football hopalong was the tv hopalong

Great show Jon! Have you done Johnny Rodgers yet? I'm subscribed and won't miss a show. Great job once again.

We should’ve outlawed football after the Chicago bears won the Super Bowl. That was the peak and we could’ve just left it there 😅

Your channel is amazing. I can watch it for hours. Do you have a reading list someplace?

Chuck and my grandfather were first cousins

I didnt realize the real reason was so dark. Sports is escapism from real life but this is anything but. Is this why ND has remained independent? This puts a whole new meaning on the upcoming OSU / ND championship game

Amazing. Ive known his name my whole life ad a football fan but had no idea who he was.

Wow your channel is amazing

It was interesting you mentioned Brick Mitchell. My late father Louie Vermeil attended San Mateo High School. I believe, he played for him in 1926 or 27?. He had some very interesting stories about his coaching methods. As always, I really enjoy. Your channel.

Excellent job with this

Great video. Duck fan here. Tough loss this year but beating OSU twice in a year is always gonna be tough. I’ve been a duck fan so long that I can’t believe I actually can say that.

That’s my ol’ timers voice….😂

Jon, just found your channel. Love it. I'm a fellow Husker (in Deadwood, SD now, but from Broken Bow). I've been looking for some information on a series of old American football head injuries that led to our helmets/pads. In one year in the 1920's, there were two gruesome deaths where both players heads had been 'broken open'. As I remember it, that's what led to us having hard helms, and pads. I was stationed in Australia a few years, in my youth, and watched and played rugby (never Aussie Rules though), and there was the endless talk about 'weenie yanks and their pads'. I haven't had any luck in finding information on the two bad head injuries I mentioned above. Any knowledge on it? Thanks, great channel again.

I like the video

Your old timer voice is perfect!

Great history, excellent video. Appreciate you.

Good story. After that game, UPenn gave up and focused on developing hedge funders and other billionaires. Today, after the first $10m in NIL, it's diminishing returns. The former Pac12 teams, UW, USC, UO, and UCLA, greatly improve the Big10 and when you add UM, PSU, OSU, & IU... All are big NIL teams. Good times ahead.

Interesting 🙂 As a Ducks fan 🦆 We really took one on the beak vs Ohio state though 😫

Good write up. Columbus East High School named its stadium on honor of the great Chic Harley. P.S. it’s pronounced “Ol-inn-tann-jee” River

Thanks so much for this video. Great stuff, especially for Buckeye fans. Ohio Stadium is "The House that Harley Built". He and John Wilce elevated OSU to become a "blue blood" program. All the greatness is built from those late teens (20th century) years. Appreciate your efforts on your videos.

Indians or black people 😅

In high school and college, I worked in a nursing home kitchen in Bethlehem. At some point, a resident named Mary Bednarik appeared on the meals list, and I thought nothing of it. Bednarik was a common enough Slovak name in Bethlehem. Most Bednariks were distantly related to each other at the very least. Because this was when I was in college, I worked there seasonally. I later learned that Mary was Chuck’s mother and that he would graciously sign autographs for employees and other visitors every Sunday after he finished visiting his mother.

There is a great photo of the great Babe Ruth in a Gopher uniform and scrimmaging with the Gopher football team. I guess he was a big fan and when an MLB barnstorming tour brought Babe to Minnneapolis where he suited up and practiced with the Gophers before they took on Michigan for the Little Brown Jug. I thought that this was during Bronko's freshman year, but it turns out it was 1926, the year before Bronko started his legendary Gopher career.

Excellent work, as always!

Wait did Yost actually coach this game?

All-American in the most prpfound sense of the Term!

Very interesting presentation ! I've always thought - for those of us old enough to remember - that the origins of the fascination with the Dallas Cowboys began with the JFK Assassination. You'd catch them in the early days on the television playing whomever and find yourself saying, ' Oh, it's Dallas ... them again ... ' 🏉

Thanks