Clockwise from top left: The 1944 Army-Navy game; A program from the game; Future Heisman Trophy winners Glenn Davis (No. 41) and Doc Blanchard (No. 35) led Army to victory. clockwise from top left: U.S. Naval Academy (2), Time Life Pictures/Getty Images, iStockphoto (frames)
The Army-Navy Game Nobody Missed -- Wall Street Journal
In 1944, No. 1 Army Met No. 2 Navy in a Game for the Ages; Huddled Around Shortwave Sets
On the bitterly cold afternoon of Dec. 2, 1944, West Point's Felix "Doc" Blanchard kicked the football to Annapolis's Bobby Tom Jenkins to begin the biggest contest in the history of the Army-Navy series.
Sitting in the press box in Baltimore's Municipal Stadium, reporter Al Laney wrote, "There never has been a sports event, perhaps never an event of any kind, that received the attention of so many Americans in so many places around the world."
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My Comment: For football fans who are prepping for the big game this weekend .... this post is a must read.
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