Quantifying Electric Football’s popularity through the years is a difficult task. The obvious way would be to measure sales figures, but those figures, at least for years when the game was at its peak, are lost to history. (our book The … Continue reading
By the mid-1950’s electric football games were showing up in Canada. Tudor’s games became “Canadian Approved” in 1955, and Tudor’s rival Gotham Pressed Steel had gotten its games into the 1956 Simpson-Sears Christmas catalog (the Canadian equivalent of the Sears … Continue reading
The note was cryptic…yet quite enticing. “John Showers Franklin Mint Upscale version of football need a couple of games.” It was November of 1994. I was working at a branch of NIH in Baltimore, and was just getting a chance … Continue reading
In September of 1969, the New York Jets were holding their practices on the grounds of the Rikers Island prison, which sits in the East River near La Guardia Airport. The Jets were practicing at the prison because the New … Continue reading
My journey to becoming a lifelong Viking fan began when my older brother and I bought our first electric football game in 1969. It was the Tudor NFL No. 620. Was there a better electric football game to own in … Continue reading
Having football players “run” on a game board was something toy makers and inventors had dreamed about long before Norman Sas took over Tudor in 1948 and invented Electric Football. So one of our goals in researching and writing The … Continue reading
Earl Shores was interviewed by Chuck Zach and Tony Kirk on the “Headin Home Show” about Norman Sas and Electric Football (July 11). They were great hosts, with a lot of appreciation for what Norman did with the game. Audio … Continue reading