Perhaps the Eagles-Falcons Tudor electric football matchup seems obvious – the NFL’s only undefeated team going up against the “home” team. A true test, a hope for an upset, the Eagles turning their season around – or is that upward? … Continue reading
Tudor and Gotham both began selling electric football games in Canada in the mid-1950’s. There was a little bit of profit to be made there, but demand for electric football in Canada wasn’t really that strong. Neither Tudor nor Gotham … Continue reading
One of my favorite things to discover in an old electric football game – besides large teams – is a sheet of Tudor’s original press-on numbers. Most prized, of course, is an unused sheet. A sheet that’s cut but still … Continue reading
Back in early September I picked the Eagles and the Lions as the matchup for Week 6. This was done partially from a “home” perspective, but also because I still have my originals of these teams, even down to the … Continue reading
As we mentioned in our previous installment of “Before Electric Football,” having football players “run” on a game board was something toy makers and inventors had dreamed about long before Norman Sas came to Tudor. During our research for The … Continue reading
Many thanks to Ray Fananra for pointing out a vintage electric football matchup that we missed this week. It was also special for Ray because in 1969 he got a NFL No. 620 with the Colts-Packers, not the Browns-Giants (he … Continue reading
This week’s vintage electric football picks were easy. The Browns are visiting the Giants, and Baltimore is visiting Kansas City. It’s a pretty amazing week, at least for genuine Tudor electric football game match-ups. This will be the 50th time … Continue reading
Norman Sas and Lee Payne created a lot of memorable electric football games during their time together at Tudor. Obviously the NFL models made their impact, an impact that many of us still feel deeply today. But perhaps the … Continue reading
This was an easy pick for an electric football preview. First off, I’m an Eagles fan. And from there…this will be the 161st time these two teams have met, a rivalry that began back in 1933. Sports Illustrated has ranked … Continue reading
Most electric football aficionados know that Norman Sas invented the game, and that Lee Payne took the design of electric football to levels of realism that were only once dreamed of. But there was another person who played the designer … Continue reading
Back when these two teams were first available from Tudor, the real life AFL Raiders would have easily handled the NFL Steelers. The Steelers in 1967 were worse than my Eagles, going 4-9-1 while finishing at the bottom of the … Continue reading
When people ask about the rarest electric football game, I have no trouble answering. It was the first electric football I ever owned, the Pressman Vibro-Power Football game. The game was a Christmas present in 1963 when I was just … Continue reading
Some of you already know that I’m an Eagles fan. The first live NFL game I saw was the Eagles vs. the Baltimore Colts on September 24, 1967. My dad and I sat way up in the upper deck of … Continue reading
When Canadian toy maker Munro Games stepped off the electric football field in 1961, it was Montreal-based Eagle Toys who laced up its cleats to fill the void. Munro and Eagle were fierce rivals, essentially being the Canadian version of … Continue reading
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
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
It really is a wonderful thing that Seattle-based Tudor Games is still making electric football. Thank you Doug Strohm! But this weekend there’s no doubt that the center of the electric football universe is in Cleveland, Ohio. More specifically, at … Continue reading