Electric Football’s Debut Date – 1949 or 1947?

One of the first Electric Football mysteries we set out to solve in The Unforgettable Buzz was the year of the game’s debut. Was it 1947 or 1949?   The 1947 date first appeared when Miggle Toys resurrected the game in … Continue reading

LIFE Honors Norman Sas in “Farewell 2012”

Electric football inventor Norman Sas was honored by LIFE in their end-of-the-year publication Farewell Remembering The Friends We Lost in 2012. There, among notable individuals like Neil Armstrong, Andy Griffith, Dick Clark, Mike Wallace, Etta James, Alex Karras, and Ernest … Continue reading

The Mystery Man of Tudor and Electric Football – Joe Modica

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