Tag: September 1900

  • Football Frenzy Turns Brutal in Birmingham

    Football Frenzy Turns Brutal in Birmingham

    Birmingham, AL, September 16, 1900 – The sun had barely risen over the city when the streets of this southern metropolis began to buzz with the sound of football fever. The Pennsylvania Hat Company, sole agents of the latest fall styles, seemed an odd juxtaposition to the athletic events that were about to captivate the…