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Custom Displays

Probably the thing I enjoy most about electric football is painting figures and creating displays. I especially enjoy painting figures and teams from the defunct professional leagues that have challenged the NFL for the market and fan base of professional football. Continue reading “Custom Displays”

Electric Football Game in the Smithsonian?

Electric Football game used to induce “continual hopping” to brew beer.

One of the many (many, many) awesome things about the “craft beer revolution” is that it has happened (and is still happening) during our lifetime—meaning it’s history we can directly relate to. Looking at artifacts from other parts of beer history can be stuffy: Sure, an ancient brewing recipe engraved in a tablet is amazing, but it’s less likely you can understand the symbols it’s written in, let alone the life of the person who engraved it. But with the Smithsonian’s growing American Brewing History Initiative collection, these modern craft brewing artifacts will instantly resonate: like the electric football game Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione used to develop their famed 90 Minute IPA.

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Brian Wittkop: Solitaire Legend

Today,with great saddness, I learned of the passing of a good friend and legend of Electric Football. Brian Wittkop was one of those people who played the game Solitaire. I always enjoyed reading about his Northern Michigan Electric Football League and he was one of the people that the “Solitaire Coaches Points Challenge” was created for. Continue reading “Brian Wittkop: Solitaire Legend”