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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”

Solitaire Illustrated Volume 1 Issue 3 – The Story of The Unforgettable Buzz

Latest Issue Of Solitaire Illustrated

I recently came across these two posts on “The Unforgettable Buzz” featuring “Solitaire Illustrated”. Don’t know how I missed these for so long , but I did, so let me say to Earl Shores “I apologize for not acknowledging these posts earlier and thank you for the mentions” 

“The Unforgettable Buzz” is the most comprehensive history of everything about electric football and my go to source for the majority of the information that I have gathered about the history of the game. I can not thank Earl and Roddy enough for the information provided by their books and websites becaue it is their work that inspires much of my plans for the National Electric Football Game Museum.  

And just as a reminder, a CD containimg every issue of “Solitaire illustrated” in pdf. form is available for purchase in the NEFGM Store .

In 1964, the Minesota Vikings coice to wear white jerseys for every home game of that season. This was highy unusual for a northern state team but, in a promotion by the NFL, the Vikings joined with several other teams to bring the “Colors of the NFL” to their home game fans. Continue reading “White at Home”