Category: Detroit City of Champions

Continuing the in-studio discussion with Tom Eurich, Jamie and Charles are joined by an additional guest, Will Mault, a Portsmouth resident and friend of legendary Spartan/Lion Glenn Presnell. https://linktr.ee/DetroitCityofChampions www.DJJamieDetroit.com www.WearingFunny.com

In 1985 the Detroit Lions celebrated the 50th anniversary of their first championship with a party called “The Golden Huddle.” Radio man Tom Eurich covered the event in great detail and is in studio to talk with Jamie and Charles about the many things he learned before, during and since. The first of a series…

Continuing the exploration of the Detroit Lions arrival to Detroit, Jamie and Charles seek to identify who this team was. What was there style of play? Who were the leaders? What made them different from their arch rival Chicago Bears? Link to the 1934 Bears vs. Giants NFL Championship (with Bronko Nagurski): Link to the…

On December 15, 1935 the Lions won the NFL Championship, Joe Louis won the Associated Press Athlete of the year award, the Tigers had already won the World Series, and the Red Wing moved into first place for the first time in years. All intersecting on December 15. The fans went wild. The City of…

The stunning on-field success of the Lions inaugural 1934 season may have looked great on paper but for George “Potsy” Clark it was just another season in which he had failed to win the NFL championship. In today’s episode Jamie and Charles will discuss the radical corrective measures that Potsy took and how the border…

Potsy. From High School State Champion, to College National Champion and American Expeditionary Force Champion of World War I. George Potsy Clark was a winner everywhere he went and only one challenge remained: NFL Champion. From 1931 to 1933 Potsy had built a team in Portsmouth, Ohio that fought nose to nose with the mighty…

Continuing the exploration into Potsy Clark and the many foundational elements of the team that would become the Detroit Lions. In today’s episode Jamie and Charles take a deep dive into the 1932 NFL Championship Game as well as the growing rivalries between the Bears, Packers and the Portsmouth Spartans. https://linktr.ee/DetroitCityofChampions www.DJJamieDetroit.com www.WearingFunny.com

Episode 11: “Potsy” – The forgotten genius of George Clark – Part 1 Potsy Clark. A name which should be synonymous with the Lions and revered in the annals of Detroit Sports History, yet, is virtually unknown. In today’s episode Jamie and Charles will turn the page from the Tigers and start the exploration of…

A surprise gift of a 1934 newspaper issued the day after the Tigers pennant sheds light on a moment in Detroit history which should never be forgotten. In today’s episode Jamie and Charles explore this newspaper and cleanup a few stories on the Tigers and George Moriarty which were not discussed in prior episodes. www.DetroitCityofChampions.com…

Continuing the exploration of the forgotten, made in Detroit, first MLB motion picture with sound: “Play Ball!”- Jamie and Charles dive into the story of its director, George Moriarty. A Detroit Tiger legend of the highest order and a character par excellence, George Moriarty was also a Tiger manager, an umpire and a poet. All…