Brownsfan21 1 Posted October 12, 2006 Fantasy Football became a term I learned around the mid 1990s. I have a friend who claims to have been playing fantasy football since 1989. Is this accurate. Who layed the groundwork for fantasy football and do we know when it actually began??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youngblood 0 Posted October 12, 2006 I started in 1988 but it was around in the early 80s. If you remember the first Rotissiere baseball leagues which began in the late 70s, football was incarnated soon afterward. My first exposure to it came in 1985 in college, but at that time it was like pulling teeth to recruit guys to play. It's been refined quite a bit since then, but that's my first recollection. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bflodan 0 Posted October 12, 2006 Well...since you asked, here is the answer! Fantasy Football Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cubbie5150 0 Posted October 12, 2006 It's not really fantasy football as we know it now, but when I was in high school (late '80's), 6 of us chose a QB & 2 RBs every week...TD only. I joined my first "real" FF league my second year of law school ('94 season); 10 teams, TD only, but utilizing a full roster (except no TEs)... My main league (12 team redraft) has been in existence since 1996; only 3 of us have been in it the whole time... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D'ohmer Simpson 0 Posted October 12, 2006 I dunno when it started but I had a team in the late 70's. I remember having Grogan, Dorsett, Torkelson, Muncie and the Eagles D. God knows who my TE was and I don't remember having a K back then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cribdog 0 Posted October 12, 2006 The league I am in started in 1986, and there are 3 of us that have been in it every year since then. Those other 2 are the ones that turned me on to FF, and they had played for at least 3 years before then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Agamemnon 2 Posted October 12, 2006 I dunno when it started but I had a team in the late 70's. I remember having Grogan, Dorsett, Torkelson, Muncie and the Eagles D. God knows who my TE was and I don't remember having a K back then. This brings a smile to my face; Eric Torkelson (RB - UConn) was my favorite Packer as a kid. Why in the world was he on your fantasy team? I'm too lazy to look it up but the guy never started and I doubt he ever gained over 300 yards in a season... Four of us played a very basic version of fantasy football in Junior High in the mid-1970's. We'd redraft every Friday at lunch; 5 rounds with 1 QB, 2RB & 2 WR. TD Only. Fantasy football was really invented by four 7th Graders at Baxter Community School in 1974! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
throttlers 0 Posted October 12, 2006 Man you guys are old Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kodybearcourt 0 Posted October 12, 2006 GOD.... GOD invented Fantasy Football. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Triumph 0 Posted October 12, 2006 I dunno when it started but I had a team in the late 70's. I remember having Grogan, Dorsett, Torkelson, Muncie and the Eagles D. God knows who my TE was and I don't remember having a K back then. Talk about dating yourself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sharkie22 0 Posted October 12, 2006 Well...since you asked, here is the answer! Fantasy Football Thanks for this link. It confirms what someone at the WCOFF draft in Vegas told me a few years ago. He mentioned using George Blanda as one of his players. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dynastybaby 0 Posted October 12, 2006 I started playing in 1989. I was in 11th grade. I once had a boss who had been playing with a group of his friends since the late 70's. When I first started in the late 80's, we did everything by hand. We would wait for the Monday morning paper & start adding up points. It actually made playing a bit more fun if you can believe it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PastorOfMuppets 0 Posted October 12, 2006 Al Frickin' Gore!!!! Haw Yeahz!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ras66not99 0 Posted October 12, 2006 My first league was 1986.... I was 11 years old.... I remember it like it was yesterday.... My brother in law was in a high priced lawyers league and he didn't know much about football but wanted to be in it, so he brought me to draft for him because I was a stat freak from the day I was born it seemed.... they laughed at him for bringin a youngster to draft for him, but we finished in 2nd place the first year.... Best 3rd round pick of my life to this date... George Rogers in the 3rd... I think he dropped like 20 Td's that year .... ah the good ol days before books and the net Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreadlocks34 0 Posted October 12, 2006 I started a league for the first time in 1990. Yeah that was when you had to wait for the Monday paper to score the games. I remember knowing about alot of the players from their football cards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanXIII 8 Posted October 12, 2006 It has been around a long time. I had a boss who was playing "rotisserie" baseball and football in the mid 80's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ras66not99 0 Posted October 13, 2006 I remember knowing about alot of the players from their football cards. That was the best.... I used to study cards when I was little My friends used to pick up a card and say how many yards, Td's, Hr's, RBi's, etc... did this guy have and I always knew every guy, every sport.... nothng like when news cards came out whether it was baseball, basketball, football... ah good times, good times.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
idiotec 31 Posted October 13, 2006 I am in a work league that has been around for 28 years (I have been in for 5). It is still all scored off-line and has some different type scoring rules. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brownsfan21 1 Posted October 13, 2006 Talk about dating yourself. You probably also know the 100 free guy contra power up to dont you. up. up.down.down. left.right.left.right. B . B . A . Start Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ras66not99 0 Posted October 13, 2006 You probably also know the 100 free guy contra power up to dont you. up. up.down.down. left.right.left.right. B . B . A . Start Haha... $hit that's nice.. wasn't it B,A,B,A start though ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skeets 0 Posted October 13, 2006 I read about fantasy football in 1979 in an article in Inside Sports Magazine, and then started our league in 1980. Earl Campbell and Dan Fouts were the 1st two players chosen. It's evolved over the years, and in 1990 we went to a dynasty format. Most of the current owners have been in the league for 15+ years. It's a tradition! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hines86rules 0 Posted October 13, 2006 I did...where's my 10% royalty check??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ras66not99 0 Posted October 13, 2006 It's a tradition! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bombers97 0 Posted October 13, 2006 We started our league in 1985, my sophmore year of high school. Same guys today -- this is our 22nd year. I think I had Kurt Warner in that first year. The first in a long string of dud RBs. Best part is the draft -- we've drafted in 10 different cities across the country. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ras66not99 0 Posted October 13, 2006 We started our league in 1985, my sophmore year of high school. Same guys today -- this is our 22nd year. I think I had Kurt Warner in that first year. The first in a long string of dud RBs. Best part is the draft -- we've drafted in 10 different cities across the country. CURT WARNER You're going to confuse some of the youngsters on here with that misspelling Thats cool that you drafted so many diff places.. All my friends have remained inthe same area... one guy lives in FLA though.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BMoney 0 Posted October 13, 2006 CURT WARNER You're going to confuse some of the youngsters on here with that misspelling Thats cool that you drafted so many diff places.. All my friends have remained inthe same area... one guy lives in FLA though.. my ALL TIME favorite player...GD that Kingdome turf I started in FF around the same time as fantasy hockey... had lars tate on my team 1 year....john l williams.. guys in the hockey league loaded up on all of the russians coming to the usa..makarov..dadydov.. i snatched gretzky early and loaded up on the young guys..cujo roenick modano...i just got a woody... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youngblood 0 Posted October 13, 2006 Thanks for this link. It confirms what someone at the WCOFF draft in Vegas told me a few years ago. He mentioned using George Blanda as one of his players. That damned WikiPedia has everything!! Wow, I had no idea! Chuck Friggin' Muncie....I loved those horned-rimmed glasses he wore! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GhostofMeanMachine99 1 Posted October 13, 2006 That was the best.... I used to study cards when I was little My friends used to pick up a card and say how many yards, Td's, Hr's, RBi's, etc... did this guy have and I always knew every guy, every sport.... nothng like when news cards came out whether it was baseball, basketball, football... ah good times, good times.... Baseball and Football cards were the best. Back then, you could really appreciate pro sports because there weren't a plethora of games on the tube (hell, basic cable didn't even carry alot of games except the Cubs and WOR in NY carrying the Mets). Always watched baseball/football games on the weekends, MNF, and TWIB on Saturday mornings. Ironic that ESPN pretty much killed the excitement watching pro sports. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D'ohmer Simpson 0 Posted October 13, 2006 Ironic that ESPN pretty much killed the excitement watching pro sports. Video killed the radio star Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GhostofMeanMachine99 1 Posted October 13, 2006 Video killed the radio star BRING BACK THE NATIONAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rusty Syringes 478 Posted October 13, 2006 I've been playing since 1989 and mistakenly thought that everyone just picked a QB in the first round. I picked Phil Simms, who through like 9 TDs that year. I came in dead last. The next year, I had Boomer Esiason and his top receiver, Eddie Somethingorother, as well as some kick-ass running backs and made it all the way to the final game. In aother league, I had Jim Everett and Henry Ellard, and I also got to the final game with those guys. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mephisto 15 Posted October 13, 2006 Born in 1962. The Alleged Story of the Birth of Fantasy Football Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
