my parents bought me my first set when i was 8 yrs old,it was a 500 board with the yellow and white men that were all one piece.one of my sisters would write whatever number i want ona piece of paper then tape it to whichever player i wanted to have that number.the next set i received was from my cousin,it had the lions and cowboys that's when i was really hooked.from then on i received on every christmas a football set,a coleco hockey set and a afx or tyco race set(tyco sucked).i started playing all these games with guys in my neigborhood who's parents had bought them either a football,hockey or racing set.we started a football league, we had 8 guys and we played clean up to i was in 9th grade in high school,that ended when i discovered all the fun things you could do with girls
did'nt find my way back to electric football until one day back in the mid to late 80's i was at work and i was reading the chicago sun times and saw this ad about a electric football convention at a hotel in downtown chicago,i could'nt beleive people still played the game.so i showed it to my wife and ask her if she would go with me,so my wife and 6 yr old daughter and a niece and nephew went to the convention,it was held by this company called miggle.when i first walked i could not beleive my eyes all the different displays guys had showing there electric football stuff,it was awesome!!!.this where i first met a one mr.reginald rutledge,he had a modal of the metro dome stadium in minnesota(remember that reg)it blew me away.it was there to that i met a fellow named dirk and boy did he love the cardinals
at that moment i knew i wanted to get back in the hobby,so bought a few items from guys.my wife was also blown away by the items that were being sold,that's when i ran into a fellow from my hometown named terry i had not seen him in years.he introduced me to a couple of fellows named edger downs and frank johnson(and he also tried to sell me some of the ugliest figures that he painted into bears i had ever seen in my life,tudors ugly paint jobs looked like a picaso compared to these,my wife whispered to me if you by those things i am going to slap you in the back of your neck!!!)from there on i was hooked and back in the game,began to make friends with some of the most helpful and wonderful people a person could ever meet.and every year since then, the list of great friends in this hobby continues to grow.so i want to say thanks guys you are all my family!!!!