Firsts?

[mklingbeil]

Wolf,
Actually, the Read Zone was a printed newsletter that was sent out to about 40 or so people four times a year. Of course, compared to your work it wasn't much, but it was a nice start.

Another first, Dirk Thomas won the first national painting contest sponsored by the Read Zone at the second Miggle Super Bowl (first convention).

Roddy Garcia and Earl Shores for getting EF memorabilia into magazines

First tournament to have any professional cheerleaders at it...the Minnesota Charity Event (not fair, who the heck could concentrate with those gals there)

[Megawattz]

D. Jennings was the first to have pre-cut decals, although in a limited capasity, they were briefly licensed through Miggle, but when they lost there NFL license that went also. feel free to correct me if im wrong.

[sweetka]

Originally Posted by RavennaAl

The first person that I know of that added a spring to the TTQB was a fellow named Jim Jones who did that back around 1970. I met him in '74 and he was the one who showed me how to make them. But, as I recall, he got the idea from an old spring kicker that I believe was very early Tudor. I think they made them in the late 50's or early 60's.

I still have one of the original spring loaded kicker. Nice work, just too restricted to be effective.

[FrankJohnson]

I don't care about having the "National Johnson" title, I just want to tease my old friend Corey! He worked very hard to promote himself, so he alone deserves the "National" title.

But I was a "National Johnson" myself years ago. I may have been the first to be a true Road Warrior in that I played in the Dallas-Fort Worth Electric Football League while living in Chicago. I took about three trips a year (2 hrs/ 700+miles each way) )I think I first did this back in the late 1990s. During those years and many years thereafter I attended most of the regular tournaments nationally and once on a trip to Seattle, Washington I was featured in a local Seattle News story about electric football.

Oh, can I also claim to be the first person to write an Electric Football song?

[mklingbeil]

Frank,
Without a doubt you were the first person to EVER make anyone laugh by writing the first EF songs!

Mark

[WEIRDWOLF]

Originally Posted by FrankJohnson

Oh, can I also claim to be the first person to write an Electric Football song?

Yes, we need copies of those songs for the HOF.

[NATIONAL]

and you get no publishing!!!!


And no royalties.


The music bidness can be cruel.


Nat'l