[81alum]

That was kind of a goofy film.  It was pretty pointless.  Don't get me wrong, 81alum, I appreciate your having posted it, and I watched it in its entirety.  I just kept thinking to myself, "What is the director telling Nevers he wants him to do?"  "What is the purpose of this film?"  "What must Nevers be thinking to himself as he goes through these moves?"  "Who is that little boy and why is he in this?"

Two other things occur to me.  During the film it indicated that in one certain year Nevers's Eskimos (he went from Indians at Stanford to Eskimos as a pro - something consistent in that) played 29 games, 28 of which were away games.  Man that's tough!  But it gave their overall record as something like 10-7-3.  What's up with that?  The other thing was - who is this Curtis Nelson guy and why on earth would I want to contact him through his manager?

Anyway, thanks, 81alum.  All in all a very interesting clip.

I had many of those thoughts, too.  I presume that the film was a very early home video.  Was he married?  Did his wife take the movie?  Was that his son holding the ball?  Kodak introduced 16mm "safety film" for the non professional market in 1923.  Only a small number of relatively wealthy people would have been using it to take home movies.  It would have been cutting edge stuff that someone with a brand new professional football contract might have purchased.  There are some biographies of Nevers so we could probably read more and answer some of these questions.

As silly as the movie is, it does show a certain grace of movement.

[81alum]

That was kind of a goofy film.  It was pretty pointless.  Don't get me wrong, 81alum, I appreciate your having posted it, and I watched it in its entirety.  I just kept thinking to myself, "What is the director telling Nevers he wants him to do?"  "What is the purpose of this film?"  "What must Nevers be thinking to himself as he goes through these moves?"  "Who is that little boy and why is he in this?"

Two other things occur to me.  During the film it indicated that in one certain year Nevers's Eskimos (he went from Indians at Stanford to Eskimos as a pro - something consistent in that) played 29 games, 28 of which were away games.  Man that's tough!  But it gave their overall record as something like 10-7-3.  What's up with that?  The other thing was - who is this Curtis Nelson guy and why on earth would I want to contact him through his manager?

Anyway, thanks, 81alum.  All in all a very interesting clip.

I had many of those thoughts, too.  I presume that the film was a very early home video.  Was he married?  Did his wife take the movie?  Was that his son holding the ball?  Kodak introduced 16mm "safety film" for the non professional market in 1923.  Only a small number of relatively wealthy people would have been using it to take home movies.  It would have been cutting edge stuff that someone with a brand new professional football contract might have purchased.  There are some biographies of Nevers so we could probably read more and answer some of these questions.

As silly as the movie is, it does show a certain grace of movement.