The Tea Bowls -- Mixed American/Canadian Football Games

CBC tells us about a pair of ingeniously-designed football games that were played in 1944. They took place between American and Canadian troops in Britain. The organizers called the games the Tea Bowl I and II in reference to the English national beverage and the winning team took home a silver teapot trophy.

The first half of each game was played according to American football rules and the second half according to Canadian football rules. The Canadians won the first game and the Americans won the second game. There was going to be a Tea Bowl III, but everyone involved became distracted by Operation Overlord.

-via Raffi Melkonian


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