I recently kicked off the official SportsPaper.info YouTube channel, so make sure to subscribe today. For my first video I decided to start a series wherein I provide one program image for each day of a month in history. The first video in the series provides one cover a day for August 1975. Turns out gathering these images is just a little harder than I expected.
Many of them were easy — programs for the NFL, WFL, and English football are in abundance. The trick was both in filling out the rest of the month and in definitively tying MLB programs to specific games on specific days. Most baseball teams use multiple scorecard designs each year but rarely indicate specific game dates on the cover.
Anyway, enough preamble. Here’s the Daily Program video for August 1975. Enjoy and share! (A list of programs is below the video.)
August 1 – College All-Stars vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
August 2 – Big 33 Football Classic, Penn vs. Ohio
August 3 – Southern California Sun vs. Portland Thunder (WFL)
August 4 – 1975 PGA Championship
August 5 – Cleveland Indians vs. Detroit Tigers (MLB)
August 6 – Detroit Tigers vs. Baltimore Orioles (MLB)
August 7 – New York Mets vs. Montreal Expos (MLB)
August 8 – Atlanta Braves vs. Chicago Cubs (MLB)
August 9 – Minnesota Vikings vs. New York Jets (NFL)
August 10 – Talladega 500
August 11 – Ipswich Town vs. Royal Antwerp FC (soccer friendly)
August 12 – Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs. Calgary Stampeders (CFL)
August 13 – Baltimore Orioles vs. Kansas City Royals (MLB)
August 14 – Chicago White Sox vs. Cleveland Indians (MLB)
August 15 – Huddersfield Town vs. Blackpool (First Division soccer)
August 16 – Chicago Winds vs. Portland Thunder (WFL)
August 17 – 1975 Tony Bettenhausen 200
August 18 – St. Louis Cardinals vs. Cincinnati Reds (MLB)
August 19 – Birmingham City vs. Manchester United (First Division soccer)
August 20 – Stoke City vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers (First Division soccer)
August 21 – Chicago Cubs vs. LA Dodgers (MLB)
August 22 – Greyhound racing at Fairview Park
August 23 – Chicago Bears vs. St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)
August 24 – Champion Spark Plug 400
August 25 – Championship Car Races at Snetterton Circuit
August 26 – Leeds United vs. Liverpool (First Division soccer)
August 27 – Leicester City vs. Stoke City (First Division soccer)
August 28 – Philadelphia Eagles vs. Cincinnati Bengals (NFL)
August 29 – Southern California Sun vs. Philadelphia Bell (WFL)
August 30 – Birmingham Vulcans vs. Shreveport Steamer (WFL)
August 31 – Clubman’s Car Races at Snetterton Circuit