DZ 11-14-25 PREVIEW | Nico is in good spirits and David Fleming on the 1952 Dallas Texans
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ποΈ 14 November 2025
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We speak with author, David Fleming, on the wildest football team you've never heard about. The NFL team that didn't make it in Dallas. Then, at least Nico Harrison is in good spirits. Glad he's happy
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| 0:15.9 | Oh, yeah, just so full of characters, I had zero idea until I read this book, |
| 0:24.2 | that this team becomes the Baltimore Colts. And the Baltimore Colts of that era is a legendary. They had Art Donovan, that Gino |
| 0:32.4 | Marchetti, Johnny Unitas. Johnny Unitas wasn't here, but those other two guys were here, |
| 0:39.1 | playing for the Texans. |
| 0:41.5 | And Art Donovan became kind of like a Bob Euker, |
| 0:44.7 | like a very famous national figure in the 80s, |
| 0:47.6 | or maybe he was the 70s. |
| 0:49.9 | I don't know. |
| 0:50.3 | The point is, though, he was actually like a great player, too. |
| 0:53.5 | Bob Euker was a crappy player, but then fun. |
| 0:58.0 | Yeah, just all the colorful characters on this team. |
| 1:03.3 | I mean, I think that's, sorry. |
| 1:04.9 | Go ahead. |
| 1:05.4 | Go ahead. |
| 1:06.2 | I think that's what you forget is that the team was, |
| 1:09.5 | even though they basically partied their way and spent their way out of the NFL in like five months, they were, it was, the team was loaded with talent. |
| 1:18.6 | They had like, I think, more than a dozen people on their roster and front office who would go on to become Hall of Famers, either in college or pro football. |
| 1:29.3 | And you're absolutely right. Art Donovan was one of those |
| 1:31.5 | characters, Juno Marquette, all those guys. Frank |
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