The Nesser Brothers

12/10/2026

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11/10/2026

Hey everyone! Check out Columbus Historical Society's newest journal that features the PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Inside you'll find Bob Hunter's story about one of his favorite topics - THE COLUMBUS PANHANDLES and THE NESSER BROTHERS!!!

Copies of the journals can be found on Amazon or by becoming a member. INFO below. 🏈

The Columbus Historical Society is excited to announce the release of our newest Journal which features articles about the history of Columbus, Ohio, and surrounding areas. This issue includes a story by Christopher A. Amatos about the Pennsylvania Railroad's Panhandle shops, which was one of Columbus' largest employers for decades; a story by Columbus History editor Bob Hunter about the Columbus Panhandles, railroad shop team led by the six Nesser brothers who completed in the NFL in its first three years of existence; a story by Genie Hoster about Jacob H. Studer, who is known for a history of the city that he wrote in 1873 but who was also a bookseller and ornithologist; a story by Lawrence Baum about Salmon P. Chase and Noah H. Swayne, who were neighbors in Columbus and members of the U.S. Supreme Court; a story by David Meyers on the earliest recording artists in Columbus, and a book review by James Tootle of A Fate Worse Than Hell: American Prisoners of the Civil War.

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11/10/2026

The Columbus Dispatch 12/17/1922

10/10/2026

"𝕎ℍ𝕆'𝕃𝕃 𝕋ℝ𝕐 ℕ𝔼𝕏𝕋 𝕋𝕆 𝕊𝕋𝕆ℙ ℕ𝔼𝕊𝕊𝔼ℝ𝕊?" wonders this The Columbus Dispatch article dated, November 29, 1915. The Panhandles were featured in two articles on this same day. 🤩

"𝑈𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑓𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑢𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑎𝑛 𝐻𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑆𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑, 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐘, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝑎 𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 26 - 0"

I took the lazy way out and asked a.i. to transcribe newsclips.

10/10/2026

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08/10/2026

I’m summoning the football spirits!! 🔮

I noticed Bruce “Scotty” Bierce was buried not-too-far from me, in Oakwood Cemetery. From the road you can’t really tell how beautiful this cemetery is. Wow! Much to the credit of Ladies Cemetery Association of Cuyahoga Falls - LCA.

Scotty, 2 X NFL Champion (1920 Akron Professionals & 1924 Cleveland Bulldogs) and respected partner at his prestigious law firm, rests peacefully in the far back.

*🗣️ When I got to his plot, things got strange - Scotty told me he read about the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s recent removal and changes to senior player and contributor nominations in the Afterlife Times®️. I nodded disheartenedly as I had read it too. 😞 📰

Scotty looked at me and started to grin. 😏 He had an idea for a new reality show. His pitch: Today’s top football stars work full-time regular jobs with no special treatment and regular salaries to support their families. They’d get paid today’s equivalent of $50 ($850) per game. All while
helping with chores around the house too!

“My goodness,” he said, “I almost forgot to mention that players must play both offense and defense - for a full 60 minutes without helmets or pads!!!”

I said -

“𝘚𝘾O𝑻𝐓𝗬 𝘼𝗥𝐸 𝘠𝙊𝙐 𝐂𝘙𝐀𝒁𝑌❓ O𝙉𝘓𝑌 𝘈 𝑮𝐇𝑶𝙐𝑳 𝐂𝙊U𝙇𝐷 𝑺𝑈R𝑉𝘐𝙑𝐄 𝘛𝑯𝘼𝙏‼️ 👻”

Scotty and I both thought about that for a few minutes and then laughed the night away. 🤪 You may have heard his bones jangling in the distance. 🦴💀 🩻

*Allegedly
*No spirits were harmed or altered
*Football is Fun
*Respects were paid gracefully

05/10/2026

🅖🅞🅞🅓 🅔🅝🅞🅤🅖🅗 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 ➊➋➍ 🅨🅔🅐🅡🅢 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 🅝🅔🅢🅢🅔🅡 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟐.

BUT 🅝🅞🅣 🅖🅞🅞🅞🅞🅞🅞🅓 🅔🅝🅞🅤🅖🅗 🧐

Today is Oct. 3. On this date in: Charles Blair Mac­don­ald defeated Charles E. Sands 12 and 11 at New­port Golf Club to win the inaug­ural U.S. Ama­teur cham­pi­on­ship. New York Giants pitcher Christy Math­ewson struck out 16 St. Louis Car­din­als...

03/10/2026

𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥-𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐛, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐈𝐑𝐎𝐍. Below is a breakdown of the recent deaths in 1907 as well as some other interesting statistics which alarmingly included highschoolers. May they all rest in peace. 🙏

"𝐼𝑛 1905, 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑟𝑢𝑡𝑎𝑙. 𝑁𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑠. 𝑁𝑜 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠. 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 “𝑓𝑙𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒” 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑧𝑒𝑛𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑗𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛. 𝐶𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑎 “𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡.” 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑦.

𝐸𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑅𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑡.

𝐴 𝑓𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑓 “𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡” 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑅𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝐻𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒. 𝐻𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 — 𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑒.

𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠:
• 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑
• 𝐷𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑑
• 𝐴 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑔𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑑: 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦’𝑠 𝑁𝐶𝐴𝐴

𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛’𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙 — 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡. 𝑅𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑡-𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑑, ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ-𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑎 𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦." - Source: Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1LVStx5yFc/