Skip to main content
Esquire Classic
Issues
Topics
Contributors
Sign In
Subscribe
cartoon
"I can remember when a football game was a football game!"
December
1
1942
"I can remember when a football game was a football game!"
December
1
1942
View Article Pages
cartoon
"I can remember when a football game was a football game!"
December
1
1942
Sign In to read this article
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic - The Official Esquire Archive
Every issue Esquire has ever published, since 1933
Every timeless feature, profile, interview, novella - even the ads!
85+ Years of outstanding fiction from world-renowned authors
More than 150,000 Images — beautiful High-Resolution photography, zoom into every page
Unlimited Search and Browse
Bookmark all your favorites into custom Collections
Enjoy on Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile
View Full Issue
More From This Issue
FICTION
The Pod of a Weed
December
1942
By
J. J. DES ORMEAUX
SPORTS
Martyrs of the Grid
December
1942
By
AUSTEN LAKE
ARTICLE
Roots in the Soil
December
1942
By
DONALD McGUINESS
FICTION
The Greatest Belief of All
December
1942
By
MANUEL KOMROFF
FICTION
The Ordeal of Mephi
December
1942
By
ERNEST HENDERSON
ARTICLE
You Too Can Be a Nostradamus
December
1942
By
L. SPRAGUE DeCAMP
Unlock every article Esquire has ever published.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
every timeless profile, interview, short story, feature, advertisement
, and much more!
More From This Issue
FICTION
The Pod of a Weed
December
1942
By
J. J. DES ORMEAUX
SPORTS
Martyrs of the Grid
December
1942
By
AUSTEN LAKE
ARTICLE
Roots in the Soil
December
1942
By
DONALD McGUINESS
Cartoons
cartoon
"—and Remember, None of That Hi De Ho Stuff!”
OCTOBER 1934
cartoon
The Japanese are complaining that Americans are fighting vindictively and cruelly. Before commenting we are awaiting telephotos to see how straight their faces are.
AUGUST, 1942
cartoon
"I'll Never Forget You"
MAY 1944
cartoon
cartoon
"I only hope this Hollywood business doesn’t ruin him entirely"—J. Dempsey
JANUARY 1934
cartoon
"If you’ll recall, doctor—your last two visits were hardly professional"
MARCH 1937
cartoon
“What’s This I Hear About You Playing Favorites Again?”
AUGUST 1938
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic
Everything Esquire has ever published