Well before “Madden NFL” video games, there was a quirky tabletop toy called Electric Football. Surely you remember it: Metal playing field. Two teams of 11 plastic football players ...

“We even have civic groups and churches who now have electric football leagues.” That’s why Miggle Toys has scheduled the “Super Bowl” of electric football in Chicago during Super Bowl ...

Electric Football, reviled for decades as the ultimate annoying toy, stages a comeback — and it’s not exactly the game you remember. The latest game is builit in South Beloit, Ill., ...

But as Earl Shores told me recently, it's time to take another look and listen at electric football. "I'm fortunate enough to be a part of Tudor's toy fair," he said. "The games have been updated, ...

ALPINE — The passing of a longtime New Jersey resident and toy inventor has inspired nostalgia ... fondly remember the rumble and buzz of Electric Football. Norman Sas, the inventor of the ...

Not that the toys weren’t enthralling ... somehow forever amused my brothers and me or display that absurd old electric football game, it features a far more sophisticated and mesmerizing ...

Some of us are old enough to remember when electric football first became one of the coolest toys. Versions had been around since just after World War II. But when the NFL attached its name to the ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Michael Landsman of Miggle Toys, a maker of electric football, demonstrates a game in 1996. Sun-Times file Share Every time I see a story about a cutting-edge ...

indulge their addiction with board games, play sets, and tools that will help them up their own game and get them outside. Look through for 23 toys every football-lover will want.

Some of us are old enough to remember when electric football first became one of the coolest toys. Versions had been around since just after World War II. But when the NFL attached its name to the ...