American football has for many years consisted of high school football on Friday nights, college football on Saturdays, and professional NFL football on Sundays. Craig Thomas wrote on NCAA.com in 2015:
“There is an old saying used by high school football coaches all across America – ‘If you play great on Friday nights, then you can play on Saturdays. If you play great on Saturdays then you can play on Sundays.’ This phrase first came into vogue when high school football was played on Friday nights, college football was played on Saturday and the NFL was strictly a Sunday sport.”
It’s not known if the adage has any specific and original author. “Be great on Friday nights and get the chance to play on Saturdays. Be the best of the best on Saturdays and get a shot to play on Sundays!” was cited on Twitter on August 25, 2013.
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Coach Cox
@dcox82
Be great on Friday nights and get the chance to play on Saturdays. Be the best of the best on Saturdays and get a shot to play on Sundays! 🏈
1:30 PM - 25 Aug 2013
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clifton welch
@cliff_441
Play great on Fridays to play on Saturdays be the best on Saturdays to play on sundays
3:16 PM - 2 Feb 2014
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Last Updated - Sep 7, 2015 16:24 EDT
There is an old saying used by high school football coaches all across America – “If you play great on Friday nights, then you can play on Saturdays. If you play great on Saturdays then you can play on Sundays.” This phrase first came into vogue when high school football was played on Friday nights, college football was played on Saturday and the NFL was strictly a Sunday sport.
This is a really, really old saying.
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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