Today in Comics History, April 21: Happy birthday, Ken Strong!

With a name like Ken Strong, you'd expect him to be a superhero, but instead he's a football hero, born this day in 1906. Wikipedia calls him one of the greatest all-around players in the early decades of the game, and who am I to argue, except to point out you can spot him in these comics-illustrated ads (and the instructional booklet you could send away for) that ran for Spaulding sports balls in DC magazines!



advertisements from (top) DC Comics cover-dated December 1947, and
(bottom) DC Comics cover-dated October 1948
Happy birthday, Ken!