Touchdown Town (1951) & Tigertown (1986)

Touchdown Town (1951)
By RKO Radio Pictures
Massillon, Ohio, known as "Touchdown Town USA," where football is not only a sport is also a civic enterprise and a cult. Its high-school football stadium seats 20,000 fans, and every new-born baby boy is presented a football on leaving the hospital.
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Tigertown (1986) - begins at the 8-minute mark
"Massillon, Ohio has a population of 32,600. Its high school football stadium seats 22,000. Since 1932, the Tigers have won 457 games and lost only 75."
Shows interviews with parents, students, players, coaches, community members, as well as footage of Massillon.
Credits at 35:00
Conceived and produced by Daniel Sipe. Directed and edited by David Rosenberg. Camera by Richard Gordon.
Created with funding through the Ohio Humanities Council, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

[@colonelrobertsjr.7882]

Watching this documentary I'm like in complete awe of how coach Stu grew up and became a spitting image of his dad!! With a beard of course lol. Same demeanor, voice, all that stuff!!

[@9the3greatdivide]

I live here in Mayflower village now incredibly sad to see how run down this town has become an how drug infested and depressed it is

[@brandonmorris9889]

Love this documentary about the Massilon Tigers in the 80s! Great video!

[@zinnstigertownmowers780]

Brandon Morris Go Tigers

[@zinnstigertownmowers780]

A proud Tiger graduate of 2019 I love to team

[@cheresegrizzard7719]

I'm a 2002 graduate from Massillon and a True Tiger I love my team and my city ain't no other place I'd rather be Massillon is a special place to live we have the greatest football team,fans,and the greatest swing band we also have the best stadium in Ohio Tiger 4 life

[@KingofAmerica97]

8:10

[@douglaspatterson1360]

Since they implemented the championship on the field in the 80’s , how many championships have they won? Curiosity

[@codyalcorn8891]

Just won this last season lol... 🤷

[@codyalcorn8891]

And have 11 total before OHSAA became a thing..

[@dowldowling6361]

At -12:25 The parent is talking like he's playing like he's the one that's going have to do run sprints and work outs with the team and practice lol wow he says it's so hard on the parents. What's so hard on you what you might have to go pick him up after practice. Wow the kid standing there like shut up!!!!!

[@295g295]

8:10 - Tiger Town 1986

[@frstborn1978]

Go Tigers

[@cheresegrizzard7719]

Tigers to da grave baby

[@dandarling5193]

Massillon never won a state championship paper champs don't count

[@markwhitman9029]

AP poll titles do count and McKinley has those too! Pups have 3 on the field and tigers 0 and that's fine with me!

[@johndaniels7609]

​@@markwhitman9029how about now?

[@carljgatewood]

Can't say that no more