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Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 5268525, member: 44"] Depended on the season. Football in the fall, basketball during the winter, if we could get a gym, and baseball in the spring. Late spring through the summer was swimming and fishing (and later sailing and then water skiing) since I grew up down the shore. With modern sensibilities, those football games were pretty sketchy. We played full speed and no pads. When neighborhoods played each other, sometimes things could get pretty heated. I don't remember anyone ever getting a concussion, though back in the day if you "got your Bell rung" you would just shake your head a few times and keep playing. But for the most part, I think it was just because people were smart about it. You'd hit with your shoulder and tuck your head in tight when you tackled. I don't remember this for football, but for baseball you just grab your bat glove and a ball and start knocking on people's door until you had enough to field two teams. Pretty much the only time you would call somebody was if they were further than you felt like walking. [/QUOTE]