Yesterday's Heroes

Yesterday's Heroes

At Last...A TRUE "INSIDE" STORY of COLLEGE FOOTBALL...packed with exciting romance and scoring a punch...the sensational Saturday Evening Post sensation....

1940 · 66 min · ★ 10.0 · Drama

A doctor looks at his scrapbook and reflects on college days: how success at football took him from his studies, his flirtation with a widow and his true love. How his roommate helped him put things right.

Directed by Herbert I. Leeds · Written by Irving Cummings Jr.

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