Football
Manufacturer: Exhibit Supply Company, of Chicago, Illinois, USA (1932-1957) [Trade Name: ESCO]
Year: 1935
Date: October, 1935
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM)
Players: 1
About This Machine
Football is a single-player electro-mechanical payout pinball machine manufactured in October 1935 by the Exhibit Supply Company (ESCO) of Chicago, Illinois.
Specific rules, objectives, and artwork for Football have not survived, which is common for many payout machines of this era. As an electro-mechanical design from 1935, it would have used relays, switches, and simple scoring mechanisms, predating the flippers that would not be introduced into pinball until 1947.
Exhibit Supply Company was a long-running Chicago manufacturer, active from 1932 to 1957 under the trade name ESCO. Football is one of many lesser-documented titles from the company's early payout-machine catalog.