Effective period / Period of releases: 1954

November 18, 1927 - November 7, 2007
Jarrell McCracken was a 23 year-old sportscaster for Waco, Texas, radio station KWTX in 1950. A graduate of the Baptist Baylor University located in Waco, he was well-known locally and was asked to speak at a local Baptist church. While pondering what to say, he decided to make up a football game between Christianity and the forces of evil, calling it "The Game of Life."
McCracken and two fellow graduates of Baylor founded Word Records in Waco.