Life — November 25, 1920 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# The All-American Political Team (Life Magazine, Page 948) This page presents a satirical "All-American football team" composed entirely of prominent U.S. politicians from the 1920s era. The caption explains that Life's football inspector selected this lineup because November allows the magazine to discuss politics without mentioning elections or "Commencement Day." The joke is a visual pun: instead of actual football players, the positions list real politicians like Franklin D. Roosevelt (Harvard), Josephus Daniels (Navy), and others, treating them as if they were athletes. The accompanying illustrated figures show these politicians in football uniforms and poses. This satirizes political figures by comparing their "performance" to sports competition, mocking their strategic maneuvering and competitive nature through the football metaphor.