The 9th Annual WNY PFRA Chapter Conference will be held Saturday April 26, 2025 in Springville, NY.

Speakers lined up so far include PFRA President George Bozeka, Buffalo Bills alumnus John Fina, veteran Buffalo broadcaster Paul Peck, author/historian Greg Tranter talking about his new book about the Providence Steam Roller, and historian/podcaster Randy Snow talking about his pilgrimage to the burial sites of football immortals.

We expect to have at least a couple more speakers for the event.

For information contact Jeff Miller at odosagih@aol.com., or visit our Facebook page at https://fb.me/2glH9qSFROunteY

The Great Plains Chapter resumed meetings in September after taking the summer off. We meet monthly via videoconference for 90 minutes to two hours. The discussion follows whatever direction the members want to go that day. For more information about the Great Plains Chapter contact Ryan Christiansen at norsepower@yahoo.com.

The DC/Baltimore Chapter of PFRA is hoping to hold its next meeting in the Spring of 2025. The meeting will consist of a series of 15-20 minute presentations on any topic related to professional football. Please contact DanielGlennNeumann@gmail.com. if you are interested in giving a presentation.

The Michigan Chapter met during the Lions bye week, and hope to meet again during the Spring of 2025. For more information contact Randy Snow at randysnow22@yahoo.com.

The DC/Baltimore Chapter of the PFRA held its latest meeting on September 28, with author and PFRA Member Mike Richman speaking about his book, "George Allen: A Football Life". After the talk, the group headed to Dogwood Tavern for lunch.

We are hoping to hold additional events in the near future, and are actively looking for guest speakers. If you are interested in speaking to the group somewhere in the DC/Baltimore area, you can reach out to Dan Neumann at DanielGlennNeumann@gmail.com.

The Great Plains Chapter held a virtual meeting on August 14. Two new PFRA members from Minnesota, Ed Edmonds and Dan Levitt, were welcomed to the Chapter. The group discussed potential speakers for the 2025 Convention and reported their ideas to George Bozeka.

Our next PFRA Chapter Meeting will be held on September 28th in the same Falls Church, VA location as our previous meeting. Author Mike Richman will speak to us about his book, "George Allen: A Football Life". You can buy autographed copies of the book at www.mikerichmanjournalist.com/books -- or can contact Mike directly at 240-676-1270 to work out a check/Zelle/Venmo payment.

At this meeting, we will also take some time to discuss possible future PFRA events and get-togethers, and are particularly interested in exploring a future event in the Baltimore area.

The meeting will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday September 28th at the Mary Riley Styles Public Library (Upper Level Conference Room) in Falls Church, VA. After the meeting (at approximately 12:30) we will head to lunch at the Dogwood Tavern nearby.

There's usually plenty of street parking and limited spots next to the library, and a couple of blocks down there's also parking available on the top two floors of the Kaiser Permanante parking deck on 111 Park Ave.

We would ask that you RSVP to DanielGlennNeumann@gmail.com so we have an idea of who to expect. Hope you can make it!

(photo courtesy Ryan Christiansen)

Great Plains PFRA chapter members Matthew Fordyce (left) and Ryan Christiansen (right) met up with member Stew Thornley (not pictured) on Saturday, May 4, to watch the Minnesota Vixen play the St. Louis Slam in a professional Women’s Football Alliance game played at Kuhlman Field in Edina, Minn.

(photos courtesy Dan Neumann and Jeff Payne)

The DC/Baltimore Chapter held their first PFRA Author Event on March 2 with Matthew Algeo, author of Last Team Standing (recipient of the PFRA’s 2006 Nelson Ross Award), which tells the story of the Steelers/Eagles "Steagles" franchise during World War II. For more information about the DC/Baltimore Chapter contact Dan Neumann at danielglennneumann@gmail.com. Also contact Dan with any ideas for potential speaker presentations.