Professional Football Researchers Association Forum

Hey Paul, you don't need to be published. You've done tons of serious research---well, that makes you a researcher. You're also a fan, which is why you're doing the research. So consider yourself "legit." The hall handles all requests w/o asking for a resume or CV.

That's funny. Just the other night my wife and I were flipping through channels and stopped to watch a few minutes of The Office. This episode had Bettis signing autographs at a paper convention, with Michael Scott (Steve Carrell) saying at one point that Bettis was nicknamed "The Bus" bec...

Damn, McCutcheon and Pete Banaszak both passed within a day of each other. Being a Raiders fan (and a fellow Polack like Pete), I followed Banaszak more closely than most other backs. Hard-nosed runner, good receiver, lasted 13 seasons with the same club (almost unheard of nowadays). While McCutcheo...

in my opinion Richard your first book on the 1950s lions is one of my favorite reads of all time you did a ton of great research Thanks! I appreciate that. I never intended to do this follow-up pictorial but the first Lions book was so long I had to cut about 10,000 words and most of the photos. Th...

Walter Payton lowered his head and shoulders into people better than anyone I had ever seen. Either he would have been outlawed or would have gained 2500 yards in a season. These defenders today would not tackle him. Had he not died young, Walter today would very likely be experiencing the effects ...

I can remember once--this would've been 1967 or '68---when Raiders FB Hewritt Dixon got flagged for unnecessary roughness for giving a forearm shiver to a defender as he ran for a nice gain. And that was almost 60 years ago.

RB Johnny Olszewski (Johnny O) wore "0" with late '50s Redskins and '61 Lions.

I like ties. Never cared for OT in regular seasons games, in football or hockey.

Here's John Henry churning through the mud and rain during that 1957 Turkey Day game.

WARNING: Old guy reminiscing here... I always kind of lump in MNF with my first year out of high school, working on the assembly line at Dodge Truck. Made all of $4.25 an hour (with 20 cents shift premium). Good UAW wages in 1972! Anyway, those were the days of mandatory OT. I was a spot welder on t...