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as for Thorpe, i suspect he palyed in more barnstorming games after 1928, probably a game here or there, with Thorpe being the draw...

no Nesser historians out there????

the Bears did it in around 1971, Bobby Douglass was the holder and there was a botched xp, and he threw to Dick Butkus for the PAT. i think it may have been against the Packers (could have been 1972...)

I was doing some research on the 1919 Taylorville (IL) Independents team, and saw in the the 11/12/1919 edition of the Taylorville and Decatur papers, that both Ted and Frank Nesser played for the Taylorville Independents against the Decatur Staleys on 11/11/1919. I know players bounced around all t...

an update to the 80-yard field post: a vintage game of football was played Saturday 09/28/2019 at Douglas Park in Rock Island, Illinois. this game was the 100-year anniversary of the first game played by an NFL (APFA) team back on 09/28/1920, the Rock Island Independents defeated the St. Paul (MN) I...

To all PFRA Members: First, a note of thanks to those who have already renewed their membership for 2018 (and beyond!) As we are approaching the end of the pro football season and bowl season, this is a quick reminder to say that most PFRA memberships will expire at the end of 2017. We will be sendi...

I highly recommend the book also. The book does cover the period from 1915-17 for about 20 top teams in the Ohio-Indiana-New York-Illinois-Michigan-Pennsylvania-Wisconsin-Iowa area. also gives a history of how the team was formed and what happened to the team after 1917. Has team rosters, game resul...

To all PFRA Members: As we are approaching the end of the football season, this is a quick note to say that most PFRA memberships will expire at the end of 2016. If we have a valid email and your membership expires at the end of the year, you should have received an email with renewal instructions. ...

Matt - Yes, I do have that information, as I have been taking a monthly snapshot of the membership list since about mid-2011. On the old forum, I would periodically post membership "figures", as well as a map as to where members are. I won't be able to post the actual numbers until sometim...

As we are approaching the end of the year, and the end of the football season, I wanted to post the current membership numbers as of the end of November. * The PFRA membership stands at 410 active members, of which 287 are paid members and 123 are complimentary members - complimentary members are to...