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Why wasn’t the Pro Football Hall of Fame founded until 1963 The Pro Football Hall of Fame should have been founded earlier then we wouldn’t be talking about Lavvie Dilweg Verne Lewellen Ox Emerson Cecil Isbell and Al Wistert not being in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Buddy Parker too But if they ha...

From the NFL's perspective, I suppose the difference between Rare Sports Films and Volsky is a matter of eyeballs. Doak is selling his merchandise onesey-twosey to a few hundred people whereas the YouTube channel is viewable by potentially millions. I've worked on a few docs, and I've been surprise...

Yeah, John wrote about this back in ‘17 … https://packerspastperfect.wordpress.com/2017/11/21/jim-ringo/ Somewhere - I think it was in an obit in the L.A. Times - there is a Ringo quote about being in PA at the time of the trade. This and the Forrest Gregg story are two stories that keep circulating...

Ken Crippen wrote: ↑Fri Nov 22, 2024 8:43 am It's a shame that this information gets leaked.

It is. And a shame that the writer included quotes which only create drama (unnamed "sources").

About a team in the '40s, includes league information: "Last Team Standing: How the Steelers and the Eagles―"The Steagles"―Saved Pro Football During World War II" by Matthew Alego Not about the '40s specifically, but includes the '40s: "What a Game They Played: Stories of th...

The Hay is nearly in the barn ... we will see. At least we dont have to debate Williams again till next year. I get where his case is coming from, but he just has others ahead of him that deserve their chance and to bypass someone like Lloyd Wells, didnt seem right to me. As long as Modell and Roon...

Cecil. Fricking. Isbell. Stanley Morgan would also be very ?!?! I was thinking about how awful isbell would be on that list of 9 that was the name i was thinking of at first but i typed otis taylor instead of isbell my apologies The worst part is that Isbell may need to be elected before Lewellen a...

Joe Burrow Ben Roethlisberger Bert Jones Joe Namath Bart Starr Starr? After starting as a sophomore, he missed his junior year (injury, 60 years later revealed to be the result of a beating he took as part of an hazing into the Alabama lettermen’s A-Club.) and spent his senior season "relegate...

Prior to ‘64, Hornung hit 53 percent of his FGs over six seasons, better than the league average of 49 percent during that time (Maxymuk’s research at https://packerspastperfect.wordpress.com/2015/07/09/paul-hornungs-1964-disaster/). In an SI article, Hornung said: "I've missed them every way y...

Oh, and here is something I missed until just today: The Vikings got Krause and Smith together at Krause's garage, where he holds Vikings game-day events. https://www.vikings.com/news/rare-vintage-harrison-smith-paul-krause-talk-cars-careers To call it a garage in a misnomer. I was there for a Pack...