Professional Football Researchers Association Forum

Steve was a dear friend. We worked together for many years. He was the best, no question about it. He alone corrected hundreds and hundreds of player birth/death data. I would have to check my records, but we were down to just a couple of hundred players that needed to be checked, and that includes ...

Al Crow - 1960 Boston Patriots died 9/12/19

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pilot ... =193898526

Not sure where to post these deaths. They are from 2012 and 2015.

Bob Van Doren - 1953 SF 49ers died on 6/13/2012.

Jack Bullas Smith - 1942 Phil Eagles died on 6/6/2015

Bill Gompers died on 5/3/19

https://obittree.com/obituary/us/pennsy ... s/3827964/

Jerry Krall died on 6/2/19

https://www.toledoblade.com/news/deaths ... 0190605174

Blaine Earon died 6/3/19

https://lawsonfuneralhome.org/blaine-allen-earon/

Horace Leon Cunningham - 1955 Detroit Lions died 3/4/2019

http://www.phoenixfuneralservicesinc.co ... ?id=711682

Elmer Arterburn died on 5/31/19

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituar ... rn-8732096

Paul Held - 10/20/1927 - 07/19/2019

https://www.gatheringus.com/memorial/Pa ... -Held/1217

Yes, as a matter of fact there are people out there doing research on the early days of pro-football. I would say that it is some of the most important work that has been done in a great many years. If you have a few hours, spend it reading about some of the new player bios that have been discovered...