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Jeff would know since he has a terrific book coming out this year on Lyons, a sadly forgotten figure from the NFL's early days when he rubbed elbows with Thorpe and Halas and Ralph Hay et. al.

The '36 Giants lost two of their best players to the AFL, Harry Newman and Ken Strong, although Ed Danowski was an able replacement for Newman and rookie Tuffy Leemans stepped in for Strong. Overall, the team's talent base had declined. However, in 1937 the Giants had an amazing rookie haul that wou...

Here is a complete list of minor league players from the 1961-1971 era who played in then Super Bowl: Bobby Bryant Dick Capp Earl Christy Jim Clack John Dockery Jack Dolbin Jim Duncan Frank Gallagher Cornelius Johnson Curt Knight Bob Kuechenberg Charlie Leigh Bob Lurtsema Dave Manders Carl McAdams ...

Also, is anyone going to the screening of the SB I broadcast today?

https://www.paleycenter.org/events/2024 ... uper-bowl/

Bob Brown Packers, Wheeling Ironmen

DOH!

RichardBak wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:21 pm Karl Sweetan's very first NFL TD pass was a 99-yarder to Pat Studstill at Baltimore in 1966.

It was all downhill from there....

It was not his first NFL pass, but it was his first NFL TD pass. Came in his second appearance.

Pihos played some defense in the 40s, obviously, but 52 was his one season there in the 50s. Bud Grant played defensive end as a rookie in 51 but bristled at doing so in 52, so Pihos switched to D...he still caught 12 passes in occasional appearances on offense. Grant, who caught 56 passes in 52, le...

The Steelers switched in 1953, during his seventh season. The Steelers actually switched to the T in 1952 under head coach Joe Bach, back for a second term with Pittsburgh. Gus Dorais was the backfield coach. Finks threw 336 passes and 20 TDs that year after throwing just 24 passes the prior season...

Plimpton went to Lions training camp in 1963. Alex Karras was suspended that year and was not there. The movie is set in 1967 and you see rookies like Lem Barney and Mike weger, while the head coach is Joe Schmidt not George Wilson. Plimpton did not appear in a preseason game with the Lions, only an...