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I don't know anything about the Stathead calculation, 73-0 in the 1940 Championship Game seems pretty perfect to me.

Another nice article, Jack. Yes, I have run into the term closed end before. I think John T got the analogy just right with the dimmer switch slowly turning up and then fading away in the case of closed end. I am attaching two newspaper pieces with the term. The first From Flint Journal in Jan 1958 ...

The thread that Citizen posted sums things up nicely. What I would add is that the ALL America Conference used its own numbering system: 20s - Centers 30s - Guards 40s - Tackles 50s - Ends 60s - QBs 70s - FBs 80s & 90s - HBs Browns and 49ers maintained that system in 1950-51 before NFL mandated ...

Sorry I missed your postscript originally. Personally, I'd still go with Agajanian or Strong, but enjoyed learning about Venturelli, and I get your rationale. Thanks, Jack.

Very interesting. But what about Ken Strong. Giants brought him back in 1944 at age 37. He had 2 carries for minus two yards. He stayed with the team thru 1947 as the team's placekicker and had no touches. I haven't checked, but I would be surprised if he did anything but kick in those last three ye...

Growing up in the Philadelphia area, I remember watching this slop fest in Joe Kuharich's last season. Joe must go was the watchword. Going into the game, the Eagles were the only winless team in pro football and headed the field in the race for the bottom to snag OJ Simpson with the top pick of the...

John Steffenhagen is the grandson of Leo Lyons and the inheritor of a great deal of Leo's memorabilia, stories and lore. His co-author of this book is Jeff Miller. As you would expect with a book by Jeff Miller, this volume is informative and entertaining. The research is impeccable and the writing ...

Landry moved Renfro to halfback and redid his offense for 1966 with the idea of injecting more speed to the attack. Renfro hurt his ankle, I believe at the end of preseason, so second year man Dan Reeves was made the starter. Reeves started playing like Paul Hornung: nifty running, great at catching...

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...