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The HOF lists Sep 17, 1920 as the birth of the NFL but many online sources say Aug 20, 1920 instead. Is there a definitive answer?

If you want to watch a historically accurate football movie 'We are Marshall' would probably be the one you would want to go for. 'Friday Night Lights' is fairly accurate also. As is usually the case, "Friday Night Lights" the book (by Bissinger) was much better (and more accurate) than t...

TodMaher wrote:I emailed the Cowboys and they said they are moving it to a new site and the information will be down for a while.

I got the same response. I asked if he had an estimated return date. If he responds, I'll post it.

The Dallas Cowboys used to have their annual media guides and per game flipbooks and game books available at this link:

http://media.dallascowboys.com

But the link no longer works. If anyone has the current link, please post it.

Thanx

I found an online ebook version of this history of the Chiefs: https://issuu.com/matt.brimicombe/docs/brimicombe_franchisetag_ It's 56 pages long and very nicely done. I also found that you can save each page as a hi-resolution jpg thusly: https://image.isu.pub/160403051308-0e49b4ff9e2367f9fa4a23037...

Ralph, did the NFL publish a 25-year history of the league in 1944? I know there was a war going on, which may explain why I haven't found anything. Or maybe I'm using the wrong search terms. I'm wondering if there was anything comparable to the 50th and 75th anniversary books. I'm looking forward t...

I remember in the pre-merger years the announcers and press made mention of the fact that there was an AFL ball and an NFL ball, and I seem to remember for the Super Bowl they'd used the NFL ball when the NFL was on offense and the AFL ball when the AFL was on offense. I found some history regardin...

Thanks, Tod. Does my reasoning seem accurate to you? That teams froze 25 players, and Dallas could choose from the remainder, whether active or inactive? Yes. I read someplace (of course I can't remember where) that each time Dallas made a selection of an unprotected player, that player's team coul...

John Maxymuk wrote:Coffin Corner Vol 39 (2017) no. 2
"The Bonus Selection System in the NFL Draft 1947-58"

Thanx -- I should have guessed someone would have thoroughly researched the question and already written a full-blown article on it!

OK I kept looking and found this:

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2 ... one-again/

I had no idea the NFL awarded a lottery pick for as long as it did. So what was the motivation behind starting the system, and why did it end?