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Defensive offsides is a "live-ball" foul, meaning the play does not stop.

Encroachment (which the video shows) is a "dead-ball" foul and the play stops - but I don't think that rule existed in the 1950s.

I guess Conerly just knew the rules better than the other players.

Charlie Young, former tight end with the Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks death was announced on May 12th, at age 75: https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/former-all-pro-tight-end-charlie-young-dies-at-75 It's Charle not Charlie.

This was a kick not a run. Thank you for your feedback. For a play with inconsistent record keeping due to its near-automatic nature, the Steve Mike-Mayer play is easily the most inconsistent. My research shows that a slight majority of the dozen or so local newspaper box scores I reviewed had the ...

This was a kick not a run. Thank you for your feedback. For a play with inconsistent record keeping due to its near-automatic nature, the Steve Mike-Mayer play is easily the most inconsistent. My research shows that a slight majority of the dozen or so local newspaper box scores I reviewed had the ...

I found the article in San Francisco Chronicle (7/8/1980). It does say "semi-pro" but I think was the Chronicle and not Joe. And when Cliff Harris played for the Rhinos is beyond me. His final college season was 1969 and in July of 1970 he's in camp with the Cowboys. There were claims by t...

All, 3) Steve Mike-Mayer (Baltimore) ran in for the XP on October 28, 1979 vs. New England. What were the details on the breakdown causing Mike-Mayer’s (kicker) run for the conversion? Any information or guidance on the details of these plays would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Tim Castelli Th...

Having known Joe, I doubt if he labeled his list "semi-pro" since these are all minor league players. Unitas played semi-pro ball, not minor league ball, which is probably why he's not the list. Also, recent research has revealed that Bobby Bryant did NOT play minor league (or semi-pro) fo...

How many players were unprotected by team so that the Seahawks and Buccaneers could pick the players? On a similar note, did Jim Zorn and BIll Munson were on the Expansion Draft and were picked by Seattle, or were traded like Steve Largent? I also read many years ago that Ahmad Rashad was picked by...

JKelly wrote: ↑Sun Jan 11, 2026 2:55 pm Does a list exist of the players the existing 26 teams made available for the expansion draft?

Yes, it exists, but it has never been made available to the public.

Hi everyone, I just got a newspapers.com subscription and plan on going through and searching for some older NFL box scores and game accounts from the 30’s and 40’s. Any papers I should look at? And I am re-posting this because when I originally posted it, I put it in the wrong section by accident....