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by JeffreyMiller
Sat Jul 19, 2025 9:38 am
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Old NFL Record and Fact Books
Replies: 2
Views: 174

Re: Old NFL Record and Fact Books

I'd be interested in these three:

Illustrated Digest of Pro Football 1972 edition
1974 Official NFL Guide
1980 Pocket Guide of Pro Football
by JeffreyMiller
Sat May 31, 2025 1:36 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Most boring NFL season?
Replies: 25
Views: 12763

Re: Most boring NFL season?

1970 ... a season which only stands out as the first post-merger, and the worst Super Bowl of them all ..
by JeffreyMiller
Mon Mar 10, 2025 8:51 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: PFRA in the News
Replies: 1
Views: 3500

Re: PFRA in the News

The lineup of speakers for the April WNY PFRA Chapter Conference is set: * PFRA President George Bozeka * Former Buffalo Bill and current alumni President Jeff Nixon * Buffalo sportscasting legend Paul Peck * George Allen biographer and Redskins historian Mike Richman * Concord Historical Society Pr...
by JeffreyMiller
Sun Mar 09, 2025 11:07 am
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: PFRA in the News
Replies: 1
Views: 3500

PFRA in the News

A great article about the upcoming WNY PFRA Chapter Conference appeared in this week's Springville Journal ...
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14s3wBZcwX/
by JeffreyMiller
Sun Mar 02, 2025 12:09 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Sabbatical concept in NFL
Replies: 19
Views: 33043

Re: Sabbatical concept in NFL

JohnTurney wrote: Thu Feb 27, 2025 10:03 pm
JeffreyMiller wrote: Thu Feb 27, 2025 8:16 pm Has anyone mentioned Bronko Nagurski?

In the movie "Hearts In Atlantis" there is a wonderful scene about Naguski's comeback ...

link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ipim87VPWE
Nice ... even better because of Hopkins' British accent ...
by JeffreyMiller
Thu Feb 27, 2025 8:16 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Sabbatical concept in NFL
Replies: 19
Views: 33043

Re: Sabbatical concept in NFL

Has anyone mentioned Bronko Nagurski?
by JeffreyMiller
Mon Jan 27, 2025 8:10 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: 1962 Pgh Telecast New York Giants@St Louis Cardinals
Replies: 4
Views: 12602

Re: 1962 Pgh Telecast New York Giants@St Louis Cardinals

JohnR wrote: Mon Jan 27, 2025 7:01 pm What about the telecast? Have you made this report after having seen a copy?
Yes, what John said!
by JeffreyMiller
Thu Jan 23, 2025 5:39 pm
Forum: HOF and HOVG Talk
Topic: Pro Football Hall of Fame question
Replies: 34
Views: 94104

Re: Pro Football Hall of Fame question

I have been thinking about the statement made earlier about the HOF not being established at an earlier date. I am wondering if the HOF had been founded in 1936 (as Leo Lyons had proposed) if we wouldn't be questioning the selectors' recency bias. Cases in point are Wayne Millner and Joe Guyon, two ...
by JeffreyMiller
Mon Jan 13, 2025 9:05 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Clark Kent Wild Card Weekend
Replies: 29
Views: 21955

Re: Clark Kent Wild Card Weekend

7DnBrnc53 wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 6:22 pm
Haha ... back in the 80s, officials didnt explain non-calls to QBs on the bench ...
Exactly. The official should have shown him the money the Walmart General ownership gave him.
Yep, games definitely fixed.
by JeffreyMiller
Tue Jan 07, 2025 5:43 pm
Forum: HOF and HOVG Talk
Topic: Pro Football Hall of Fame question
Replies: 34
Views: 94104

Re: Pro Football Hall of Fame question

Yeah, it was always a question of money. The NFL wasn't flush in the '40s. There also was a debate about where to locate it and whether the league or an outside entity would be paying for it and running it. I know Lions GM Nick Kerbawy tried for years in the '50s to get a Hall up and running in Det...