Professional Football Researchers Association Forum

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...

A great article about the upcoming WNY PFRA Chapter Conference appeared in this week's Springville Journal ...
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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 ...

Has anyone mentioned Bronko Nagurski?

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!

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 ...

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.

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...

As a Bucs fan, I promise we would've been outraged if Bowles wouldn't give Mike his record and his money on that last play. That man is going to be our first ever offensive HOFer and we want him to retire here. He turned down a fat stack from the Chiefs to stay, loyalty has to go both ways. Always ...

Why wasn’t the Pro Football Hall of Fame founded until 1963 The Pro Football Hall of Fame should have been founded earlier then we wouldn’t be talking about Lavvie Dilweg Verne Lewellen Ox Emerson Cecil Isbell and Al Wistert not being in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Buddy Parker too Leo Lyons, lea...