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He went to Louisiana College a Christian School in LA - apparently, he was pretty good, one paper calling him maybe one of the best-ever players to go there. He was a wingback and end and defensive halfback in college-- he played at Jones JC before that--no idea where that is. Louisiana College bea...

Guys like Lou Groza, Gino Cappelletti, Bob Waterfield and Paul Hornung are just incredible to me. Jerry Kramer kicked for GB as well in the 62 Championship. Bert Rechichar, I could go on for days. But especially amazing are guys like Cappelletti or Hornung, who might score a 50-yard TD and then kic...

The last toe-kickers were teammates on the Redskins in the '80s: Mark Moseley and Steve Cox. Moseley retired after the '86 season, but Cox holds the distinction of nailing the last straight-on FG, kicking a 40-yarder (and 3 XP) against Phila. in the season opener on Sept. 13, 1987. He was the back-...

Paul McFadden went to my high school. He was a SOCCER player, recruited by the coach to kick for the football team. He went on to Youngstown State as a PK. He scored more than double the points that famed RB Robert Smith did (also from Euclid High School) Did he also play soccer barefoot? (I'm kidd...

Paul McFadden went to my high school. He was a SOCCER player, recruited by the coach to kick for the football team. He went on to Youngstown State as a PK. He scored more than double the NFL points that famed RB Robert Smith did (also from Euclid High School)

Bryan wrote:

Wendell02 wrote:Bonus question #1: Jim Hunt, Patriots

Correct! Does anyone know of a longer INT TD return for a DT?

If it doesn't have to be AFL, Steve Emtman's famous 90 yd return with the ball stuck in his cage facemask.

The safety is WAY under-valued on the points scale. It is the most damaging that can occur to an offense, and it ought to be at least EIGHT (8) points . Why the offense be able to benefit in a close game by intentionally taking a safety, intentionally giving 2 points to the opposing team? A Safety o...

Question #2: I found 2 two-time AFL yearly rushing champions. Nance and Gilchrist . Mike Garrett had 2 1000 yard seasons but one was in the 1972 NFL Season. Only 1 was in the AFL . So I am wondering who the other one was? Perhaps I missed something... ? EDIT: I did... missed Paul Lowe's "other&...

Lamonica almost did throw a 7th TD pass but rookie WR Drew Buie but stepped out of bounds inside the 1-yard line on the final play of the 1st half. You can see the play in the 1969 Raiders highlight film! He gets that one... I bet Madden sends him out in 2nd half, tells him "Get 8, then go tak...

Lamonica's performance strikes a chord with me too, now that you remind me of it.*** I also recall Shaun Alexander scoring 5 TDs in the first 1/2 of a Monday night game, He could have easily played in the 2nd half & the way things were going for the Seahawks that evening, probably could have and...