Coffin Corner Volume 38 Number 5

[Ken Crippen]

The latest issue of The Coffin Corner has been sent to the printer and is available for immediate download in the Members Only section of the PFRA website. The issue contains:

The Rams’ First Move to Los Angeles by James C. Sulecki. Adapted from a newly published book, this is the story of the Cleveland Rams’ journey to the West Coast exactly 70 years ago and the intense negotiations required to gain permission to play in the city’s famed Memorial Coliseum.

The Rams All–Career-Year Team by John Turney. The best individual seasons by position in the history of the Rams organization as selected by the online Pro Football Journal (http://nflfootballjournal.blogspot.com) and covering the years in Cleveland, Los Angeles and St. Louis. The list includes first- and second-team players on offense, defense and special teams.

Decline and Fall of the ’69 Rams: “Personality Conflict” by Bert Gambini. A behind-the-scenes look at the 1969 Rams, who experienced 11 straight wins followed by four straight defeats and the fractious relationship between owner Dan Reeves and head coach George Allen.

How the West Was Won: Rams vs. Vikings in the 1969 NFL Western Title Game by Ed Gruver. A retelling of the Western Conference playoff that pitted a rollercoaster Rams squad against a tough Vikings team on a bitterly cold December day in Minnesota. L.A. would end its season in disappointing defeat while Minnesota would go on to represent the NFL in the last Super Bowl before the merger.

[TanksAndSpartans]

Thanks Ken - I definitely see a theme here. Did it just kind of work out that way or will this be a new direction moving forward?

[Ken Crippen]

Thanks Ken - I definitely see a theme here. Did it just kind of work out that way or will this be a new direction moving forward?

This one is just a special issue. If we see other topics that warrant a special issue, we will do it. Otherwise, it will be a normal issue.

[TanksAndSpartans]

Thanks Ken. It looks good. Reeves/Allen was also a topic in the Deacon Jones bio I read a long time ago.