Coffin Corner Volume 39 Number 2

[Ken Crippen]

The latest issue of The Coffin Corner is now available for immediate download in the Members Only section of the PFRA website. It was also just sent to the printer. Hard copies will be mailed in a few weeks.

What is in the issue:
PFRA-ternizing. The official naming of Buffalo, New York as the location for the organization’s 2018 convention, a preview of the second annual meeting of the PFRA’s Western New York chapter and the announcement of a new book, The All-America Football Conference: Players, Coaches, Records, Games and Awards, 1946–1949, coming this fall from PFRA Publications.

Who Was Really the NFL’s First 1,000-Yard Rusher? The Case for Tex Hamer by John Wilke. An exploration of the Frankford fullback’s 1924 season and the possibility that he ran past the thousand-yard barrier that year. Newspaper accounts of the Yellow Jackets games are used to fill in gaps in the statistical record as well as extrapolations from the unofficial statistics compiled in the The Football Encyclopedia.

A Brief History of Developmental Football Leagues by Randy Snow. A review of some of the more well-known recent developmental leagues—NFL Europe (under its various monikers), arenafootball2, the United Football League, the Fall Experimental Football League, the Gridiron Developmental Football League and the National Arena League—as well as an argument and model for a possible future NFL D-league.

2016 Player Deaths. A list of the pro football players who died last year, including information on the team(s) they played for, the date and location of their death (if known) and their age when they passed away.

The Bonus Selection System in the NFL Draft, 1947–1958 by John Maxymuk. A short overview of the twelve-year history of the bonus pick in the draft including the reasons for its existence, a table of each player selected with the pick along with other notable players in that year, the order of teams being awarded the bonus and the system’s eventual demise.

[ChrisBabcock]

All of the articles sound interesting. Can't wait to read it.

[Throwin_Samoan]

Agreed! Those are interesting topics.