Coffin Corner Volume 38 Number 6

[Ken Crippen]

The latest issue of "The Coffin Corner" is now available for download in the Members Only section of the PFRA website. It has also just been sent to the printer.

This issue includes:
"2016 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival Photo Essay" by Mark Palczewski. Photographs from this year’s Hall of Fame Weekend in Canton, Ohio by the official photographer of the PFRA.

"The Gridiron Greats from Goodyear" by Lee Elder. A short history of the factory teams formed by employees of the Akron, Ohio-based Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company with an emphasis on the Goodyear Silents, a team comprised primarily of deaf workers who achieved remarkable success on the football field.

"Worst. Game. Ever." by Greg Tranter. A not-so-fond look back at one of the worst-played contests in the three-week stretch of replacement games in October of 1987 during the NFLPA strike that pitted the hapless New York Giants against the inept Buffalo Bills, a team so bad they were christened “Counterfeit."

"The Odd Couple and Football" by David Krell. Rewind back to that ’70s show with this recollection of the football players and personalities who appeared with Felix and Oscar on the popular sitcom—celebrities such as Howard Cosell, Alex Karras, Deacon Jones and Bubba Smith.

"2016 PFRA Bookshelf" by John Maxymuk. A bibliography of books on professional football (with a few notable exceptions) published or scheduled to be published in 2016, including highlighted titles by PFRA members.

[Moran]

Congratulations to Lee Elder on a great research article on the Goodyear Silents - really interesting and well written. Professional football does not equal the NFL and the article reminds that there are a lot of stories still to be discovered and told. Thanks!