"The Coffin Corner" Volume 40 Number 2
Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 9:15 am
The latest issue of "The Coffin Corner" is now available for immediate download in the Members Only section of the PFRA website. The issue includes the following:
PFRA-ternizing. An update on the 2018 PFRA Convention in Buffalo, New York including the addition of two speakers to the schedule and the announcement of a free convention t-shirt to all attendees.
2017 PFRA Awards. The winners are officially announced with John Maxymuk receiving the Ralph Hay Award for lifetime achievement, Ralph Hickok as the recipient of the Nelson Ross Award for his book "The Vagabond Halfback: The Saga of Johnny Blood McNally," and John Wilke winning the Bob Carroll Memorial Writing Award for his article “Who Was Really the NFL’s First 1,000-Yard Rusher? The Case for Tex Hamer.”
Pro Football’s Half-Decade Team, 1915–1919 by John Wilke. The author, using a methodology to rate individuals before All-Pro teams became commonplace, selects a starting lineup of the best players from the dawn of the professional game, including such greats as Pete Calac, Jim Thorpe, “Greasy” Neale and Norb Sacksteder.
The Canadian Factor by Robert Sproule. A description of Walter Camp’s trek north to witness a 1905 football match between the Toronto Argonauts and the Hamilton Tigers and the accompanying article written by Camp detailing his thoughts on the “ten-yard rule” that he proposed for the American game when he returned home.
2017 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.
PFRA-ternizing. An update on the 2018 PFRA Convention in Buffalo, New York including the addition of two speakers to the schedule and the announcement of a free convention t-shirt to all attendees.
2017 PFRA Awards. The winners are officially announced with John Maxymuk receiving the Ralph Hay Award for lifetime achievement, Ralph Hickok as the recipient of the Nelson Ross Award for his book "The Vagabond Halfback: The Saga of Johnny Blood McNally," and John Wilke winning the Bob Carroll Memorial Writing Award for his article “Who Was Really the NFL’s First 1,000-Yard Rusher? The Case for Tex Hamer.”
Pro Football’s Half-Decade Team, 1915–1919 by John Wilke. The author, using a methodology to rate individuals before All-Pro teams became commonplace, selects a starting lineup of the best players from the dawn of the professional game, including such greats as Pete Calac, Jim Thorpe, “Greasy” Neale and Norb Sacksteder.
The Canadian Factor by Robert Sproule. A description of Walter Camp’s trek north to witness a 1905 football match between the Toronto Argonauts and the Hamilton Tigers and the accompanying article written by Camp detailing his thoughts on the “ten-yard rule” that he proposed for the American game when he returned home.
2017 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.