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1961 Fleer #46, Duane Putnam

It's a testament to Jerry Jones' ability as a businessman that the Cowboys currently rank as the most valuable sports team in the world. But as a fan, I could care less about that. What does team valuation have to do with winning football games? This is why I wish Jerry would have stepped down as GM...

And I think Tom Brady's first Super Bowl appearance came in relief of Drew Bledsoe, if I'm not mistaken.

Earl Morral took over for an injured Johnny Unitas and led the 1968 Colts to a 13-1 record, and an appearance in Super Bowl III where they lost to Joe Namath and the Jets. Didn't Morral repeat the feat with the Dolphins? And wasn't Kurt Warner also a backup, when he led the Rams to a Super Bowl Cham...

The heartbreaking farewell: the world's greatest sports library checks out

Was anyone aware of this? I know SI covers far more than just pro football, but is there no library that can take this collection?

https://www.nfl.info/download/2015Media ... owboys.pdf

It is 122 MB and 464 pages. The other team media guides are available on an NFL Media website for which you must register an account:

http://www.nflmedia.com/

Citizen wrote:Yesterday morning I put up a notice of Gordy Holz' death, along with a reply about Gaechter....by afternoon both were gone.

LOL, this place is awesome.

As a Cowboy fan, I would appreciate seeing your comment about Gaechter.

Thanx

Mike Gaechter died today (Monday, Aug 17, 2015):

http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/2015/ ... t-75.html/

He died of heart failure in Dallas; he was 75.

Another former Detroit Lion has died, this time Mel Farr: http://www.sacbee.com/sports/article29920567.html http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/F/FarrMe00.htm Mel and Miller Farr came from an area of Texas known as the "Golden Triangle" (Beaumont, Orange, Port Arthur). It produc...

Sample: The two columns at the bottom show the data as retrieved from the PFReference site last year and how it appears when entered into a database. The two columns at the top show the reformatted version and how it will appear in a database. This was included in the thread of last year that was s...