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- Mon Feb 29, 2016 4:27 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: HOVG and Ladies' Football
- Replies: 8
- Views: 13344
Re: HOVG and Ladies' Football
Great idea. Anything (professional) that can expand - not saying substitute or replace - the PFRA beyond the drudgery of endless HOF discussions. SABR has multiple and varied interests. Why not the PFRA?
- Sat Feb 27, 2016 7:06 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Out of the Blue
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7303
Re: Out of the Blue
Like any "find," this is pretty well known among a certain group of people. In this case, Springsteen or rock and roll aficionados. You can find numerous articles about it on the web, some including photos of Clemons in football uniform. Here's one: http://www.chorusandverse.com/content.ph...
- Wed Feb 24, 2016 4:12 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: League Caught!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6311
Re: League Caught!
Well, this is quite a bombshell. I guess the NFL will pick up their billion dollar ball and scurry home with their tail between their legs.
- Tue Feb 23, 2016 4:46 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Friday NFL games (regular season)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 26162
Re: Friday NFL games (regular season)
As a researcher interested in history, must say it's more interesting hearing it from someone who lived it.
Great stuff, OCC.
Great stuff, OCC.
- Tue Feb 23, 2016 1:17 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Friday NFL games (regular season)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 26162
Re: Friday NFL games (regular season)
"... pose the question on this to OldeCapeCod, one of PFRA's experts who lived in New England back in that era-- would it have had something to do with a prohibition against Sunday beer sales? .." A better person to ask might be Ralph Hickok. It is likely he was in the area before this in...
- Tue Feb 23, 2016 10:24 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Friday NFL games (regular season)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 26162
Re: Friday NFL games (regular season)
In compiling start times I noticed the number of Patriots Friday games, as well. Interested in hearing the reason why.
Reminds me of how Colts games in the old days started at 2 pm instead of 1 pm so they didn't interfere with Baltimore church services.
Reminds me of how Colts games in the old days started at 2 pm instead of 1 pm so they didn't interfere with Baltimore church services.
- Fri Feb 19, 2016 11:15 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Historically black colleges
- Replies: 11
- Views: 19615
Re: Historically black colleges
A couple of other sources - Arthur Ashe's A Hard Road to Glory and Ocania Chalk's Black College Sport. I corresponded with Mr. Chalk quite a few years ago when I was involved with IBRO (boxing research) and believe he is still alive in the Washington DC area although I no longer have a contact for ...
- Thu Feb 18, 2016 10:48 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Not football related, but if you like old color film...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8784
Re: Not football related, but if you like old color film...
Thank you, I’m glad people enjoyed it. When I saw this I thought of what William Burroughs said to a waiter in 1974 (or thereabouts) when asked what he wanted. “A striped bass that was fished from Lake Huron in 1920.” I know the decade and lake isn’t the same but the longing for a simpler time, when...
- Thu Feb 18, 2016 10:52 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Not football related, but if you like old color film...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8784
Not football related, but if you like old color film...
I debated posting this out of respect for a football related forum, but I came across this while doing research on downtown Chicago for a football related project. I figured the film buffs and/or historians might appreciate it for what it is. This rare color footage of 1940s Chicago was discovered a...
- Thu Feb 18, 2016 8:58 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: A 6-year HOF plan, just wow
- Replies: 37
- Views: 49283
Re: A 6-year HOF plan, just wow
Bill Parcells agrees with Wolf. Well, I also agree with Wolf. Just saying that Wolf endorsing Butler for the HOF is like a father endorsing his son for little league. That said, anyone willing to say he'd be happy to bat .333 in the draft commands my respect. Most egos of his stature would never st...