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- Tue Apr 23, 2024 2:11 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: NFL "what-if" scenarios thread
- Replies: 136
- Views: 177773
Re: NFL "what-if" scenarios thread
What if Johnny Unitas had played until he was 75 without losing any of his skills?
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:27 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: 2022/1989 Pittsburgh Steelers
- Replies: 24
- Views: 12382
Re: 2022/1989 Pittsburgh Steelers
I am a Steelers and Yankees fan. So was my mom. I heard a story about how she abused the TV after Maz's HR in 1960. She was a big Steeler fan when I was growing up, but she wasn't as much into baseball (although I remember watching some of the Pirates' and Pens early-90's playoffs with her). It see...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 9:17 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Ranking all NFLCG winners, '33 thru '65
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13007
Re: Ranking all NFLCG winners, '33 thru '65
Neft-Cohen's Pro Football: The Early Years lists all NFL players and their years of military service (pp. 160-161). Here are the totals by year: 1941--44 (we tend to forget that the draft started in late 1940) 1942--202 1943--376 1944--418 1945--358 How many of those were stateside and still played...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 4:18 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Ranking all NFLCG winners, '33 thru '65
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13007
Re: Ranking all NFLCG winners, '33 thru '65
Neft-Cohen's Pro Football: The Early Years lists all NFL players and their years of military service (pp. 160-161).
Here are the totals by year:
1941--44 (we tend to forget that the draft started in late 1940)
1942--202
1943--376
1944--418
1945--358
Here are the totals by year:
1941--44 (we tend to forget that the draft started in late 1940)
1942--202
1943--376
1944--418
1945--358
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:24 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Goal Posts
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15030
Re: Goal Posts
Here's a 1946 postcard of City Stadium. If you look closely, you can see the offset.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/109704940901796831/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/109704940901796831/
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:49 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Goal Posts
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15030
Re: Goal Posts
The goalposts in Green Bay's old City Stadium were always offset like that. I saw my first game there in 1946 (I was 7 years old) and I was at every home game from 1947 through 1954.
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:32 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: More fodder. . .
- Replies: 24
- Views: 21794
Re: More fodder. . .
This thread should have been titled "Get Off My Lawn" ==
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 1:14 pm
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: A question about NFL Recordkeeping
- Replies: 12
- Views: 19435
Re: A question about NFL Recordkeeping
This is what Johnny Blood told me about Lewellen: "I still haven't seen anybody who could punt the ball like Lewellen. He kicked it deep and very high, so there was just never any chance for a return. They talk about the kicking game now, but it was even more important in some of those low scor...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:23 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: Pittsburgh Steelers in 1957
- Replies: 4
- Views: 12755
Re: Pittsburgh Steelers in 1957
About two months before the subject season, Buddy Parker announced he was leaving the Detroit Lions and was headed to the Pittsburgh Steelers. That's not quite the way it happened. Parker stunned the crowd at a "Meet the Lions" banquet on August 10 by announcing that he was resigning beca...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 10:25 am
- Forum: Football Talk
- Topic: John Hadl to Packers in 1973?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3066
Re: John Hadl to Packers in 1973?
Here's a clipping from the Green Bay Press-Gazette of the same date with a little more detail:
https://www.newspapers.com/article/gree ... 142058295/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/gree ... 142058295/