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Golden Richards passed away today, Feb 23, 2024, in Murray, UT; he was 73:

https://www.deseret.com/2024/2/23/24081 ... -age-of-73

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I just checked TCM and the football movies expire on the following days:

Jim Thorpe--All American Sep 13
North Dallas Forty Sep 13
Paper Lion Sep 19
Semi-Tough Sep 19
Knute Rockne--All American Oct 5

If you have a cable, satellite, or streaming subscription that includes TCM, you can watch these movies for a limited time (for about 30 days after they air) on the WatchTCM app for iOS or Android, or on the Watch TCM webpage. I am not aware of any way to capture the stream like a DVR would do, but ...

North Dallas 40 was really good. Exposed the Cowboys due to Pete Gent's experiences. I forget if he said this after reading the book or seeing the movie (neither of which GM Tex Schramm or HC Tom Landry approved), but Don Meredith supposedly said, if he had known Gent's hands were that good, he wou...

I'm not sure how much historical value these represent, but just FYI, TCM is showing a series of football movies Tuesday night (Sep 5) beginning at 8 p.m. ET

Zenon Andrusyshyn, former punter with the Kansas City Chiefs, in addition to the CFL and USFL died on August 7th, at the age of 76: https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/longtime-toronto-argonauts-kicker-punter-zenon-andrusyshyn-dead-at-76-1.1993654 Sorry to hear of his passing. We were friends on Facebook, and h...

Whose 1986 fall from grace was the most surprising? [snip] Also, poor draft day decisions in Big D were catching up to them (like Rod Hill in 82 and Kevin Brooks in 85). Landry should have resigned after the 86 season like he originally planned on doing (and letting Paul Hackett be the HC). The ind...

JohnTurney wrote:Farr's was used to get player's perspective for the film "Paper Lion".

it was operated by remote control and Farr would just play

Thanx!

This is Detroit Lion Mel Farr wearing a helmet fitted with a "gun camera". I don't know anything more about the photo and I'm hoping someone here can fill in the details like when and why this was done. The source (9GAG) didn't provide any information. Thanx 38432200_10156424259084333_1329...