Professional Football Researchers Association Forum

I enjoyed Jeffrey Miller's article in the latest CC "Sentimental Journey - In Search of Walter Koppish" It's the best part of research to be able to connect people with their past, especially their family past. Koppish played on the Giants in 1926 - I've tried to collect the cards of those...

The story I heard was that the nickname was for Happy Hooligan and then shorted to Hap - his mother always called him Dayle. The Carnegie Wonder Eleven was probably the 1926 team that handed Notre Dame their only defeat that year, one of the biggest upsets in football history according to ESPN. My f...

Just read the thread about the next PFRA meeting in Buffalo. There have been some great vintage Buffalo football items for sale recently on eBay and I did buy one program of particular interest to me along with a promotional flyer https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.websitetoolbox.com/1237/3222051 https:...

I'm about half way through the book - the reviewer took liberties the author does not take - I'm enjoying it -

Amazon is quick - here is the blurb from the jacket that explains the book title, I believe

That's the review - I've ordered the book so we'll see if the author sets out the same claims.

A new book by Steve Sheinkin "Undefeated Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team" was reviewed by Carvell Wallace in the New York Times Book Review January 15. I'm curious what others think of the assertions implicit in the opening paragraph: Few of today’s football fans kn...

Congratulations to Lee Elder on a great research article on the Goodyear Silents - really interesting and well written. Professional football does not equal the NFL and the article reminds that there are a lot of stories still to be discovered and told. Thanks!

I have it on a DVD and posted a slightly slow motion version here https://storage.googleapis.com/hapmoran ... 0speed.mp4

Championship Game 1939