Professional Football Researchers Association Forum

I was just looking at the NFL Official Guide from 1935 and I notice that in the historical league standings from 1925, Pottsville is listed as finishing second behind the Cardinals. I thought that since they were suspended they would not show up in the standings. From 1925: Pottsville Maroons - by J...

He is to be congratulated for a very generous gift - and what persistence to collect every game program over the years - they will be a great resource for researchers.

I would gladly sign a petition for most of the under-appreciated players mentioned - and I make no value judgment on relative merits - but I am happy that someone cares enough to get a petition going and that the Kenny Washington Stadium Foundation is working on rebuilding a high school field and st...

I agree that Slater should be in the Hall of Fame, but I think the reporting on this petition may have given the wrong impression that those behind it don't acknowledge players like Pollard and Slater. On the Kenny Washington Stadium Foundation Facebook page they note that Washington broke a barrier...

Back view

I was reading Chris Willis' article about Joe Carr and NFL Courtesy passes, http://nflfootballjournal.blogspot.com/2016/04/joe-f-carr-and-courtesy-nfl-passes.html and remembered that my father was given a life-time pass to all NFL games, which I always assumed was his sole retirement perk from the N...

Here's Joe Carr on the sidelines with the girl Yellow Jackets

In my dreams

I wish that was a color photo of Graham - I had a pair of those in red

Great! Thanks for sharing. Ray Flaherty is a legend - from the great State of Washington. Somewhat related, the High School he went to won the 4A state championship this past weekend. You probably know that when he played football at Gonzaga he was team-mates with Huston Stockton, John Stockton's g...