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I think it's worth trying to narrow the focus to a discussion of football and football research on the public forums of the PFRA. A thread for discussion of the PFRA, policies, and other membership issues could be in the members only section.

Steve Owen was a star player for the New York Giants before Tim Mara tapped him to be head coach in 1931, a position he held through the 1953 season. After coaching in Philadelphia and Canada, Owen suffered a heart attack in 1962. However, he took another head coaching job for the 1963, this time wi...

Here is a 1939 NFL Rules Manual which appears to have belonged to a former official - it's completely worked over with notes and the last page seems to indicate where the owner would be working during the season. I've tried to find a common name for the various games in newspaper clippings, but so f...

Someone moved to our town a few years back who had been Bednarik's neighbor back in PA and told stories of how popular he was with all the kids in the neighborhood and how generous he was in his time with them.

I've seen the question asked and don't remember a definitive answer, but how did teams scrimmage back in the day when there was a roster limit of 18? Here's an August inter squad game program from the Giants in 1947 - 43 on this roster, looks like the limit by the start of the season was 35 (check o...

So right before the worst call ever Butler and Kearse went up together for the ball, both came down and the ball was still free and Kearse makes the catch - however, while the ball was still alive, #30 for the Patriots - Harmon - goes over Kearse thinking the ball is dead - what if he had dropped do...

I'm giving a football talk to a group of Boy Scouts - I have some resources but would be interested if anyone has good ideas I could steal!

In scanning some pages from old Frankford programs I came across this article about the monetary value of the college football player - a discussion still brewing with little or no resolution except I read today the NCAA will allow financial assistance for players' families to travel to title games....

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