Professional Football Researchers Association Forum

I was looking at some material related to former Texas Longhorn coach Darrell Royal and noticed he was a pro coach too - left Mississippi State after the 1952 season to be the head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos at the age of 29, then returned to Starkville after the season. Does anyone know offhand ...

Former Detroit Lion Jim Gibbons has passed away Saturday at the age of 79. Apparently, his 65 yard catch and run touchdown at the gun to beat the Colts in 1960 remains the longest pass play to end a game in regulation time in NFL history. http://www.freep.com/story/news/obituary/2016/08/23/jim-gibbo...

Tony Terry, a defensive lineman on USC's "Wild Bunch" defense in the late 1960's, and who played with the Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Rams, passed away on August 6th in Las Vegas at the age of 69. http://obits.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?n=anthony-terry&pid=181025...

Does anyone have memories of offensive guard Joe Scibelli with the Los Angeles Rams? To me he seems like a very overlooked player. He played fifteen years (!) with the Rams against some tough customers, ten of which as a team captain and five times named the Rams' most valuable offensive lineman wit...

I have always thought it was a real testament to Tom Landry's coaching ability that Dallas won the Division title in 1985. How many good players did Gil Brandt draft after 1977? Cosbie, Christensen, Walter, Newsome, Springs, Jeffcoat, Walker, Irvin, Norton, and Walls Bates, and Downs as free agents,...

Former Indianapolis Colt RB Zurlon Tipton was killed yesterday at the age of 26 in a handgun accident at a Michigan car dealership.

I was reading an article by Dave Brady of the Washington Post on the 1977 Dorsett trade. He notes a first round pick (No. 14) had gone from San Diego to Dallas in the Clint Longley trade (1976). Huh? Can this be right? Tom Prothro was a bright guy with an interesting background as his sometime bridg...

Former Baltimore Colt wide receiver Willie Richardson passed away last Monday in Mississippi. He was apparently one of four brothers who played professional football, the others being Tom, Gloster, and Ernie.

I was looking at the betting lines for the early Super Bowls and besides the famous line in SB III, there were two that jumped out at me: 1. Vikings favored by 12 points in SB IV in Tulane Stadium - it shows how little respect the AFL received even after the Jets' win the previous year. Maybe I have...

I was thinking yesterday that if Tom Coughlin makes the Hall of Fame the 1988-90 New York Giants will have had three Hall of Fame coaches on their staff (Parcells, Belechick, and Coughlin). The only other instance of this I can recall is Sid Gilman, Chuck Noll and Al Davis on the early 1960's San Di...