Professional Football Researchers Association Forum

Great idea. Anything (professional) that can expand - not saying substitute or replace - the PFRA beyond the drudgery of endless HOF discussions. SABR has multiple and varied interests. Why not the PFRA?

Like any "find," this is pretty well known among a certain group of people. In this case, Springsteen or rock and roll aficionados. You can find numerous articles about it on the web, some including photos of Clemons in football uniform. Here's one: http://www.chorusandverse.com/content.ph...

Well, this is quite a bombshell. I guess the NFL will pick up their billion dollar ball and scurry home with their tail between their legs.

As a researcher interested in history, must say it's more interesting hearing it from someone who lived it.

Great stuff, OCC.

"... pose the question on this to OldeCapeCod, one of PFRA's experts who lived in New England back in that era-- would it have had something to do with a prohibition against Sunday beer sales? .." A better person to ask might be Ralph Hickok. It is likely he was in the area before this in...

In compiling start times I noticed the number of Patriots Friday games, as well. Interested in hearing the reason why.

Reminds me of how Colts games in the old days started at 2 pm instead of 1 pm so they didn't interfere with Baltimore church services.

A couple of other sources - Arthur Ashe's A Hard Road to Glory and Ocania Chalk's Black College Sport. I corresponded with Mr. Chalk quite a few years ago when I was involved with IBRO (boxing research) and believe he is still alive in the Washington DC area although I no longer have a contact for ...

Thank you, I’m glad people enjoyed it. When I saw this I thought of what William Burroughs said to a waiter in 1974 (or thereabouts) when asked what he wanted. “A striped bass that was fished from Lake Huron in 1920.” I know the decade and lake isn’t the same but the longing for a simpler time, when...

I debated posting this out of respect for a football related forum, but I came across this while doing research on downtown Chicago for a football related project. I figured the film buffs and/or historians might appreciate it for what it is. This rare color footage of 1940s Chicago was discovered a...

Bill Parcells agrees with Wolf. Well, I also agree with Wolf. Just saying that Wolf endorsing Butler for the HOF is like a father endorsing his son for little league. That said, anyone willing to say he'd be happy to bat .333 in the draft commands my respect. Most egos of his stature would never st...