Additional Speakers Confirmed for 2023 PFRA Convention

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George Bozeka
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Additional Speakers Confirmed for 2023 PFRA Convention

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We are pleased to announce that three additional speakers have confirmed for the 2023 PFRA Convention. For additional Convention details and registration information go to http://profootballresearchers.org/conve ... ntion.html

Chris Willis has worked at NFL Films as Head of the Research Library since 1996. Books written by Chris include >Old Leather: An Oral History of Early Pro Football in Ohio, 1920-1935 (2005 Nelson Ross Award by the Professional Football Researchers Association for recent Achievement in Football Research and Historiography), The Columbus Panhandles: A Complete History of Pro Football's Toughest Team, 1900-1922, The Man Who Built the National Football League: Joe F. Carr, Dutch Clark: The Life of an NFL Legend and the Birth of the Detroit Lions, A Nearly Perfect Season: The Inside Story of the 1984 San Francisco 49ers, Walter Lingo, Jim Thorpe and the Oorang Indians: How a Dog Kennel Owner Created the NFL's Most Famous Traveling Team, Red Grange: The Life and Legacy of the NFL’s First Superstar and Bronko: The Legendary Story of the NFL’s First Two-Way Fullback. Chris was also the 2012 recipient of the PFRA's Ralph E. Hay Award, presented for Lifetime Achievement in Professional Football Research and Historiography. Chris will make a presentation about the Galloping Ghost and his barnstorming tour game in Pittsburgh on December 10, 1925.

Joshua Milton Anderson is a chess teacher, tournament director, and the president of the Chess Journalists of America. He has written articles for both Chess Life and the Professional Football Researchers Association’s (PFRA’s) The Coffin Corner and contributed to the PFRA’s Great Teams in Pro Football History Book Series. Joshua will make a presentation about the early history of the Eagles- Steelers Rivalry culminating with their 1947 playoff game.

Ryan Christiansen is a professor of English at North Dakota State University and a published technical writer, creative writer, and award-winning journalist. He has contributed to the PFRA’s Great Teams in Pro Football History Book Series and The Coffin Corner. Ryan is the author of Border Boys: How Americans From Border Colleges Helped Western Canada to Win a Football Championship and the recipient of the 2019 Bob Carroll Memorial Writing Award honoring that year’s best original article published in The Coffin Corner. Ryan will make a presentation about the Minneapolis Marines/Red Jackets.
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