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They had tried to trade Young before. This was an item in the Minneapolis Tribune 11-30-1966: Vikings rumored to be sending Jim Young to BC Lions for halfback Willie Fleming; would be first NFL-CFL trade. BC has to get CFL rights to Young from Toronto; Minnesota has to get NFL rights from Philadelph...

Thanks for the insights - and keep them coming. Jay Z, thanks esp. for the stuff on Kapp. I went back to the Minneapolis papers when he was acquired by the Vikings. There had been some mention of him being in the process of playing out his option with BC (or Vancouver, as the paper referred to the L...

Howdy. Long-time member, first-time caller. I’m working on an article for the Coffin Corner that will probably result in lots of questions, but I’ll do only a few at a time. My understanding is that in 1947 the NFL changed its reserve clause from a perpetual reserve rule (meaning it could renew a pl...

Hi - Just posting partly to see if everything works. Ken just approved my registration. From the email address (pfra.review@yahoo.com), at first I thought it was an official organization address, although I suppose anyone can pick any name for a yahoo account. I'm sure some of the PFRA members are S...