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by Cali_Eagle
Sun Jan 28, 2024 12:27 am
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: NFL's Most Influential Teams
Replies: 35
Views: 8982

Re: NFL's Most Influential Teams

Not a Bears fan but I could see 1932 Bears and 1940 Bears on that list. 1925 Pottsville Maroons too. Probably more if I think about it a little more.
by Cali_Eagle
Mon Jan 15, 2024 3:52 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: 1945 Championship
Replies: 17
Views: 3712

Re: 1945 Championship

National Weather Service says 8 was the high in Cleveland on Dec 16, 1945, -3 was the low: https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=cle Click on "Cleveland Area" then "Daily Almanac" and choose the date. You can do this for pretty much any game in history on the site. With the ga...
by Cali_Eagle
Sun Jan 07, 2024 3:03 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: What happened to Pro Football Archives?
Replies: 21
Views: 12072

Re: What happened to Pro Football Archives?

I thought it was a phenomenal website with data Pro Football Reference should have and feature (CFL and on their college page D1-AA (FCS) too). I would like to thank Mr. Tod Maher for running it as long as he did, and I sure would like to see that data used somewhere accessible to the online communi...
by Cali_Eagle
Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:57 am
Forum: Football Books
Topic: Canadian Football Books
Replies: 15
Views: 78703

Re: Canadian Football Books

^^^^^^^^^^^
The above is staggering and I will be referring to it in the New Year! Amazing work! :!: :!:
by Cali_Eagle
Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:55 am
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Hard To Find Info Online
Replies: 17
Views: 4994

Re: Hard To Find Info Online

It is unfortunate because NFL box scores are easily accessible on Pro-Football-Reference. No equivalent exists for the CFL. I asked Pro Football Reference if they would add the CFL to their site. I think they said no plans now but would consider. I wish they or the CFL itself would do this. I'd lik...
by Cali_Eagle
Fri Dec 29, 2023 2:31 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Hard To Find Info Online
Replies: 17
Views: 4994

Re: Hard To Find Info Online

Thanks to everyone that posted! I will pursue some of these avenues and see if I can get answers to some questions &/or curiosity I have had for a long time. 👍👍
by Cali_Eagle
Thu Dec 28, 2023 5:12 am
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Hard To Find Info Online
Replies: 17
Views: 4994

Hard To Find Info Online

The recent Shelby question inspired me to ask the following... Has anyone ever reconstructed the stats of Charles Follis from Newspaper Accounts? I'd be curious if the answer is "yes they have". Love to see the results of that... done for him and several other players of "Ohio League&...
by Cali_Eagle
Tue Nov 28, 2023 8:41 pm
Forum: Football Obituaries
Topic: 2023 Obituaries
Replies: 156
Views: 114451

Re: 2023 Obituaries

Mark Kellar, former running back with the Minnesota Vikings died on November 23, at the age of 71: https://www.startribune.com/obituaries/detail/0000474115/ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/K/KellMa00.htm Mark Kellar was a standout RB at Northern Illinois University and with the Chica...
by Cali_Eagle
Wed Nov 15, 2023 5:23 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Most lopsided (combined final score) regular season SWEEPS?
Replies: 19
Views: 4232

Re: Most lopsided (combined final score) regular season SWEEPS?

From the AAFC: All in 1946 & all Cleveland Browns over Brooklyn Dodgers 66-14 and 26-7 = 92-21 Over Chicago Rockets 51-14 and 20-6 = 71-20 Over Miami Seahawks 44-0 and 34-0 = 78-0 Over Buffalo Bisons 51-14 and 28-0 = 79-14 From 1947 (All Browns) over Baltimore Colts 42-0 and 28-0 = 70-0 over Bro...
by Cali_Eagle
Wed Nov 08, 2023 9:52 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Taysom Hill
Replies: 4
Views: 800

Re: Taysom Hill

Double Post in Error