Professional Football Researchers Association Forum

Awful. Strangely I was just watching that old NFL films clip where Francis talks about taking some Raider player on a flight in his private plane and then (jokingly) kicking the door open and threatening to boot him out. Yes, that was in reference to the infamous 1976 Pats-Raiders AFC Playoff game ...

I saw McElhenny play on TV for the Giants in 1963. In the Week 7 game against the Browns he played a lot, and scored on a screen pass faking several Giants out. In other games you would occasionally see flashes of his old form. In the 1963 championship game against the Bears, McElhenny played almost...

Something else R.C. Owens did in football that is noteworthy... A famous picture of him was shot at the goal post crossbar with Owens using his amazing leaping ability to block a long field goal that would have just cleared the bar had Owens not leapt up and got it at the last second. I believe thi...

I saw the game on TV. After the early fumble Bill Anderson had the best game of his career. He made eight receptions, several during the key late-game drives. Bill Anderson played for the Washington Redskins from 1958-63, making the Pro Bowl twice, 1959 and 1960. He left the NFL in 1964 to be an ass...

Everyone should be aware that Raiders QB Darryl Lamonica smashed his hand on KC DE Aaron Brown's helmet in the 3rd quarter. After coming out for a series in favor of George Blanda he returned with his throwing hand quite swollen and then preceded to toss the 3 picks. He also got hurt the following ...

The Terry Metcalf I'm looking at never had a season over 1200 scrimmage yards. It doesn't appear he ever got a bellcow workload; he also never had more than 20 carries in a game. Is his returning considered the most relevant data point in his HOVG favor? I recall Greg Pruitt in the mid-70s being qu...

Bill Groman Lionel Taylor Bob Hayes? Shofner and Powell came close Now don't be sad, 'cause two out of three ain't bad. John Jefferson? He had the start of a Hall of Fame career until he held out and was traded to Green Bay. John Jefferson was one of Howard Slusher's clients, whose advice was to &q...

Hadl's dropoff seemed just as out of nowhere, too. Hadl hurt his back pushing his car in Marina del Rey. The back affected his throwing. His back was problematic in late-74 mid-1974ish ... he couldn't get as much on the ball as he did in early 1973 or before... he was known for having a very good (...

Plimpton went to Lions training camp in 1963. Alex Karras was suspended that year and was not there. The movie is set in 1967 and you see rookies like Lem Barney and Mike weger, while the head coach is Joe Schmidt not George Wilson. Plimpton did not appear in a preseason game with the Lions, only a...

Though I felt he was a true versatile professional, John Cappelletti never could put it together to make the impact as a runner, people might have expected. He joins a loaded Rams team and gets lost in a rotation of good backs, then later, is primarily a blocker for a pass happy Chargers offense. H...