Professional Football Researchers Association Forum

Steve Kiner a linebacker who had a standout career at the University of Tennessee and a long career in the NFL, at 77. https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/college/university-of-tennessee/football/2025/04/24/steve-kiner-tennessee-college-football-hall-of-fame-dies-all-american/3102424001/ Need to m...

I write this as a huge New York Giants fan during that era. Those were terrific Washington teams, and I feel Joe Gibbs is a vastly underrated coach. Their 1989 team that just missed the playoffs was a very good team.

I have the idea ex-player Ernest Cuneo had a connection to / was involved with the PFRA before he passed in 1988. Anyhow there is a new book out by Thomas Maier about Cuneo's work in the intelligence field after he retired from football. The Invisible Spy: Churchill's Rockefeller Center Spy Ring and...

https://www.syracuse.com/highschoolsports/2025/04/ray-seals-former-henninger-lineman-who-skipped-college-en-route-to-nfl-dies-at-age-59.html Defensive End Ray Seals at the age of 59. Played with Tampa Bay, Pittsburgh, and Carolina. He played in ninety games over nine seasons and never played colleg...

Mentioning - I have greatly enjoyed Cliff Christl's March 2025 series on the history of the NFL draft. The (ongoing) series can be found on the Green Bay website.

It looks like a lot of the material comes from Mr. Christl's notes for his 1983 book with Don Lagenkamp.

Ray Donaldson is a home-run nominee, nicely done.

My five for 2025:

Max Montoya - Bengals / Raiders

Phil Simms - Giants

Dennis Smith - Broncos

Wayne Walker - Lions

Roger Zatkoff - Packers / Lions

(I left Raymond Clayborn, Henry Lawrence, and Bill Thompson on the cutting room floor)

Mr. Bak, Thank you for laying all this out. I concur it's great stuff.

Curious, who or what pushed the Corps to use improved technology to reexamine this episode?

Thanks again for this.

I read today is the 80th anniversary of the flag raising on Mount Suribachi. RIP to these professional football players and coaches who died in combat: Jack Chevigny died February 19, 1945 Howard "Smiley" Johnson died February 19, 1945 Jack Lummus died March 8, 1945, awarded the Medal of H...

Donn Moomaw, the first two-time All-America player at UCLA at 93. https://uclabruins.com/news/2025/2/11/football-ucla-remembers-hall-of-famer-donn-moomaw My understanding is he was the Rams' first-round draft pick in 1952 before playing some in Canada. He did not want to play on Sundays and went int...

I did not realize the Cowboys released both Dave Grayson and Ernie Kellerman in the early 1960s. They could have used them in their defensive backfield.