Coffin Corner Volume 40 Number 3

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Coffin Corner Volume 40 Number 3

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The latest issue of “The Coffin Corner” is now available for immediate download from the PFRA website. The issue includes:

“PFRA-ternizing.” An announcement on the release of The 1958 Baltimore Colts, the second book in the Great Teams in Professional Football series, and a final update on the 2018 PFRA Convention in Buffalo.

“Official 2018 Hall of Very Good Ballot.” Note that the deadline for voting is October 31, 2018.

“Rushing for a Sweet Record: Walter Payton Runs to Glory in 1977” by Joe Zagorski. A look back at the day when the Chicago running back broke O.J. Simpson’s single-game rushing record against the first place Vikings, willed his team to victory and kept the Bears in the hunt for the playoffs—all while recovering from the flu.

“What’s in a Name? An Update on the 1915–1919 Half-Decade Team” by John Wilke. The author uncovers new information on the likely game appearances of “Greasy” Neale, one of the athletes on the Half-Decade Team, and the names members of the second and third teams to conclude his list of the greatest professional football players right before the founding of the NFL.

“The Semi-Pro Football Hall of Fame: The First 100 (Or So) Members, 1981–1989” by Mark L. Ford. An annual listing of the first 107 inductees in the American Football Association’s Semi-Pro Hall of Fame, with brief biographies on the members of every class, including such names as Jim “King” Corcoran, Bob Kuechenberg and Otis Sistrunk.
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