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You mean Joe Horrigan Check out this link. His name is John Hogrogian. He did research on early All-Pro teams: https://profootballresearchers.com/archives/Website_Files/Coffin_Corner/05-07-147.pdf There is film of Slater this is from the Centennial Class announcement on Good Morning Football althou...

Some thoughts I had on this: -Seems inconsistent Duke Slater got in, I can't imagine there's much film on him. -Ironic if anyone on the panel also had a say on the 100-year team. Hewitt got in and not Nagurski. I remember on the old board, a member brought up Hewitt being a weak HOFer and pointing t...

PFHOFlover wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 5:39 pm stupidest film

I agree with this as it's written, but you mean "studied" film, right?

Either way, thanks for sharing this @PFHOFlover - explains a lot.

Thanks @conace21!

Does Art Powell not getting in break a streak? Who was the last Senior Finalist not to get in before this? Thanks.

...it feels like the HOF regards the judgment of the founding classes as sacred, anyone they passed over was passed for a reason that doesn't require an explanation, and the only instance they're willing to admit they screwed up on is Friedman. Possibly, but I think the combination of recency bias ...

Thanks T&S ... I read somewhere that Friedman tried to lobby to be included in the initial HOF classes in the early 60s but rubbed voters the wrong way. You cant blame him if he was one of the first true advocates of forward passing. You're welcome. Yep, from my memory of reading the book, I be...

Chris Willis or TanksAndSpartans might know the answer to this? Wouldnt the 1929 NY Giants be highly influential with Benny Friedman throwing for 20 TDs, or was it done before, without any official records being printed? Great question - I've been taking a pretty close look at pre-NFL starting in t...

That's not unfortunate! That's some of the best money I spend every year! :) Ha, Ha - same here. I resisted subscribing for years thinking they were overcharging for something that should be free, but as the actual free sources started drying up, I gave in and now I look at it the same way. I get m...

That's not unfortunate! That's some of the best money I spend every year! :) Ha, Ha - same here. I resisted subscribing for years thinking they were overcharging for something that should be free, but as the actual free sources started drying up, I gave in and now I look at it the same way. I get m...