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by lietzaro24
Wed Jul 08, 2020 12:32 am
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: USFL gamebooks
Replies: 8
Views: 16387

USFL gamebooks

Does anyone here have any gamebooks from 1985? I'm looking for gamebooks from 1984 and 1983 as well. I'm working on trying to compile all stats for 1985 due to lack of published information on that year especially. I'm trying to compile all defensive stats as well because they are not accurately com...
by lietzaro24
Mon Jun 15, 2020 4:10 am
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: The USFL's Philadelphia Stars
Replies: 20
Views: 46487

Re: The USFL's Philadelphia Stars

IMO, I think that the continuity that the Stars had in their roster and coaching/front office staff was a huge key for them. Myles Tanenbaum was considered to be one of the best owners in the USFL. He did a great job of putting the right people in place at the top. Hiring Carl Peterson was a fantast...
by lietzaro24
Thu Jun 04, 2020 2:51 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Sporting News Football Registers
Replies: 12
Views: 33400

Re: Sporting News Football Registers

Welcome, Rob. Yeah, I had actually ordered the 1986 USFL Guide and Register, only to have them not print it when the trial went the way it did and the 1986 season was scrubbed. That would have been a great resource to have. (Somewhere, someone has the galleys, darn it!) Some team media guides will ...
by lietzaro24
Tue Jun 02, 2020 3:40 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Sporting News Football Registers
Replies: 12
Views: 33400

Re: Sporting News Football Registers

I have also found all of this to be very true. I originally starting using these for my USFL project (1984 and 1985 USFL guides and registers and 1984-1987 Football Registers) to research transaction dates for players (trades, releases, demoted/promoted to and from development squads, etc...) and th...