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by Retro Rider
Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:02 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Goal Posts
Replies: 17
Views: 5040

Re: Goal Posts

Maybe - and this is just another guess - I think the Cardinals first used Busch Stadium rather than the old Sportsman's Park in 66 or 67. So, it might have had something to do with it being such a new stadium, maybe they'd bought new goalposts for the building of the new stadium and wanted to get a...
by Retro Rider
Mon Apr 08, 2024 7:41 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Obscure trivia
Replies: 153
Views: 67261

Re: Obscure trivia

Sam Rutigliano won UPI's AFC COY in 1979 & 1980. His Browns lost to the Raiders in the 1980 & 1982 AFC Playoffs. So it's Rutigliano and Allie Sherman (1961 & 1962 UPI NFL COY/0-3 in NFL Championship games).
by Retro Rider
Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:53 am
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Goal Posts
Replies: 17
Views: 5040

Re: Goal Posts

This history of goal posts interested me quite a bit when I first started my blog and I learned a lot while researching. In writing it I found the patent for Joel Rottman's sling shot goal post which included padding. If anyone's interested, it's here: https://www.thegamebeforethemoney.com/goalpost...
by Retro Rider
Mon Jan 29, 2024 11:23 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: NFL's Most Influential Teams
Replies: 35
Views: 9052

Re: NFL's Most Influential Teams

ChrisBabcock wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 5:06 pm And not to mention a hilarious SNL sketch starring Mike Myers and George Wendt. :D
Thanks, I needed a good laugh:
https://youtu.be/NhMqjHEDmcU?si=KUp2cA5jNzFzQ6Ii
by Retro Rider
Sun Jan 14, 2024 12:19 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Teams that didn't play on MNF the entire season but "should" have
Replies: 11
Views: 18026

Re: Teams that didn't play on MNF the entire season but "should" have

The 1977 Denver Broncos, who were coming off their best season ever (9-5). They went on to win the AFC and advanced to Super Bowl XII. ABC's snub of the Broncos further drew the ire of Denver fans whenever their club was excluded from Howard Cosell's halftime highlights segment: "Business is bo...
by Retro Rider
Tue Jan 02, 2024 9:15 pm
Forum: Football Books
Topic: Canadian Football Books
Replies: 15
Views: 80036

Re: Canadian Football Books

^^^^^^^^^^^ The above is staggering and I will be referring to it in the New Year! Amazing work! :!: :!: Thanks Cali_Eagle, I hope you find it useful! Additions for 2024: Lemay, Daniel (2006). Montreal Football: Un siecle et des poussieres. Les Editions LA PRESSE. ISBN: 978-2923194356. Softcover (2...
by Retro Rider
Fri Dec 29, 2023 3:09 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: Hard To Find Info Online
Replies: 17
Views: 5015

Re: Hard To Find Info Online

Would also like to find Box Scores for CFL Playoff games/rounds before Grey Cup I have yet to find a source that includes box scores for CFL Playoff games, either in book form or online. CFL record keeping has been pretty hit and miss over the years. It would be a big undertaking but I'd love it if...
by Retro Rider
Thu Dec 28, 2023 12:15 am
Forum: Football Books
Topic: Canadian Football Books
Replies: 15
Views: 80036

Re: Canadian Football Books

Updated List for 2023 Compiled from various sources, here's a list of books and publications relating to Canadian football (there are likely more): Ackles, Bobby with Ian Mulgrew (2007). The Water Boy: From the Sidelines to the Owner’s Box, Inside the CFL, the XFL, and the NFL. Canada: John Wiley &...
by Retro Rider
Wed Dec 13, 2023 3:32 pm
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: WR with most career 90+ yard TD receptions
Replies: 16
Views: 2116

Re: WR with most career 90+ yard TD receptions

In 1981 Steve Watson recorded a 93 yard TD reception against the Chargers in Week 4 and a 95 yard TD reception against Detroit in Week 6. In Week 14 he tallied an 86 yarder versus Kansas City, a play that fell just 6 yards short of the endzone. At the time it was the longest non-scoring pass play in...
by Retro Rider
Thu Dec 07, 2023 11:34 am
Forum: Football Talk
Topic: WRs who could/should have won MVP
Replies: 37
Views: 9521

Re: WRs who could/should have won MVP

JohnTurney wrote: Wed Dec 06, 2023 5:12 pm 1964 • Lance Alworth, WR - San Diego (PFWA—NY Chapter)
John, we're there N.Y. Chapter Awards in 1964? Your previous list had Alworth winning in 1965:

N.Y. Chapter MVP's
1965 Jim Brown, RB, Cle - NFL Lance Alworth, FL, SD - AFL

Just checking, thanks!