Professional Football Researchers Association Forum

.....ken houston & mel renfro are in the hall of fame. they are not part of this discussion. best first five years and not in the hall of fame, and must be a safety. jake scott for some folks might rank ahead of volk....and he sure was a damn good player, as was his running mate dick anderson; t...

.....best overall performance by a safety in his first five years in the league, and has not yet been enshrined in the hall of fame. watching film(do that once in a while)has cemented rick volk as the guy for me that best fits the above criteria. from '59 through '66 the colts tried six different me...

....john madden related a story at a coaching clinic that ron shanklin caught a short pass with his back to the secondary, turned inside and ran....a few steps until mr. jack tatum hit him so hard he split the tape on his shoes. not sure this is believable, yet after a productive/oustanding career y...

....dick butkus twice caught passes for extra points('71 vs. wash & '72 vs. philly).

....3rd on my list is 38-7 win over steelers 11-9-69, 2nd on the list is 14-3 win over lions on 10-15-67, and 1st is 13-0 road win over colts on 12-5-65.

.....recently saw a write-up on the '60 Niners win over the colts from 11-27-60(red hickey coached)and their offensive alignments. the play by play calls it "short punt". hickey "shotgun". no matter what it is called and how many teams actually used this formation in previous sea...

....robert gordon's book for me was insightful due to the interviews he did with players, and knowledge of the inner workings of the eagle organization in the 50's. no doubt he loves his team, and he captures all the ingredients needed to contend for a division title. his game by game recollection o...

....12/20/'70; seems like just yesterday...back home to southern calif. for christmas break after playing ball in college, and a chance to see my boy george allen possibly coach his last game for the rams. the 8-4-1 rams must win over the resurgent 8-5 nyg to earn the first wc. ...while in tiger sta...

....the dulcet tones of mr. jack whitaker in narrating the '65 nyg highlight film "the year of the big surprise" was sure fun to watch this afternoon. though their career's are winding down; lynch, patton(on safety blitzes), and katcavage still have their moments, yet for me mr. carl lockh...

....rather than conjecture(some steeler histories give reasons), the colorado state website has a short article on gary g. ....so you might want to check that out. when you look at the draft picks available for '56 you cannot help but wonder what "digger o'dell" used as background for his ...