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Just as in today’s NFL, the teams of the 1970s all wanted to be playing their best brand of pro football while they were going down the home stretch of their schedule. They all wanted to be “peaking towards the playoffs.” No team wanted to enter the postseason tournament with a losing streak hovering over … Read more
I recently had the opportunity to interview Steve Wright, who played in the NFL for eleven seasons. Steve began his career in 1981 as a free agent with the Dallas Cowboys. After playing two seasons with Dallas as a backup offensive lineman and special team’s player, he was traded to the Baltimore Colts, where he … Read more
This is a book review by host of Pro Football in the 1970s and author of multiple books, Joe Zagorski. This book is published by McFarland Books. Credit – McFarland Publisher’s of “The NFL’s 60-Minute Men” by author Chris Willis Pro football author Chris Willis’ new book entitled The NFL’s 60-Minute Men: All-Time Greats of … Read more
After winning the NFL Championship in 1947 and compiling a combined 21–5 record in 1947 & 1948, the Chicago Cardinals fell hard, having only two winning seasons in the next eleven seasons. The team moved to Saint Louis in 1960, giving them new life, as they had five winning seasons and only four losing seasons. … Read more
From 1956 to 1965, the LA Rams were not a good football team, posting just one winning season in 1958. But things began to change in 1966 with the hiring of George Allen as Head Coach. Allen had been the defensive Coach of the Chicago Bears. Allen’s hiring paid off immediately, as he took a … Read more