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PFRA History with President Ken Crippen

The Football History Dude
The Football History Dude
Episode • Jun 17, 2020 • 37m

Ken Crippen | Pro Football Researchers Association

In this episode we cover the following topics with Ken Crippen

  • The founding of the PFRA
  • A little history of the transformation of the organization
  • The transformation online
  • How the site maintains accuracy
  • The conventions history
  • The new biography project
  • The future of the association
  • How you can get published and get involved


Ken Crippen Bio

Ken is the president and former executive director of the Professional Football Researchers Association. He has been researching and writing about pro football history for over twenty years. In that time, he has published two books and numerous articles. He has also won multiple writing awards, the latest being the 2012 PFWA Dick Connor Writing Award for Feature Writing. In 2011, he was awarded the Ralph Hay award by the PFRA for lifetime achievement in pro football history. His writing has been featured on National Football Post, Cold Hard Football Facts, The Packer Report and Coffin Corner. I have also appeared on Fox Sports Radio, ESPN Radio and WGR (Buffalo).

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