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Huntsville Hawks
Professional Football League of America (PFLA)



Six members of the Huntsville Hawks were named to the PFL all-star football team this week. Offensively there are guard Jim Dyar, center Haylon McCollough, tackle Dick Schafroth and halfback Tom Bryan. George Patton was the defensive end and Allen Green voted top kicking specialist.

A couple of Jacksonville State gridders have signed to play football with the Huntsville Hawks for the coming season. They are Robert Kelly and Ray Vinson. Vinson led Joliet, Ill., in interceptions last season but the club will not operate this season. It is reported that salaries this fall will be below last year in the minor league despite the strike for higher wages by the parent NFL. It is reported that players in the league in which Huntsville belongs cannot receive over $200 per game, which is far below what some received a year ago.





Huntsville's Hawks carried a 3-0 record to Oklahoma City to face the Dallas Cowboy affiliate in a Professional Football League game. Marv Matuszak's warriors bit the dust, by some 41-24. They're hoping to have things straightened out before tomorrow when they collide with Des Moines on Iowa ground. They return home Sept. 30 to face the Quad-Cities (Davenport, Iowa and Rock Island, Moline and East Moline, Ill.) Raiders. And incidentally, the Hawks will celebrate the Tri-Cities Night at the same time with several of out outstanding citizens slated to be recognized at intermission. Muscle Shoals' band is expected to be on hand to help do the affair up right. Kickoff time will be 8 p.m. in Milton Frank Stadium.





The 12-team Continental Football league merged yesterday with the eight-team Professional Football League of America, forming a 20-team circuit with representation in all areas of the nation. [...] In the Midwest division will be Omaha; Des Moines; Chicago; Huntsville, Ala.; Oklahoma; Quad Cities [Davenport, Ia.]; Joliet, Ill.; and Little Rock, Ark.

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