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Introducing – Phil Molloy

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I would like to introduce the newest “author” and final member of the team, Mr. Phil Molloy. Phil has been a fixture in APBA Football for several years and I consider him one of the finest innovator’s this game has ever seen. It was Phil who first created and posted the “Dice Range Calculator” that has been a staple of my replays for many years. Are you looking for an alternative for fumbles or new play boards for surprise on-side kicks, Hail Mary, and a variance for special team’s plays? Look no farther, just click on the “Phil Molloy” widget under the Categories section of the site. In the summer of 2013, I enlisted Phil’s assistance to create an innovation for the “Read Option”. I told him that I wanted it to be triggered off the inside run, work in conjunction with “fletch67” and require only one additional dice roll. Phil didn’t disappoint, in my humble opinion, it’s his finest innovation to date.

I’m so happy that Phil finally accepted my invitation. Phil’s life in the Australia is quite hectic, so he will contribute whenever his schedule allows him to. Whenever that time is, I know the APBA Football community will be the beneficiary.

 

Introducing – Greg Wells

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I’m proud to introduce the newest author to the site, Mr. Greg Wells. Greg is a dear friend of mine and arguably the finest Face-to-Face (F-T-F) player on the planet. I’ve been taken to task by him numerous times and never witnessed him lose a pick-up or tournament game. He has easily won the convention tournament the last two years. I am thrilled that he will be contributing tips on the finer points of F-T-F play.

In the early 1980’s, Greg learned his trade doing battle with the legendary, Howard Ahlskog, in the Franklin County Football League. His first year in the league he experienced the typical growing pains and seldom won, however, after that he was a force to be reckoned with. I always enjoyed his stories about the “wars” in Howard’s basement, about how the games would go on for hours, Howard’s pacing around the room and each agonizing coaching decision. Great stuff!

Greg was an APBA Journal staffer and the Lead Football Writer between 1989 and 1993. He was inducted into the APBA Hall of Fame in 2013.

Introducing – Dave Urban

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I’m proud to introduce the newest author to the site, Mr. Dave Urban. I always consider Joe Bonamassa to be the greatest guitar player that no one knows and that is exactly how I feel about Dave Urban with regard to APBA Football.

Dave created cards for APBA baseball and football, including making ratings for the game company’s football game under a signed contract for several years.  He retired from this duty a few years ago and signed a non-disclosure agreement prohibiting him from selling any teams for Football or Baseball.

An interesting tidbit about Dave, on August 25, 1981, he wrote a letter to Dick Seitz and told him his idea for a new football game containing the screen pass, medium pass, draw play the different offense and defensive sets.  On September 17, 1981, Dave received a letter from Seitz informing him that all of his suggested improvements would be incorporated into the new game.  In 1982, Dick Seitz used all of Dave’s ideas and produced the Master game that we play today.  Never the wallflower, Dave voiced his displeasure at the fact that his old sets would not be compatible with the new game rendering them obsolete. Seitz responded saying that he thought he would be happy with new game because it had everything that he wanted. In addition, it was Dave who informed Seitz about the walk and stolen base system that APBA Baseball now uses.

On behalf of myself, Mark Zarb and Ray Dunlap, I would like to welcome you to the team and we are looking forward to reading your contributions with regard to APBA Football history and whatever other topics you want to discuss.