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NFL Films

“Lost Treasures of NFL Films” location shoot

 In March of 2000, a crew from NFL Films came to Alabama to do work for an upcoming segment in ESPN series “The Lost Treasures of NFL Films”. This segment was about the WFL. I had been contacted by NFL Films and they set up a time to travel to the south to see what WFL “lost treasures” they could find. We met in Birmingham on day 1 and went to Legion Field to begin. There they met with former Birmingham play-by-play announcer Larry Matson, former Birmingham PR director Mike Merrill, and Legion Field General Manager Walter Garrett. The interviews were filmed in Legion Field’s boardroom and conducted by NFL Films producer Dave Petrelius. Afterward, the scene shifted inside Legion Field for an interview with former players Larry Willingham and John Matlock.