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Originally Posted by jefferyepayne
it was later determined that he didn't have as many official yards as was thought and never did hold the record
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Thanks Jeff - I really appreciate someone discussing this. It's a personal favorite record - I even remember Jim Brown threatened to come back if a certain individual broke it.
I figured there was some statistical revisions that went on. I really think it's too bad though. Gutowsky was so close to being immortalized. And it wouldn't have taken anything from Battles as he was the original holder.
Specifically, what I found is that on 10-26-39, the newspapers were saying Gutowsky had bested Battles 3,399-3398. Now, we see Battles with a 3511-3279 lead. So Battles gained 113 yards after his retirement and Gutowsky lost 120 after he retired. Good thing I'm not a conspiracy theorist, I'd say someone didn't want Gutowsky in the record books. Thanks Again.