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Mark
Meadows,
Co-Founder/Historical Research
Mark
Meadows leads the research efforts in documenting
the history of football in the Northwest as well as
working with other leagues and officials in the
region in creating alliances and special events.
Former treasurer of the Pacific Northwest
Conference, and founder of two successful teams,
Meadows has been an 11-year veteran of semi-pro
football as player, coach and owner, and advisor,
stretching from Nebraska, to California and
Washington.

Jerrid Edgington,
Co-Founder/Evergreen League Director
Jerrid
Edgington co-founded the Evergreen Football League
in 2005 and has served as commissioner of the league
since inception. "Edge" represents the teams
of the Evergreen league in GNFA matters.
Heath
Wharton, Oregon Director
Heath
Wharton has served as the founder and
vice-commissioner of the Oregon Football League as
well as being a player during the entire OFL
history. Recently the defensive coordinator of
the East County Blackshirts, Wharton will represent
the Oregon teams in GNFA matters.

Eric
Murray, Ranking
Authority/Power Poll
Eric
Murray has a long history in northwest semi pro
football and is in the GNFA record books as one of
the elder statesmen to have suited up in a game.
Murray is the creator of the computer ranking system
used by the GNFA.

Rob
Diebold, Special
Consultant/Ethics
Rob
was most recently the Commission of the Diamond
Football League in Florida. A longtime player
in the semi-pro ranks, football took Rob from
Olympia to Walla Walla JC, to Finland and New
Zealand. Still active in helping players from
the US get to New Zealand, Diebold was elected to
the inaugural class of the Minor League Football
News Hall of Fame.
Special
Thanks to:
Steven
Brainerd - Semi Pro Football Historian
Jack Green US Naval Historian
Jeff Charlston US Army Sports
Historian
Additional
Historical Research Information Provided by
the Following Publications and Individuals:
Seattle Times, The Olympian, Our
Navy, NWfootball.net & John Phillips, Dave
Broussard, Greg Piper, evergreenfootballleague.com,
Heath Wharton, Eric Murray, Stephen Matychowiak,
Seattle Cavaliers game programs, University of
British Columbia, Don Ridge, Multnomah County
Athletic Club, Washington State Archives, The News
Tribune, Issaquah Press, Warren Lawless, Tacoma News
Tribune, The Olympian, Seattle Post Intelligencer,
Seattle Times, Oregon Thunderbolts game programs
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