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10-03-2021, 10:42 AM #1
Today In History
The NFL Takes Root While currently comprising 32 teams from 22 states, the National Football League (NFL) had modest beginnings as the American Professional Football Association (APFA). APFA originated shortly after World War I with 10 teams, all based in either Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, or New York. To kick off the association’s debut season, two home teams shut out their opponents on October 3, 1920 — 101 years ago today. At the first game, in Ohio, the Dayton Triangles defeated the Columbus Panhandles 14-0. Next, in Illinois, the Rock Island Independents secured a 45-0 win against the Muncie Flyers.
October 3, 1920
The APFA was founded just a couple weeks earlier, on September 17, 1920, in Canton, Ohio, the city that’s now home to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Canton Bulldogs running back Jim Thorpe — a descendant of the Sac and Fox tribes and, arguably, one of the most gifted athletes who ever lived — was named the first APFA president. During the previous decade, he played baseball for three major league teams after becoming the first Indigenous person to win Olympic gold for the United States, in the pentathlon and decathlon. In Summer 1922, the APFA changed its name to the NFL.My Flicker Shows Hidden Content <<<<1998 Finest Football Refractor Set W/Intact Peels
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10-03-2021, 10:45 AM #2
Awesome!
But honestly I would take Ernie Nevers over Jim Thrope any day.
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10-03-2021, 03:34 PM #3
Couple thoughts on this.
Different times and style of football anytime we are talking about early 1920’s football. If we are going to debate 1920’s football I’ll take Red Grange any day.
He said one of the best “athletes”. Thorpe was an elite Olympian and baseball player. This guy could do anything.
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10-03-2021, 04:56 PM #4
its still Football, don't matter what time it was, the evolution of the game started on this day,
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10-05-2021, 01:33 AM #5
Amazing this day in history and both Grange and Thorpe were great in their time.
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