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	potts-25.cfm
		The game was played after the close of the NFL season and under the rules of the period it is certainly questionable that NFL jurisdiction should have extended beyond the playing date, December 6, 1925.
		They were the only two NFL teams who found any reason to play a game on the official last day of the 1925 season.
		NFL President Joe Carr was not pleased to see stars like Henry deserting the league to play for an independent coal region team, but there wasn't much he could do about it unless Pottsville joined the league.
	www.footballresearch.com /articles/potts-25.cfm (7240 words)

	1925 NFL season - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1925 NFL season was the 6th regular season of the National Football League.
		In 2003 the NFL decided to again examine the case regarding the 1925 championship.
		Although NFL president Joe Carr warned the Maroons in writing that they faced suspension if they played in Philadelphia, the Maroons claim that Carr approved the game during a telephone call, and played anyway.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1925_NFL_season (333 words)

	Triumph Books (Fall 2005 Catalog)
		Born in 1925, the New York Giants have one of the most phenomenally interesting histories of any of the teams in the NFL.
		The Pittsburgh Steelers dominance of the NFL from 1975 through 1980 was one of the unparalleled dynasties in football history.
		At the end of his third season with the Blackhawks, Espo told coach Billy Reay and GM Tommy Ivan that they had a great team, maybe even a dynasty, but that the two would screw it up.
	www.triumphbooks.com /fall_2005.htm (2886 words)

	Football.com
		Teams that join the NFL for the 1925 season:
		Teams that enter the NFL for the 1923 season:
		Teams that join the NFL for the 1927 season:
	www.football.com /history/index.shtml (2886 words)

	HickokSports.com - History - Cleveland Indians 1923; Cleveland Bulldogs 1924-25
		At their July meeting, NFL owners had agreed that the 1924 season would begin on September 27 and end on November 30.
		Both sets of Bulldogs were mediocre in 1925 and Deutsch gave up his Cleveland franchise after that season.
		They played only seven games in that first season, but they had a shot at the championship, with a 3-0-3 record going into their final game against the Canton Bulldogs, who were also undefeated.
	www.hickoksports.com /history/clevebulldogs.shtml (2886 words)

	nfl
		Duluth NFL Duluth, Minnesota had the Kelleys from 1923-1925 and the Eskimos from 1926-1927 in the National Football League.
		Cincinnati Reds NFL Cincinnati Reds of the National Football League played the 1933 season and the first 8 games of the 1934season.
		Detroit NFL Detroit had four early teams in the National Football League before the Lions.
	ayexe.com /cgi-bin/ayexe.cgi/?keywords=nfl (1117 words)

	Mehri & Skalet, PLLC
		The first black NFL coach of modern times was Art Shell, who began his tenure with the Oakland Raiders in 1989, sixty-four years after Fritz Pollard, the first black coach in the NFL, led the Hammond Pros from 1923 to 1925.
		We are calling on NFL owners to adopt the Fair Competition Resolution attached to this Report as Exhibit F, and we urge the Commissioner to bring this Resolution up for a vote before the next hiring season.
		NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue has responded to this situation with informal efforts to cajole team owners, but his efforts are far from adequate.
	www.findjustice.com /ms/nfl/indextop.html (1117 words)

	Mehri & Skalet, PLLC
		The first black NFL coach of modern times was Art Shell, who began his tenure with the Oakland Raiders in 1989, sixty-four years after Fritz Pollard, the first black coach in the NFL, led the Hammond Pros from 1923 to 1925.
		We are calling on NFL owners to adopt the Fair Competition Resolution attached to this Report as Exhibit F, and we urge the Commissioner to bring this Resolution up for a vote before the next hiring season.
		NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue has responded to this situation with informal efforts to cajole team owners, but his efforts are far from adequate.
	www.findjustice.com /ms/nfl/indextop.html (1117 words)

	potts-25.cfm
		For the 1925 and 1926 standings did not reflect the fact that from December 12, 1925 until July 10, 1926, the Pottsville Maroons were not members of the NFL.
		The last two games scheduled by the Chicago Cardinals at the end of the 1925 season were initiated by Chris O'Brien, not to secure the championship itself, but to set up a potentially profitable game with Red Grange and the Chicago Bears.
		A catcher, he played 11 years of major league baseball and then spent 17 seasons as an outstanding American League umpire.
	www.footballresearch.com /articles/potts-25.cfm (1117 words)

	Buffalo (NFL) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Buffalo, New York had a National Football League team prior to the Bills that operated under three different names: The All-Americans from 1920-1923, Bisons from 1924-1925, 1927 and 1929, and the Rangers in 1926.
		The All-Americans had success during its first couple of seasons, posting a 9-1-1 regular season record in 1920 and a 9-1-2 record in 1921.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buffalo_(NFL) (123 words)

	Small Pennsylvania city fighting for 1925 NFL championship - 1/21/01
		The Chicago Cardinals, who lost to the Maroons late in the season, were instead crowned NFL champions.
		It was a farce," said Nick Barbetta, chairman of the Pottsville Maroons Memorial Committee, which continues to push the league to recognize the team as NFL champions.
		The sign says, in part, that the "legendary team" was "denied the NFL championship in a controversial league decision."
	www.detnews.com /2001/lions/0101/21/lions-178202.htm (779 words)

	Duluth NFL
		Duluth, Minnesota had the Kelleys from 1923- 1925 and the Eskimos from 1926- 1927 in the National Football League.
		NFL: 2002 Philadelphia Eagles Team Video - Broad Street Brotherhood
		However, the rollercoaster of extreme-ups and downs made it a season worth remembering by any standards.
	www.freeglossary.com /Duluth_NFL (779 words)

	The Dayton Triangles: 1925 NFL Season Championship
		So Pottsville (PA) claimed and briefly was acclaimed the 1925 NFL season champion in early December when it went to Chicago and defeated the only other legitimate contender, the Cardinals, 21-7, to leapfrog the Cards in the league standings.
		NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue did not take a side, but said: "We were asked to reassess it, that the punishment was not appropriate to the offense.
		Also in the museum is the Gladiator Trophy (now given annually to the NFL Man of the Year) Pottsville was presented by the league in 1985 as a tribute to the role the team played in the development of the league.
	www.daytontriangles.org /pottsville.htm (3665 words)

	Football Hall Of Fame [Definition]
		Marv Levy Marvin Daniel Levy (born August 3, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former professional football coach, in the CFL as head coach of the Montreal Alouettes (1973-77), and in the NFL as head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs (1978-82) and the Buffalo Bills (1986-97)....
		As NFL commissioner, he merged the NFL with the All-America Football Conference, and single-handedly plotted out league schedules each season on his dining-room table using a giant checkerboard.
		He was NFL Rookie of the Year in 1965 and was a 5-time All-Pro with Chicago.
	www.wikimirror.com /Football_Hall_of_Fame (3665 words)

	The Checking Line
		He finally wore a mask in his last season in the NHL.
		Vezina collapsed during a game against Pittsburgh on Nov. 28, 1925 and died of tuberculosis on Mar.
		He played a total of 328 consecutive league games and 39 more in the playoffs for the Habs.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/hockey/shn/roncol4.htm (1342 words)

	Packers.com » News » Stories » 2005 » 10 » 13 » 1
		Red played with Milwaukee (1924) and the Chicago Cardinals (1925-26) of the NFL before joining the Packers in 1927.
		Josh, Reggie McKenzie, the Packers' director of pro personnel, says that no other NFL team has made an attempt to trade for Brett Lorenzo Favre, presumably because there would never be any scenario under which he would become available.
		The Packers have to have one of the toughest schedules in the NFL.
	www.packers.com /news/stories/2005/10/13/1 (1425 words)

	National Football League (NFL) History
		In 1925 the Kansas City Blues changed their name to the Kansas City Cowboys, the Canton Bulldogs re-entered the NFL after an inactive 1924 season, the Rock Island Independents leave the NFL for the rival AFL at end of the season and the Racine Legion goes inactive for 1925 season.
		In 1950 the New York Bulldogs change their name to the New York Yanks, the Baltimore Colts folded after the season was over and the NFL realignes it's divisions.
		In 1952 the New York Yankees folded, the NFL sells the assets of the Yanks to a Dallas group to become the Dallas Texans, folding mid season and playing the rest of their season as a road team.
	www.rauzulusstreet.com /football/profootball/nflhistory.htm (1425 words)

	Member - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		Contemporary accounts indicate that Pollard, an exciting elusive runner, was the most feared running back in the fledgling league. During his pro football career the two-time All-America played and sometimes coached for four different NFL teams, the Pros/Indians (1920-21/1925-26), the Milwaukee Badgers (1922), the Hammond Pros (1923, 1925), and the Providence Steam Roller (1925).
		Pollard was a key member of the NFL's first champion, the Akron Pros who posted a league-best 8-0-3 record in the league's inaugural season in 1920.
		As a member of the new league, Pollard immediately earned a place in pro football history as one of just two African Americans in the new league. In 1921 he earned another distinction becoming the first African American head coach in NFL history when the Pros named him co-coach of the team.
	www.profootballhof.com /hof/member.jsp?player_id=242 (456 words)

	profile.asp?sport=football&ID=168
		During that 1925 season, he played guard and tackle for the Frankford Yellow Jackets who finished 13-7-0, sixth in the NFL.
		In 1925, his first full season with Frankford, Seidelson played over 40 games (!), although not all of them were in the NFL.
		He then played guard and tackle in the NFL with the Frankford Yellow Jackets in 1924-25, and with the Akron Indians in 1926.
	www.jewsinsports.org /profile.asp?sport=football&ID=168 (619 words)

	Member - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		Contemporary accounts indicate that Pollard, an exciting elusive runner, was the most feared running back in the fledgling league. During his pro football career the two-time All-America played and sometimes coached for four different NFL teams, the Pros/Indians (1920-21/1925-26), the Milwaukee Badgers (1922), the Hammond Pros (1923, 1925), and the Providence Steam Roller (1925).
		Pollard was a key member of the NFL's first champion, the Akron Pros who posted a league-best 8-0-3 record in the league's inaugural season in 1920.
		As a member of the new league, Pollard immediately earned a place in pro football history as one of just two African Americans in the new league. In 1921 he earned another distinction becoming the first African American head coach in NFL history when the Pros named him co-coach of the team.
	www.profootballhof.com /hof/member.jsp?player_id=242 (456 words)

	Member - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		The following season the Canton franchise was sold and several Canton players, including Lyman, moved on to Cleveland, where the Cleveland Bulldogs captured the 1924 NFL title.
		Lyman split the 1925 season between a new Canton franchise and the Frankford Yellowjackets.
		Joined Bears for barnstorming tour after 1925 season.
	www.profootballhof.com /hof/member.jsp?player_id=136 (456 words)

	Arizona Cardinals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cardinals won their first NFL championship in 1925, finishing the season with a record of 11-2-1 (until the 1933 season, the league champion was determined solely by win-loss percentage).
		The Cardinals have not won more than seven games in a season since their 1998 playoff appearance, and have had one of the worst yearly attendance records in the NFL.
		During the Cardinals' stay in St. Louis, they advanced to the playoffs just four times (one of those was in a season-ending consolation game, and another was in the NFC tournament following the strike-shortened 1982 season).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arizona_Cardinals (1508 words)

	Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductees
		In his six coaching seasons, five of which were spent as a player-coach, Chamberlin also won four NFL championships for the Canton Bulldogs in 1922 and 1923, the Cleveland Bulldogs in 1924, and the Frankford Yellowjackets in 1926.
		Lyman split the 1925 season between a new Canton franchise and the Frankford Yellowjackets.
		In 1925, Chamberlin joined the Frankford Yellowjackets and a year later won another NFL title with a 14-1-2 record.
	www.huskerj.com /pro_hof.htm (1508 words)

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		So Pottsville claimed and briefly was acclaimed the 1925 NFL season champion in early December when it went to Chicago and defeated the only other legitimate contender, the Cardinals, 21-7, to leapfrog the Cards in the league standings.
		Horrigan says since Pottsville was suspended for the rest of the 1925 season, it has no right to the league title because in effect the team did not exist at the end of the year.
		Pottsville claimed it received NFL permission for the game from another owner who was at the league office.
	www.bergen.com /page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxMjEmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY0MTc3NzImeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2 (1508 words)

	The Cardinal Chronicle
		Yet, despite the unfortunate turn of events for the Maroons and the questionable means by which Chicago fattened their record, it is important to remember that the 1925 Cardinals played by the NFL's rules and earned the season's title.
		Thus, the Pottsville team was forced to cancel its game the following day against the Providence Steam Roller, and when the season's deadline finally arrived on December 20, the Cards had the better record and were declared NFL Champions of 1925.
		NFL president Joe Carr warned Pottsville to cancel the game, but the Maroons argued that the league had given them prior verbal approval and went ahead with the game.
	www.angelfire.com /fl/TheCard/chron/chron6.html (1508 words)

	Professional Football Researchers Association- Pro Football History
		The game was played after the close of the NFL season and under the rules of the period it is certainly questionable that NFL jurisdiction should have extended beyond the playing date, December 6, 1925.
		The last two games scheduled by the Chicago Cardinals at the end of the 1925 season were initiated by Chris O'Brien, not to secure the championship itself, but to set up a potentially profitable game with Red Grange and the Chicago Bears.
		The only problem with all this tub-thumping was that the game was for the league LEADERSHIP rather than for the championship because it was not a "post-season" game at all.
	www.footballresearch.com /articles/frpage.cfm?topic=potts-25 (7240 words)

	Member - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		Contemporary accounts indicate that Pollard, an exciting elusive runner, was the most feared running back in the fledgling league. During his pro football career the two-time All-America played and sometimes coached for four different NFL teams, the Pros/Indians (1920-21/1925-26), the Milwaukee Badgers (1922), the Hammond Pros (1923, 1925), and the Providence Steam Roller (1925).
		Pollard was a key member of the NFL's first champion, the Akron Pros who posted a league-best 8-0-3 record in the league's inaugural season in 1920.
		As a member of the new league, Pollard immediately earned a place in pro football history as one of just two African Americans in the new league. In 1921 he earned another distinction becoming the first African American head coach in NFL history when the Pros named him co-coach of the team.
	www.profootballhof.com /hof/member.jsp?player_id=242 (456 words)

	FRANKFORD YELLOW JACKETS page 2
		Chamberlin came to the Yellow Jackets in 1925 after coaching the Canton Bulldogs to the 1922 and 1923 NFL title.
		In 1925 the Yellow Jackets lured him to Frankford and in 1926 the big year came and Frankford was the word champion.
		One of the lesser known players in the NFL history, he was one of the most popular in Frankford and the country in his time.
	www.frankfordyellowjackets.com /Page%202.htm (394 words)

	George Halas
		MVP in 1919 Rose Bowl; player-coach-owner of Chicago Bears from 1920-83; signed Red Grange in 1925; coached Bears for 40 seasons and won 8 NFL titles (1921,32-33,40-41,43,46,63); 2nd on all-time career list with 324 wins; elected to NFL Hall of Fame in 1963.
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		Do Singletary, Millen have what it takes to run a team?(lack of experience may hinder Mike Singletary and Matt Millen from running NFL teams) (The Sporting News)
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0109252.html (394 words)

	Pottsville, PA to receive Pioneer Award - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		The Maroons were reinstated in the NFL in 1926 and played three more seasons before folding in 1928.
		However, before their first league season was completed, Pottsville, coming off a much publicized win over the “big city” Chicago Cardinals, played an exhibition game against a non-NFL team in Philadelphia’s Shibe Park.
		In recognition of Pottsville’s pioneering support of the NFL and the community’s undying spirit and pride, the NFL owners and the Pro Football Hall of Fame unanimously agreed to proclaim the City of Pottsville, the winner of the 2004 Daniel F. Reeves Pioneer Award.
	www.profootballhof.com /enshrinement/release.jsp?release_id=121 (394 words)

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