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	Team - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		Between the two, Lambeau and Lombardi brought the Packers 11 NFL championships, including two record strings of three straight titles, the first in 1929, 1930 and 1931 and the second in 1965, 1966 and 1967.
		First NFL Regular-season game: A 7-6 victory over the Minneapolis Marines, 10/23/21.
		No team in NFL history has won more championships than the Packers which has earned Green Bay the moniker, "Titletown USA." Over the years, the Packers have twice strung together three straight league crowns (1929-31, and 1965-67).
	www.profootballhof.com /history/team.jsp?franchise_id=12 (830 words)

	History: NFL Champions - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		From 1920-1931 the NFL championship was determined by a team's won-loss percentage.
		The 1931 Green Bay Packers became the first team in NFL history ever to win three consecutive world championships.
		Beginning in 1970, the AFL and NFL played as one league with two conferences, the American Football Conference and the National Football Conference.
	www.profootballhof.com /history/general/champions.jsp (209 words)

	HickokSports.com - History - Cleveland Indians 1931
		It was actually operated by the NFL itself, in the hope that a local backer would eventually take the team over.
		But the Indians went 2-8-0, which attracted no investors, and the franchise was dissolved after the season.
		This was Cleveland's fourth unsuccessful pro football franchise.
	www.hickoksports.com /history/cleveindiansnfl.shtml (209 words)

	Cleveland Indians (NFL) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The NFL intended to locate this team permanently in Cleveland, but when no suitable owner was found it folded after one season.
		The 1931 team was a league-sponsored club that only played games on the road.
		The Cleveland Indians was the name of three separate National Football League teams from Cleveland, Ohio.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cleveland_Indians_NFL (209 words)

	profile.asp?sport=football&ID=178
		He then played in the NFL with the Staten Island Stapletons from 1929-1930, with the New York Giants in 1931, and the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1932.
		Later that season, Stein was joined on the Stapletons by Jack Shapiro, who played one game that season and is the smallest man to ever play in the NFL.
		That year, Staten Island had a record of 5-5-2 (sixth in the NFL), the only time in franchise history the team posted a.500 record.
	www.jewsinsports.org /profile.asp?sport=football&ID=178 (209 words)

	The Tanks After 1930
		Five former Tanks moved to Portsmouth in 1931, including Tim Hastings, tackle, and Elmer Wager, center, who both played two seasons with the Spartans and then retired from pro football.
		He was named second team All Pro in 1931, the year the Spartans finished second in the NFL, only one game behind the champion Green Bay Packers.
		The Ironton Tanks disbanded after the 1930 season, but the Portsmouth Spartans stayed in the NFL through 1933.
	www.irontonfootball.com /tanks/after1930.htm (209 words)

	HickokSports.com - Biography - Herb Joesting
		He played for Frankford and the Chicago Bears in 1931 and finished his career with the Bears in 1932, when they won the NFL championship.
		He gave up coaching duties and began the 1930 season as the Minneapolis fullback but was traded to the Frankford Yellow Jackets.
		Joesting was player-coach of the NFL's Minneapolis Red Jackets 1929.
	www.hickoksports.com /biograph/joestingherb.shtml (209 words)

	Philadelphia Eagles biography .ms
		Bert Bell and Lud Wray, co-owners of the Frankford Yellow Jackets, an inactive NFL franchise since midway through the 1931 season, were granted permission to reactivate the club on July 9, 1933, under a new name, the Philadelphia Eagles.
		Yet interestingly this factor does not seem to have provided the team with any additional home-field advantage: From 2000 through 2003, all inclusive, the Eagles actually had a better record in regular-season away games than in home games, going 25-7 on the road (best in the NFL over that period) but only 21-11 at home.
		Their home stadium is Lincoln Financial Field (2003-), with previous home venues having been Veterans Stadium (1971-2002), Franklin Field (1958-1970), Connie Mack Stadium (1940-1957), Municipal (later renamed John F. Kennedy Stadium) (1936-1939), and Baker Bowl (1933-1935).
	philadelphia-eagles.biography.ms (209 words)

	HickokSports.com - Biography - Herb Joesting
		He played for Frankford and the Chicago Bears in 1931 and finished his career with the Bears in 1932, when they won the NFL championship.
		He gave up coaching duties and began the 1930 season as the Minneapolis fullback but was traded to the Frankford Yellow Jackets.
		Joesting was player-coach of the NFL's Minneapolis Red Jackets 1929.
	www.hickoksports.com /biograph/joestingherb.shtml (171 words)

	Detroit Lions History Articles presented by NFLHistory.net
		Glenn and Dutch had both been voted NFL All-Pro at the end of the 1931 season.
		Glenn Presnell and his fellow Spartans would give the citizens of Portsmouth, Ohio one more winning season (6-5-0) in 1933 before the economics of the Depression would push the NFL to find the Portsmouth franchise a big city home.
		In his Portsmouth swan song, Presnell tied for the league lead in scoring, finished 2nd in passing yards, 4th in rushing yards, and was named All-Pro for the second time in three years.
	nflhistory.net /shared/articles.asp?Article=171&Team=22 (5972 words)

	NFL INFO
		The Providence Steam Roller (1928 NFL Champions) drop out after the 1931 season.
		The 1931 season: The original league schedule had Frankford playing about 14 games or so.
		The November 3 games Providence at Chicago Cardinals and Boston at Frankford were actually postponed due to rain.
	kitprice.net /football_server/standings/NFL/NFL_Info.htm (3214 words)

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		The Cleveland Indians join the NFL (play 1931 season only)
		Milwaukee Badgers, Marion Oorang Indians, Racine Legion, Toledo Maroons, Teams that fold between the 1922 and 1923 seasons:
		Hartford Blues, Brooklyn Lions, Los Angeles Buccaneers, The Akron Pros change their name to the Akron Indians, The Racine Tornadoes (formerly the Racine Legion) re-enter the NFL, The Duluth Kelleys become the Duluth Eskimos, The Louisville Colonels (formerly the Louisville Brecks) re-enter the NFL as a road team out of Chicago
	www.betpop.com /sports_events/nfl_history.php (3214 words)

	football.asp?ID=153
		He then played as a quarterback, fullback, tailback and wingback in the NFL with the Providence Steam Roller in 1927, and the Cleveland Indians in 1931.
		However, when the freshman season was over I signed with the Providence Steamrollers for the remainder of the year.
		The following season I signed to coach the varsity backfield at Brown with the same stipulation...since the season ended on Thanksgiving Day, my pro days were over.
	www.jewsinsports.org /football.asp?ID=153 (597 words)

	Football.com
		Teams that fold between the 1930 and 1931 seasons:
		Teams that join the NFL for the 1930 season:
		The Racine Tornadoes (formerly the Racine Legion) re-enter the NFL
	www.football.com /history/index.shtml (597 words)

	Pro Football Game Scores: NFL 1930-39
		November 25, 1931 The Cleveland Indians drop out after the 1931 season.
		Frankford are those who write history books on football.
		Frankford home games were never played on Sundays since that was apparently
	www.profootballgamescores.com /2004/07/nfl-1930-39.html (597 words)

	Retro and Nostalgia - Golden Age Era Sports: Football
		The Indians played in the following NFL seasons; 1921 (APFA), 1923 (see above regarding the Canton Bulldogs) and 1931.
		The Canton Bulldogs played from 1920- 1923 and again from 1925- 1926 (in 1924, the owner of a team in Cleveland bought the team and "mothballed" it, while taking the team nickname and players to Cleveland for the season).
		The Bulldogs won both the 1922 and 1923 NFL titles.
	www.digitaldeliftp.com /Recommendations/retro9.html (597 words)

	Philadelphia Eagles biography .ms
		Bert Bell and Lud Wray, co-owners of the Frankford Yellow Jackets, an inactive NFL franchise since midway through the 1931 season, were granted permission to reactivate the club on July 9, 1933, under a new name, the Philadelphia Eagles.
		Neither the Eagles nor the NFL officially regards the two franchises as the same, citing the aforementioned period of dormancy; however, some observers believe the two teams should be treated as one.
		The team was founded in 1933 by co-owners Bert Bell and Lud Wray.
	philadelphia-eagles.biography.ms (984 words)

	Philadelphia - Information, Maps, Facts, What to do, Links, and much more.
		The city's original NFL team was the Frankford Yellow Jackets (Frankford being a section of the city located in the northeastern part of town); the club disbanded during the 1931 football season, then re-emerged under the same ownership two years later as the Philadelphia Eagles
		In the past Philadelphia has also been home to the Philadelphia Athletics (MLB, now the Oakland Athletics), and the Philadelphia Warriors (NBA, now the Golden State Warriors).
		The Eagles, Phillies, Flyers and 76ers have each recently had a new stadium built for them.
	www.forwardingsite.com /places/philadelphia.html (2106 words)

	Green Bay Packers Tickets Nfl Ticket - Buy Cheap Green Bay Packers Tickets
		Green Bay won three consecutive league titles from 1929 through 1931, and three more crowns in 1936, 1939, and 1944.
		The Green Bay Packers are a professional football team and one of four teams in the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) of the National Football League (NFL).
		Green Bay experienced relative instability from 1950 to 1958, changing coaches three times and failing to produce a winning record in any season.
	www.onlineseats.com /nfl-tickets/green-bay-packers/index.asp (1405 words)

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		Benny Friedman, who had starred as a passer for three other teams in four NFL seasons, was then hired as player-coach, but he didn't have much more success.
		The team went 7-4-1 in its first season but dropped all the way to 2-12 in 1931.
		However, Benny Friedman retired for a college coaching job and the team slipped all the way to 4-7.
	www.freewebs.com /linux-tickets/bsd.htm (1405 words)

	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The city's original NFL team was the Frankford Yellow Jackets (Frankford being a neighborhood located in Northeast Philadelphia); the club disbanded during the 1931 football season, then re-emerged under the same ownership two years later as the Philadelphia Eagles.
		As of July 1, 2004, the population estimate for the city was 1,470,151.
		In the city the population is spread out with 25.3% under the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who are 65 years of age or older.
	www.vacilando.org /_cliextra/baghdadmuseumorg/includepage.php?title=Philadelphia&action=history (6278 words)

	Member - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		Signing Edwards was a sensational move for the new team for Turk responded with nine superior seasons, winning All-NFL honors from major media outlets every year of his career except his last one.
		Edwards continued to stand out long after the Boston Redskins had become the Washington Redskins, but almost unbelievably, the seemingly indestructible Edwards was injured at a coin-tossing ceremony prior to a game against the New York Giants in the 1940 season.
		Albert Glen Edwards -- much better known as “Turk” first gained prominence as an All-America tackle at Washington State and as a star on the Cougars' 1931 Rose Bowl squad.
	www.profootballhof.com /hof/member.jsp?player_id=62 (379 words)

	Rocky Mountain News: Broncos
		Herber led the Packers to the NFL championship in 1930 and 1931.
		Herber played one more season with the Giants before retiring for good.
		Herber was given his opportunity after serving as a handyman in the Packers' clubhouse and eventually coaxing coach Curly Lambeau into giving him a tryout.
	www.insidedenver.com /drmn/broncos/article/0,1299,DRMN_17_3090166,00.html (379 words)

	NFL.com - NFL News
		Lambeau asked that the franchise be reinstated for the 1922 season and he promised to obey the rules.
		The more subdued Lambeau answered Halas by building a team that won three consecutive league championships (1929-1931).
		Lambeau was the Packers' vice president and head coach from 1919-1949.
	www.nfl.com /news/story/6673649 (379 words)

	Cleveland Indians (NFL) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The NFL intended to locate this team permanently in Cleveland, but when no suitable owner was found it folded after one season.
		The 1931 team was a league-sponsored club that only played games on the road.
		The Cleveland Indians was the name of three separate National Football League teams from Cleveland, Ohio.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cleveland_Indians_(NFL) (115 words)

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