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	Pottsville Maroons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Pottsville’s shutout victories over the Buffalo Rangers and Akron Indians were typical of that year’s campaign, which the team finished with a very strong 10-2-1 record to garner third place in the final standings.
		Pottsville, it seemed, would have to be content with their self-proclaimed title of "world's champions." The fight for the NFL title, however, was far from over.
		The Pottsville Maroons' Memorial Committee, which Russ Zacko served as president until his death in 2002, continues as the standard bearer in the cause of restoring to Pottsville and her beloved Maroons the "stolen championship" of 1925, but it does not stand alone.
	www.geocities.com /ghostsofthegridiron/Maroons.htm (3316 words)

	Pottsville Maroons. Who is Pottsville Maroons? What is Pottsville Maroons? Where is Pottsville Maroons? Definition of ...
		The team was leading the league for most of the season, when NFL President Joseph Carr suspended the team for playing a team of Notre Dame University All-Stars in Philadelphia (and winning 9-7) on the same day the Frankford Yellow Jackets were scheduled to play a game in Philadelphia, violating Frankford's franchise rights.
		The largest obstacle facing the Pottsville supporters is that the NFL would have to strike not one, but two Cardinals' wins for the Maroons to have the best record in 1925.
		Still, the Maroons beat both the Cardinals and the Notre Dame all-stars (at a time when many considered college football superior to the emerging NFL), proving they were definitely a premier team.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Pottsville_Maroons (396 words)

	Pottsville (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Pottsville Pottsville is the name of some places in the United States of America: Pottsville, Arkansas Pottsville, Penns...
		Pottsville, Arkansas Pottsville is a town located in 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,271.
		The NFL consider the Bulldogs and the Maroons to be the sa...
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/pottsville.html (87 words)

	Thursday, November 11, 1999: Grateful fans give Maroons remembrance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		While the Pottsville Maroons haven't yet regained their standing as the 1925 National Football League champions, a tribute to the team now stands in glory on North Centre Street.
		As a result, the Maroons were denied the title and the Cardinals were ultimately named the league champs after being forced to extend their season to bolster their record.
		The Maroon franchise was sold to Boston (and five or six Maroon players went with it) in the 1929 season.
	archives.pottsville.com /archives/1999/Nov/11/A219106H.htm (768 words)

	PAunusual.com: Pottsville Maroons, Disputed NFL Champions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Pottsville's team, known as the Maroons because that was the only color of jersey that the team could get from the local sporting goods store, posted a 12-1-1 record and won the Anthracite League championship in 1924.
		Two facts in the team's favor: the Pottsville team did wear jackets emblazoned with "1925 WORLD CHAMPIONS" during their next few seasons and were apparently never instructed not to by the NFL, and the owner of the Chicago Cardinals refused to allow his team to be designated the year's champions.
		In 2002, a portion of Route 901 that runs through the town was designated as the Pottsville Maroons Highway, and a marker stands in Pottsville on North Centre Street in front of the Historical Society of Schuylkill County headquarters.
	www.paunusual.com /story/000087.php (698 words)

	AP Worldstream: Pottsville Maroons stake claim to 1925 NFL title@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Pottsville Maroons stake claim to 1925 NFL title
		Commissioner Paul Tagliabue said Wednesday the league would investigate the situation that led Joe Carr, then the NFL president, to disqualify the Maroons and rescind their NFL rights.
		Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell made a presentation Wednesday at the NFL meetings on behalf of the Maroons.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:74071137&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (174 words)

	The News Item - NEWS - 07/09/2003 - Pottsville team remembered with renaming of area highway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		There were plenty of local, state and federal officials on hand for the program, along with members of The Pottsville Maroons Memorial Committee, which has been fighting to get the team’s NFL championship status for the 1925 season reinstated, and the sons of four members of that team.
		The Frankford team filed a complaint with the NFL commissioner and, despite evidence that the Maroons were given permission beforehand to play the All-Stars, the commissioner fined the Maroons and stripped the team of its championship.
		A banner telling of the Maroons championship year was presented to the sons of four players: Joseph Hauptly of Pottsville, son of Joseph Hauptly; Jack Lebengood of Reading, son of Howard “Fungi” Lebengood; Frank Racis of Shenandoah, son of Frank Racis; and Jack Earnst of Doylestown, son of Jack Earnst.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=9483965&BRD=2311&PAG=461&dept_id=482260&rfi=6 (924 words)

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		Pottsville's population today is down about 20% from the 25,000 of those days when the Maroons were as good as it got in pro football.
		The Pottsville petition was referred to a three-man committee, consisting of Jack Mara of the New York Giants, Art Rooney of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Frank McNamee of the Philadelphia Eagles, for further study.
		The Maroons were a heck of a good team in 1925, but the NFL did not ripoff their championship.
	www.footballresearch.com /articles/potts-25.cfm (7240 words)

	Pottsville Maroons vs. Coaldale, Nov 23, 1924
		POTTSVILLE, PA., Nov. 24 -- Maintaining its unbeaten record, both in exhibition and league contests, the Pottsville Maroons yesterday won the Anthracite League championship for 1924, incidentally beating, for the second time, the 1923 champion, Coaldale, at Minersville Park.
		Pottsville has made a unique record, winning eleven games, playing one tie, with Gilberton, and losing nary a contest.
		With this record, Manager John G. Striegel has laid claim to the world title and issued defi [sic] to Frankford, claimant to the eastern championship, and Cleveland Bulldogs, National League title holders, to games for the respective honors, to be played at the option of both teams as to time and place.
	www.geocities.com /ghostsofthegridiron/Maroons_Coaldale_1924_2.htm (231 words)

	In Pottsville, Maroons are still champs
		But one December, 78 years ago, this old coal and textile town an hour northeast of Harrisburg was known for its glorious football team, alternately referred to as the Pottsville Maroons, for the color of their jerseys, and the Pennsylvania Miners, for the lifeblood of the region.
		Striegel, Pottsville's owner, said all along that the game was sanctioned by the NFL and that he had received permission to play in Philadelphia from an NFL secretary.
		The Pottsville team was reinstated by the NFL in July 1926, largely because the NFL didn't want to lose Pottsville's skilled group of players to an upstart rival organization.
	www.post-gazette.com /localnews/20031116maroons1116p5.asp (1979 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.
		League officials, Horrigan says, warned Pottsville that they were infringing on the territory of the Frankford Yellow Jackets, an NFL team from Philadelphia.
	www.detnews.com /2001/lions/0101/21/lions-178202.htm (779 words)

	The Cardinal Chronicle
		While Chicago was beating up on Hammond on Saturday the 12th, the Maroons scheduled an exhibition battle in Philadelphia versus the Notre Dame All-Stars, featuring the legendary "Four Horsemen" and "Seven Mules." The Yellow Jackets of Frankford (a suburb of Philadelphia) protested to the league that their territorial rights were being violated.
		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.
		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.
	www.angelfire.com /fl/TheCard/chron/chron6.html (851 words)

	Pottsville, PA to receive Pioneer Award - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		The city of Pottsville, Pennsylvania is the 2004 winner of the Daniel F. Reeves Pioneer Award which is presented by the Pro Football Hall of Fame and recognizes individuals, organizations, and now for the first time a community, whose innovative and/or pioneering actions contributed to the success of the sport of professional football.
		The Maroons were reinstated in the NFL in 1926 and played three more seasons before folding in 1928.
		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 (393 words)

	The NFL title that wasn't - The Washington Times: Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Pottsville Maroons were in the news recently.
		Pottsville was in its first season in the league — the first of just four, as it turned out.
		Pottsville had been banished — it was reinstated the following year — and the Cards had the best record of the remaining teams.
	washingtontimes.com /sports/20030529-120414-5158r.htm (1602 words)

	Weekend Edition Cover Story - The Merchandiser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Pottsville NFL team is not just history–there is still an active movement there to bring back a “stolen” championship, a championship that was taken away from them more than 75 years ago, under some of the most intriguing circumstances ever surrounding a situation of this magnitude in professional sports.
		The only votes Pottsville got were from George Halas, the “Papa” of the Chicago Bears, and Art Rooney, still regarded by Pittsburghers as one of their kindest and greatest men.
		Although close by, Pottsville was not garnering much attention on the local sports page–but one Henry Homan, former Lebanon Valley College standout and quarterback, safety, punt returner for their rivals, the Frankford Yellow Jackets, was.
	www.themerchandiser.com /coverstory/10-01/10-06-01cs.shtml (907 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.
		Pottsville claimed it received NFL permission for the game from another owner who was at the league office.
		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.
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	Blog Day Afternoon
		After a 0-20 trouncing at the hands of the Yellow Jackets, the Pottsville Maroons limped home to regroup for the second half of the 1925 NFL season.
		Pottsville turned to its punishing rushing attack and the Maroons owned the second half.
		Maroon management decided Minersville Park was too small for a contest against the famous Four Horsemen.
	blogdayafternoon.com /print.php?story=03/08/27/2125708 (606 words)

	Tidelines Online - Maroons legacy continues
		The Pottsville Maroons, the city’s only professional sports team, was once again turned down by the National Football League in its quest to have its 1925 championship title returned.
		The title was taken away from the Maroons because, when they played a game against college players from the University of Notre Dame, they violated the territorial rights of another team, the Frankford Yellow Jackets.
		Pottsville was awarded, by the NFL, the Daniel Reeve’s Pioneer Award, recognizing the city as one of the NFL’s Pioneer communities.
	www.pottsville.k12.pa.us /tidelines/121803/sports/maroons.html (694 words)

	Untitled Document
		The owners are expected to decide Thursday whether the Maroons should have a claim to the 1925 NFL championship that was stripped away after the team violated territorial rights.
		Intrigued by the story of how the 1925 Pottsville Maroons were stripped of their championship title, Louis A. Jacobson spent several days looking for some answers to one of the coal region's most heart-breaking tales.
		When the Maroons celebrated their 75th anniversary in 2000, they were profiled in many newspapers around the country.
	www.invictusfilms.com /frames/press2.htm (483 words)

	SI.com - Pro Football - Marhefka, last of the famed Pottsville Maroons, dies at 101 - Thursday July 03, 2003 10:37 PM
		The following year the team adopted the nickname "Maroons" and beat the Chicago Cardinals in what was billed as the NFL title game.
		But the NFL rescinded the title a week later -- and took away Pottsville's franchise -- because the Maroons violated league rules by playing Notre Dame on the Philadelphia home field of a rival, the Frankford Yellow Jackets.
		Pottsville Maroons Memorial Committee chairman Nick Barbetta said the few other remaining Maroon veterans died in the 1980s.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /football/news/2003/07/03/roundup_ap (860 words)

	Tide Lines Online - Wild World of Sports
		Faithful fans of the Pottsville Maroons would spin a yarn about a disputed NFL championship that should be in Schuylkill County.
		League President Joe Carr warned the Maroons not to play, telling them that they were invading the territory of the Frankford Yellow Jackets, who were from the Philadelphia area.
		For Joe Carr to take the 1925 title from Pottsville would be like awarding the Super Bowl XXXIV runner up, the Tennessee Titans, the 1999-2000 championship if the St. Louis Rams were to play a game in neighboring Kansas City against a team other than the hometown Chiefs.
	www.pottsville.k12.pa.us /tidelines/092800/pahs/wildworld.html (664 words)

	Let's hear it for the Maroons (NFL) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In 1925, the Pottsville Maroons, based in a coal-mining and textile-weaving town in east-central Pennsylvania, elbowed and tackled their way to the NFL championship—that is, until the league, to the eternal outrage of Pottsville, revoked the title on a technicality.
		Wearing maroon jerseys (the only colour available at the local sporting-goods store), and with high-top shoes, leather maskless helmets and trousers padded with magazines, the Maroons beat the league's other strong team, the Chicago Cardinals, towards the end of the 1925 season.
		It's been 75 years since the Pottsville Maroons football team strapped on the shoulder pads to do battle on the grid iron but on Thursday the club might have suffered it's biggest loss.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1013164/posts (1102 words)

	Pottsville disappointed by NFL owners' vote (phillyBurbs.com)
		People in Pottsville were disappointed to hear National Football League team owners on Thursday voted 30-2 against reopening the 1925 files and studying whether the NFL title should be awarded to the Maroons.
		But the Maroons later were disqualified from championship consideration by the league president for playing an unauthorized exhibition game against a non-NFL team.
		The NFL said it will award Pottsville the Daniel Reeves Pioneer Award in Canton, Ohio, in August in recognition of Pottsville's role as one of the NFL's pioneer communities.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/103-10312003-188831.html (429 words)

	Setting the record straight
		Yet the Maroons were not allowed to raise a championship banner because mean old Joe Carr, then-president of the NFL, told the Cardinals to schedule extra games to finish with a better record than the Maroons, thus cheating Pottsville out of a championship they’d already won on the field.
		Ever since, the good and true citizens of Pottsville have complained and even petitioned the NFL to correct a wrong and award that ’25 title to the deserving Maroons.
		And that’s really how Pottsville gave away a championship it was on the verge of winning — it lost its title eligibility and was unable to fulfill its schedule after being suspended for defying the league.
	archive.profootballweekly.com /content/archives2001/features_2001/carroll_042902.asp (1158 words)

	ESPN.com - League votes against title reinstatement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		People in Pottsville were disappointed to hear NFL owners voted 30-2 on Thursday against reopening the 1925 files and studying whether the NFL title should be awarded to the Maroons.
		The Pottsville team beat the Chicago Cardinals that year in a game that was billed as the championship.
		But the Maroons later were disqualified by league president Joe Carr for playing an unauthorized exhibition game against a Notre Dame All-Star team.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1651194&type=story (426 words)

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