Curated category
Defunct NFL teams
- Chicago TigersThe American Professional Football Association opened its doors in 1920, marking the first year of organized professional play.
- Hammond ProsPaul Parduhn and Dr. Alva Young established the Hammond Pros in 1920, building upon a foundation laid by earlier semi-professional squads.
- Cleveland Tigers (NFL)The year 1916 marked the birth of professional football in Cleveland. A group of former Akron Indians players gathered to form a new squad after Massillon…
- Detroit (1920s NFL teams)In 1905, several University of Detroit football players led by Bill Marshall organized the Heralds as an amateur team. The university had not fielded a squad…
- Akron ProsThe Akron Indians emerged in 1908 as a semi-professional football team dominating the local Ohio scene. Before this year, other amateur clubs like the Akron…
- Massillon TigersOn the 3rd of September 1903, thirty-five local businessmen gathered inside the Hotel Sailor in Massillon, Ohio. They met to create a professional football…
- Columbus PanhandlesWorkers at the Panhandle shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad founded a football club in 1901. The Columbus Press-Post reported Jack Walsh creating this…
- Canton BulldogsOn the 15th of November 1904, a group of local businessmen in Canton, Ohio, officially established the Canton Athletic Club.
- Muncie FlyersLocal newspapers provided spotty coverage of the team in 1905. The Congerville Athletic Club dates back to at least that year.
- Rochester JeffersonsA rag-tag group of teenagers formed a football outfit in Rochester, New York after the turn of the 20th century. A 1925 report dates this founding to 1898.
- Rock Island IndependentsDemetrius Clements established a professional football club in Rock Island, Illinois, during 1907. This new team had no ties to any athletic club or social…
- Dayton TrianglesIn 1908, a group of basketball players at St. Mary's College in Dayton began playing together before graduation. By 1912, these athletes had formed the St.