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On October 3, 1920, the Triangles won what could be considered the very first APFA/NFL game, with a 14–0 defeat of the Columbus Panhandles at Triangle Park. The high point of the Triangles' 1920 season was a 20–20 tie at Triangle Park with Thorpe's Canton Bulldogs; it was the first time a team had scored three touchdowns on the Bulldogs ...
The Dayton Triangles finished 5–2–1 in their 1919 season in the Ohio League. [ 1] The Triangles had several players added to their team for the 1920 season: Max Broadhurst, Doc Davis, Guy Early, Russ Hathaway, Chuck Helvie, Pesty Lentz, Norb Sacksteder, Ed Sauer, Fritz Slackford, and Tiny Turner. Two players—one with a last name Albers ...
The 1920 APFA season was the inaugural season of the American Professional Football Association, renamed the National Football League in 1922.An agreement to form a league was made by four independent teams from Ohio on August 20, 1920, at Ralph Hay's office in Canton, Ohio, with plans to invite owners of more teams for a second meeting on September 17, 1920. [1]
1914–1927. West Carrollton Paper Company, Dayton Triangles. Louis (or Lewis) Jerald Partlow (October 9, 1892 – April 14, 1981) was a running back who played ten seasons with the Dayton Triangles in the National Football League (NFL). He is remembered for being the first professional footballer to score an official touchdown in NFL history ...
The first baseball game ever broadcast on radio was a Pittsburgh Pirates versus Philadelphia Phillies game on August 5, 1921. The game was broadcast by KDKA of Pittsburgh, and the Pirates defeated the Phillies 8-5. It was broadcast by KDKA staff announcer Harold Arlin. [2][3][4][5][6] [1] That year, KDKA and WJZ of Newark broadcast the first ...
Harry George "King" Cutler Jr. (September 13, 1893 – April 24, 1964) was an American football player and official as well as a businessman and civil leader in Dayton, Ohio. He played professional football, principally as a tackle, for the Dayton Triangles from 1916 to 1920. He was Dayton's starting left tackle in the first NFL game on October ...
11–6 Overall. 8–4 NFL. League place. 4th NFL. Giants seasons. 1926 →. The 1925 New York Giants season was the franchise's inaugural season in the National Football League. The team finished with a record of 8–4 against league opponents.
Ernest Alonzo Nevers (June 11, 1902 – May 3, 1976), nicknamed "Big Dog", [2] was an American professional football and baseball player and football coach. Widely regarded as one of the best football players in the first half of the 20th century, he played as a fullback and was a triple-threat man known for his talents in running, passing, and kicking.