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The Steagles were the only professional sports team where all the players held full-time war jobs as it was a requirement of the team. [12] Playing football was seen as an extracurricular activity. All of the 22 players on the roster kept full-time jobs in defense plants.
The 1943 Blackland Army Air Field Eagles football team represented the United States Army Air Force's Blackland Army Air Field (Blackland AAF or BAAF), located near Waco, Texas, during the 1943 college football season. Led by head coach John Schuehle, the Eagles compiled a record of 4–3. The team's roster included Jack Russell
Teams by the hundreds are in formation at various Army camps and posts and Navy bases. The greatest participation in the history of the sport will be entered in the records of 1942. [2] Beginning in the fall of 1942, the War Department began to promote organized football exhibitions involving select teams from its military bases that played ...
Card-Pitt was the team created by the temporary merger of two National Football League (NFL) teams, the Chicago Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers, during the 1944 season. It was the second such merger for the Steelers, who had combined with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1943 to form the " Steagles ".
The rule was enacted in response to the depleted team rosters of the World War II period and followed a similar change made to the NCAA's college football rule book in 1941. [2] Previously, under the one-platoon system , players competed both on offense and defense until a substitution was made, at which time the player removed could not return ...
Facing previously undefeated Wakulla (11-1) in the class 2S Region 1 semifinal, the Seminoles (10-2) beat the War Eagles in a thrilling game.
The 1990 Eastern Washington Eagles football team was an American football team that represented Eastern Washington University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season.
May 20—LEWISVILLE 8, WAGENER-SALLEY 7 WAGENER — It would be easy for the Wagener-Salley softball team to hang their heads following Wednesday night's loss to Lewisville that ended their season.