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The Portsmouth Spartans were a professional American football team that played in Portsmouth, Ohio, from their founding in 1928 to their relocation to Detroit in 1934. Originally drawing players from defunct independent professional and semi-professional teams, they joined the fledgling National Football League (NFL) in 1930 .
The Portsmouth Spartans were founded in 1928, but were moved to Detroit in 1934. Chillicothe's very own Byron Eby played for the Spartans. In October 1930, the Ironton Tanks handed the Spartans ...
The history of the Detroit Lions, a professional American football franchise based in Detroit, dates back to 1928 when they played in Portsmouth, Ohio as the Spartans.They joined the National Football League (NFL) in 1930 before they were bought by George A. Richards, a radio executive, and moved to Detroit and changed their name to the Lions in 1934 and won their first NFL Championship the ...
Sparta began to fear that the Athenian troops might make common cause with the rebels. [51] The Spartans subsequently sent the Athenians home. Providing the official justification that since the initial assault on Ithome had failed, what was now required was a blockade, a task the Spartans did not need Athenian help with.
GettyOn a crisp November morning in 1915, Harry Haiseleden, the chief surgeon at the German-American Hospital in Chicago, was awoken early in the day to consult on the case of a newborn, John ...
Original Ohio Valley team from 1993 to 1998 was based in Parkersburg, ... Portsmouth Spartans (moved to Detroit in 1934 and became the Detroit Lions) Akron Pros (defunct)
Ohio’s waters are home to two monsters: Lake Erie Bessie and the Charles Mill Monster. Yes, Lake Erie has its own version of the Loch Ness monster, with the first known spotting of the Lake Erie ...
The Spartans themselves did not introduce any significant changes or tactical innovations in hoplite warfare, but their constant drill and superb discipline made their phalanx much more cohesive and effective. The Spartans employed the phalanx in the classical style in a single line, uniformly deep in files of 8 to 12 men.