NFL 1920s Trivia

1. The NFL got its start as the American Professional Football Association on September 17, 1920. The meeting that resulted in the founding of the league was held in a Hupmobile showroom in Canton, OH. What, exactly, is a Hupmobile?

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Answer: A car

The Hupmobile was a car, manufactured by Detroit's Hupp Motor Company from 1909 until it went out of business in 1941. The Canton Bulldogs of the new league were owned by Hupmobile dealer Ralph Hay, who organized the gathering in his showroom.

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Answer: He attributed much of his strength to his summer job as a teen, delivering ice in Wheaton, IL

Grange, selected in 2004 by College Football News as the greatest college player of all time, was better known as the "Galloping Ghost" for his elusiveness on the field. The "Ghost/Iceman" signed with the Chicago Bears in 1925 after his final college game, and made his pro debut on Thanksgiving that year, in front of 36,600 fans, several times the number who'd seen the team's last game before he'd joined them. Grange spent his early NFL years pursuing bigger contracts with different teams. After sitting out the 1928 season with a knee injury, he returned to the Bears, where he was far less productive than he'd been at the outset of his career. He retired in 1934 and was a charter member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

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Answer: He scored 40 points, including six touchdowns

Nevers, of the Chicago Cardinals, scored six touchdowns and kicked four extra points in a Thanksgiving game against the Chicago Bears, giving him 40 points for the game. Through the rest of the 20th century, only two players (Dub Jones in 1951 and Gale Sayers in 1965) matched his six touchdowns, and no one else scored more than the 36 points Jones and Sayers tallied in their six-touchdown efforts.

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Answer: Washington Redskins

The Redskins didn't enter the NFL until the 1930s. Akron won the first league title in 1920. The New York Giants won in 1927, and the Providence Steam Roller won in 1928.

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Answer: Chicago Bears

The Staleys (named for Decatur's Staley Starch Works company) finished in third place in 1920, with a 5-1-2 record. The next year, as the Chicago Staleys, they finished 9-1-1, good enough for the league title. In 1922, they renamed themselves the Chicago Bears and went on to be one of the most dominant teams in NFL history. George Halas coached the Bears for almost every season from 1920 through 1967.

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