The Dayton Triangles were an original franchise of the American Professional Football Association in 1920. The Triangles were based in Dayton,Ohio,and took their nickname from their home field,Triangle Park,which was located at the confluence of the Great Miami and Stillwater Rivers in north Dayton. They were the longest-lasting traveling team in the NFL (1920–1929),and the last such "road team" until the Dallas Texans in 1952,who,coincidentally,descended from the Dayton franchise.
The first Negro National League (NNL) was one of the several Negro leagues that were established during the period in the United States when organized baseball was segregated. The league was formed in 1920 with former player Rube Foster as its president.
Alfred Earle "Greasy" Neale was an American football and baseball player and coach.
John Leo "Paddy" Driscoll was an American football and baseball player and football coach. A triple-threat man in football,he was regarded as the best drop kicker and one of the best overall players in the early years of the National Football League (NFL). He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1965 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1974.
Elmer John Smith was an American professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians,Washington Senators (1916–17),Boston Red Sox (1922),New York Yankees (1922–23),and Cincinnati Reds (1925).
John Henry Mohardt was an American football and baseball player and medical doctor.
Vernon Henry "Slicker" Parks was an American baseball player. He played Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers in 1921 and also played college baseball for the Michigan Wolverines baseball team (1919–1920) and minor league baseball for the Portland Beavers (1920),Seattle Indians (1922),Syracuse Stars (1922–1925),Jersey City Skeeters (1926–1927),and seven other teams from 1926 to 1932.
William Miller "Big Bill" Gatewood was an American Negro league baseball pitcher and manager for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League,and in its first few seasons. He pitched for the Leland Giants,Chicago Giants,St. Paul Colored Gophers,Chicago American Giants,New York Lincoln Giants,Cuban X-Giants,Philadelphia Giants,Brooklyn Royal Giants,St. Louis Giants,Indianapolis ABCs,Detroit Stars,St. Louis Stars,Toledo Tigers,Milwaukee Bears,Memphis Red Sox,Atlantic City Bacharach Giants,and Birmingham Black Barons.
Herman Polycarp Pillette,nicknamed "Old Folks" in the later part of his career,was an American right-handed professional baseball pitcher,who played in 29 seasons (1917–1945). During his playing days,Pillette was listed as 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) tall,weighing 190 pounds (86 kg),while batting and throwing right-handed.
William Dayton "Pol" Perritt,sometimes referred to as Poll Perritt or Polly Perritt,was an American baseball pitcher. He played professional baseball for ten years from 1912 to 1921.
Frank Leo Brazill was a professional baseball first baseman whose career spanned 19 seasons (1919–1938). During the 1921 and 1922 Major League Baseball (MLB) season he was a member of the Philadelphia Athletics.
The Central League was a minor league baseball league that operated sporadically in 1900,from 1903–1917,1920–1922,1926,1928–1930,1934,and 1948–1951. In 1926,the league merged mid-season with the Michigan State League and played under that name for the remainder of the season. The Central League later reformed in 1928.
Edward Adam "Jake" Stahl was an American football player and coach. He played guard and tackle positions for the Pittsburgh Panthers football teams from 1915 to 1918. He was selected as a second-team All-American in 1918. He also played professional football from 1920 to 1921. Stahl served as the head football coach at Duquesne University from 1920 to 1921,compiling a record of 3–7–2.
Douglas Park is a public park located at 18th Avenue and 10th Street in Rock Island,Illinois. A former National Football League venue,Douglas Park was the site of the first-ever National Football League game on September 26,1920. The Rock Island neighborhood that is today called Douglas Park dates back to the 1830s,with the athletic park being constructed in 1904 to 1905 and utilized for football beginning in 1907.
Anton Christian "Tony" Brottem was born April 30,1891. He was born on the family farm in the northwest corner of Hendrum Township,Norman County,MN,a few miles southeast of Halstad,MN. His father,John Olson Brottem,was an immigrant from Trondheim,Norway,who homesteaded in rural Minnesota in the 1870s. Tony was the youngest of 7 siblings. At a young age his father moved the family to Washington state where Tony blossomed into a Major League Baseball player. In primary school at Pacific Lutheran Academy(now Pacific Lutheran University) he was a standout athlete in basketball and baseball. He was noted to have been the primary catcher for Oscar Harstad who also rose up and played in the majors. Oscar's father,Bjug Harstad,founded Pacific Lutheran Academy after doing missionary work in Minnesota and the Dakota territories while the Brottem's lived in that area.
Iolas Melitus Huffman was an American football and baseball player. He was a first-team All-American football player for Ohio State in 1920 and 1921. He was also the captain of the 1920 Buckeyes football team that won the Western Conference championship. He also played professional football in the early years of the National Football League for the Cleveland Indians (1923) and Buffalo Bisons (1924).
Arthur Joe Karpus was an American football,basketball and baseball player. He attended the University of Michigan from 1917 to 1923,winning a total of seven varsity letters,three in basketball,three in baseball and one in football. He played for Big Ten Conference championship teams in football (1918),baseball (1919) and basketball (1921). He was captain of the 1920–21 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team that won the school's first conference championship in basketball. He was Michigan's leading scorer in basketball during both his junior and senior seasons. Karpus later played three years of minor league baseball from 1921 to 1923. After graduating from Michigan,Karpus worked as a mechanical engineer. He was employed by the Michigan State Highway Commission from approximately 1937 until his retirement in 1967.
The Pacific Coast International League was a minor league baseball league that played between 1918 and 1922. The Class B level league franchises were based in the Northwest United States and British Columbia.
Francis William Bacon was an American football,baseball,and basketball player. He played for the Dayton Triangles in the first official National Football League (NFL) game and was the first NFL player to return a punt for a touchdown. He played in the NFL from 1920 to 1925,appearing in 47 games and scoring 14 touchdowns.
Edward Rile,nicknamed "Huck",was an American Negro league pitcher and first baseman who played for several teams from 1918 to 1936.
