The Boston Yanks were a National Football League team based in Boston, Massachusetts, that played from 1944 to 1948. The team played its home games at Fenway Park. Any games that conflicted with the Boston Red Sox baseball schedule in the American League were held at Braves Field of the cross-town National League team, the Boston Braves. Team owner Ted Collins, who managed singer and television show host Kate Smith (1907–1986) for thirty years, picked the name Yanks because he originally wanted to run a team that played at New York City's old Yankee Stadium. The Yanks managed only a 2–8 record during their first regular season.
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.
Carl H. Storck was a co-founder of the National Football League (NFL), as well as the founding owner of the Dayton Triangles. He was also the Triangles coach from 1922 to 1926. Storck served as the NFL's treasurer from 1921 to 1939 and president from 1939 to 1941.
George Henry "Hobby" Kinderdine was an American football center and guard who played fourteen seasons for the Dayton Triangles of the Ohio League and National Football League. He also played with his two brothers, Walt and Harry "Shine".
John Edward "Sheriff" Singleton was a Major League Baseball pitcher and National Football League halfback and wingback. As a baseball player, Singleton was a member of the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1922 season. In 22 career games, he had a 1–10 record with a 5.90 ERA. He batted and threw right-handed. In football, he played in five games for the Dayton Triangles in 1929.
The 1920 Dayton Triangles season was the franchise's inaugural season in the American Professional Football Association (AFPA)—later named the National Football League. The Triangles entered the season coming off a 5–2–1 record in 1919 in the Ohio League. After the 1919 season, several representatives from the Ohio League wanted to form a new professional league; thus, the APFA was created. A majority of the team stayed from the 1919 team, including the coaching staff, while two players left the team.
Triangle Park is a former American football stadium located in Dayton, Ohio. The stadium was home to the Dayton Triangles of the National Football League from 1920 to 1929. It held a capacity of 5,000 spectators. It was located at the confluence of the Great Miami River and Stillwater River. On October 3, 1920, it hosted the first NFL game against the Columbus Panhandles.
Louis "Foose" Clark was an American football player and coach at both the college and professional levels. He played for St. Mary's College—now known as the University of Dayton— from the 1908 through 1911 seasons before becoming their head coach. Clark was also the first head coach of the Dayton Triangles, an early professional football franchise that entered into the National Football League (NFL) after Clark's playing and coaching careers for the team were over.
The 1946 Miami Redskins football team was an American football team that represented Miami University as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In its third season under head coach Sid Gillman, Miami compiled a 7–3 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 220 to 72. Paul Dietzel was the team captain.
Alexander "Joe" Hogarty was an American football player and coach, as well as a collegiate basketball coach and athletic director.
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.
Chalmer Edward "Red" Joseph was an American football player.
John Wiggim Becker Jr. was an American football player.
Carl Louis "Dutch" Thiele was an American football player. He played four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) from 1920 to 1923.
Lawrence E. Dellinger was an American football player.
Kinderdine is a surname. Notable people with this surname include:
The Dayton Colts were a semi-professional American football team that played from 1946 to 1949 and 1953 to 1975. The team was based in Ohio. It competed in the Inter-State Semipro Football League in 1947 as the Dayton Rockets; Tristate Semipro Football League in 1953 and American Football Conference from 1959 to 1961 as the Dayton Triangles; Midwest Football League from 1963 to 1969, 1971 to 1973, and 1975 as the Cedarville Spartans, Dayton Colts, Columbus Bucks, and Columbus Barons; and Ohio–Pennsylvania Football League in 1974 as the Bellbrook Colts. It was also known as the John Stanko Barons and Wiedemann Buds in 1948 and 1949.
William Earl Hauser, also known as Mike Hauser, was an American football player. He played professional football for the Dayton Triangles from 1919 to 1920 and for the Cincinnati Celts in 1921. He was one of the early stars for the Triangles. In November 1919, the Dayton Daily News wrote:
Hauser was the star of the Triangle line. This clever tackle was in practically every play on his side and when he was not stopping one of the Hoosiers, he was making it an easy matter for some other Triangle to turn the trick."
Harry George "King" Cutler Jr. 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 3, 1920. After his football career, he was in the insurance business in Dayton from 1925 until his retirement in 1963.
Howard Frederick Yerges Sr. was an American football player and coach of football and basketball.
