best-named now defunct 1920s american football team

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h/t av club article that i did not read but i am sure is very good

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Dayton Triangles (1920-29)	3
Tonawanda Kardex (1921)	3
Canton Bulldogs* (1920-23, 1925-26)	3
Providence Steam Roller* (1925-31)	2
Racine Legion (1922-24)	2
Youngstown Patricians (1922; joined league and had schedule planned but never played)	2
Pottsville Maroons/Boston Bulldogs (1925-29)	1
Frankford Yellow Jackets* (1924-31)	1
Muncie Flyers (1920-21)	1
Orange Tornadoes (1929)	1
Kenosha Maroons (1924)	1
Staten Island Stapletons (1929-32)	1
Louisville Breckenridges (a.k.a. "Brecks") (1921-23)	1
Newark Tornadoes (1930)	0
Oorang Indians (1922-23)	0
New York Brickley Giants (1921)	0
New York Yankees (1926 1st AFL)(1927-28 NFL)	0
St. Louis All Stars (1923)	0
Racine Tornadoes (1926)	0
Rochester Jeffersons (1920-25)	0
Rock Island Independents (1920-25)	0
Cincinnati Celts (1921)	0
Syracuse Pros (1921; it is disputed whether this team actually joined the league)	0
Toledo Maroons (1922-23)	0
Washington Senators (1921)	0
Minneapolis Red Jackets (1929-30)	0
Minneapolis Marines (1921-24)	0
Detroit Panthers (1925-26)	0
Detroit Tigers (1921)	0
Detroit Heralds (1920)	0
Columbus Panhandles/Tigers (1920-26)	0
Cleveland Indians/Bulldogs* (1923-25, 1927)	0
Chicago Tigers (1920)	0
Buffalo All Americans / Bisons (1920-27, 1929)	0
Brooklyn Lions (1926)	0
Detroit Wolverines (1928)	0
Duluth Kelleys/Eskimos (1923-27)	0
Milwaukee Badgers (1922-26)	0
Massillon Tigers (Attended the August 1920 meeting but never fielded a team in the APFA/NFL)	0
Louisville Colonels (1926)	0
Los Angeles Buccaneers (1926)	0
Kansas City Blues/Cowboys (1924-26)	0
Hartford Blues (1926)	0
Hammond Pros (1920-26)	0
Evansville Crimson Giants (1921-22)	0
Akron Pros / Indians* (1920-26)	0

― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 16 September 2013 17:43 (eleven years ago)

shortlist:

Kenosha Maroons (1924)
Muncie Flyers (1920-21)
Orange Tornadoes (1929)
Providence Steam Roller* (1925-31)
Racine Legion (1922-24)
Rochester Jeffersons (1920-25)
Staten Island Stapletons (1929-32)
Tonawanda Kardex (1921)

― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 16 September 2013 17:45 (eleven years ago)

Canton Bulldogs!

― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 16 September 2013 18:04 (eleven years ago)

Bulldogs is hard to beat, kind of hard to believe there is no NFL/NBA/MLB team with that mascot.

― earlnash, Monday, 16 September 2013 23:42 (eleven years ago)

It 'Pottsville Maroons' what Bugs Bunny references when he says "what a maroon", Because if so that.

― I have gathered no gaudy flowers of speech in other men's gardens (dowd), Monday, 16 September 2013 23:44 (eleven years ago)

Change random letters of that until it makes sense, please. :(

― I have gathered no gaudy flowers of speech in other men's gardens (dowd), Monday, 16 September 2013 23:45 (eleven years ago)

WHERE MY DAYTON TRIANGLES AT

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 September 2013 23:51 (eleven years ago)

someone plz explain to me the Tonawanda Kardex

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 September 2013 23:52 (eleven years ago)

someone plz explain to me the Tonawanda Kardex

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 September 2013 23:52 (eleven years ago)

sure are a lot of Tornadoes in the 20's

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 September 2013 23:53 (eleven years ago)

Detroit Heralds probably don't have newsprint uniforms, right

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 September 2013 23:54 (eleven years ago)

If not why not?

― I have gathered no gaudy flowers of speech in other men's gardens (dowd), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 00:43 (eleven years ago)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ea/DaytonTriangles4b.png

dayton triangles

― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 00:51 (eleven years ago)

what up

― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 00:51 (eleven years ago)

The original Dayton Triangles members first began playing together as basketball players at St. Mary's College, now the University of Dayton, from 1908 until 1912. After graduation, the players organized a basketball team of alumni, students, and other local athletes. They went by the name of the St. Mary's Cadets. The Cadets claimed the title of "World Basketball Champions" by defeating the Buffalo German Ramblers[1]
In the fall of 1913, the St. Marys Cadets organized a football team.

― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 00:52 (eleven years ago)

By the late twenties, Dayton was one of the league's doormats, winning just five of their 51 NFL contests from 1923-29. Only the revenues from playing on the road kept them afloat. Also around this time, the NFL began shaking off its roots in mid-sized midwestern cities. Although the Triangles were one of only three original NFL teams (along with the Bears and Cardinals) to survive the 1920s, it soon became apparent that Dayton was not big enough to support a team in the burgeoning league. Finally, on July 12, 1930, a Brooklyn-based syndicate headed by Bill Dwyer bought the Triangles; the franchise moved to Brooklyn and was renamed the Brooklyn Dodgers.

― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 00:54 (eleven years ago)

http://0.tqn.com/d/gaytravel/1/0/T/W/-/-/Try_Angles.jpg

― Very gud laser controled organ. (Matt P), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 00:55 (eleven years ago)

http://img.over-blog-kiwi.com/0/55/43/07/201304/ob_83baafbe4b4d40ea3c6cb06a9e8cb7be_j-racine.jpg

Racine Legion!

― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 00:56 (eleven years ago)

Tonawanda Kardex obvs, with Massillon Tigers as a runner-up

none of it measures up to the Steagles tho

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 00:59 (eleven years ago)

NFL Teams in the 1920-1932 Era
Akron Pros
Buffalo
Canton Bulldogs
Chicago Cardinals
Chicago Tigers
Cleveland Tigers
Columbus Panhandles
Dayton Triangles
Decatur Staleys
Detroit
Hammond Pros
Kenosha Maroons
Muncie Flyers
Rochester Jeffersons
Rock Island Independents
Toledo Maroons

― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 01:01 (eleven years ago)

montreal used to have a maroons hockey team, but i dunno who used it first

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 01:03 (eleven years ago)

need more tigers for sure

― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 01:04 (eleven years ago)

reminder that the cfl, despite only having like 8 teams, for a long time had two named the roughriders

― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 01:07 (eleven years ago)

A buddy of mine used of have some kind of almanac of AAA baseball teams. Man there was some mind blowers in there.

― I have gathered no gaudy flowers of speech in other men's gardens (dowd), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 01:09 (eleven years ago)

In the - wait, the Communist Party has a KKK chapter? kind of way

― I have gathered no gaudy flowers of speech in other men's gardens (dowd), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 01:12 (eleven years ago)

reminder that the cfl, despite only having like 8 teams, for a long time had two named the roughriders

that is a lie

they had the roughriders and the rough riders iirc

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 01:32 (eleven years ago)

ok I am hitching my wagon to the Dayton Triangles

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 01:42 (eleven years ago)

'wagon'

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 01:45 (eleven years ago)

tonawanda kardex

― balls, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 02:10 (eleven years ago)

thought that one's alot better the less you know. i like staten island stapletons as well.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-48EHsaYUEUA/UGB9M9ewaZI/AAAAAAAAAJU/s0xmTF9iwa8/s1600/vlcsnap-2011-01-02-14h31m40s186.png

― balls, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 02:13 (eleven years ago)

that is a lie

they had the roughriders and the rough riders iirc

― mookieproof, Monday, September 16, 2013 9:32 PM (42 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hah true

― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 02:15 (eleven years ago)

Muncie Flyers (1920-21)

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 17 September 2013 02:58 (eleven years ago)

Canton Bulldogs just sounds right

― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 18 September 2013 02:16 (eleven years ago)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e0/Tonawanda_Kardex.gif

― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 18 September 2013 02:23 (eleven years ago)

TRIANGLES FOREVER

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4004/4334859487_089bb68210_o.jpg

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 18 September 2013 02:45 (eleven years ago)

sick ass uni

― lag∞n, Wednesday, 18 September 2013 03:12 (eleven years ago)

WE ARE DEVO WE ARE HERE TO PLAY YOUR FOOTBALL

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 18 September 2013 03:25 (eleven years ago)

no way rochester jeffersons is not just some dialogue fragment from a kate winslet movie set in the thirties

― @twitizensforlemonlipbalm (schlump), Wednesday, 18 September 2013 03:34 (eleven years ago)

Are the from Triangles from a sci-fi flick or part of a proto-fascist futurist collective?

― I have gathered no gaudy flowers of speech in other men's gardens (dowd), Wednesday, 18 September 2013 06:08 (eleven years ago)

fluxus team iirc

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 18 September 2013 06:11 (eleven years ago)

I need to think of a good shape for my stormtrooper uniform...bent cross has been done, in my communist party days we had some good ones, but have you ever tried to draw a hammer and sickle? We fascists don't have those kind of artisinal skills!

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PfascistsP.jpg

― I have gathered no gaudy flowers of speech in other men's gardens (dowd), Wednesday, 18 September 2013 06:11 (eleven years ago)

Providence Steam Roller should be getting more love itt imo, that might sway me to vote for them. and yet, if you add and 's' to the end it loses most of its magic as a name.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Packers_v_Steamrollers.jpg/175px-Packers_v_Steamrollers.jpg

Providence was the first NFL team to play its home games in a bicycle racing stadium (a velodrome).
In the six-day period between November 5 and November 10, 1929, Providence played four games. Although the Steam Roller made history, their 0-3-1 record during that six-day stretch proved to be a scheduling disaster.

― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 18 September 2013 18:34 (eleven years ago)

Love the Patricians.

Also, always wanted to play this game:

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/611/ironman-football

― brownie, Wednesday, 18 September 2013 20:03 (eleven years ago)

that's cool!

― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 18 September 2013 20:06 (eleven years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Thursday, 19 September 2013 00:01 (eleven years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Friday, 20 September 2013 00:01 (eleven years ago)

triangles kardex bulldogs THUNDERDOME

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 20 September 2013 02:03 (eleven years ago)

yes

― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 20 September 2013 02:32 (eleven years ago)

its funny how the patricians never played

― lag∞n, Friday, 20 September 2013 02:37 (eleven years ago)

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