Canton Bulldogs
| year | G | V | U | space | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 7th | 4th | 2 | 8th. | Jim Thorpe |
| 1921 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4th | Cap Edwards |
| 1922 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1. | Guy Chamberlin |
| 1923 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1. | Guy Chamberlin |
| 1925 | 4th | 4th | 0 | 11. | Harry Robb |
| 1926 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 20th | Harry Robb , Pete Henry |
| total | 38 | 19th | 11 | ||
The Canton Bulldogs were a football team from Canton , Ohio . They existed from 1904, but dissolved again in 1906. In 1911 another team was settled in Canton, the Canton Professionals . In 1915 they changed their name to Canton Bulldogs in memory of the old team . The "new" Bulldogs became unofficial champions in American football in 1916, 1917 and 1919. In 1920 they joined the newly formed National Football League (NFL) with the bulldog player Jim Thorpe as the first official president. The Bulldogs mainly bet on the running game and were able to become champions of the league in 1922 and 1923 with Joe Guyon as running back . From 1921 to 1923 Canton played 25 games without a single defeat, which is still a record in the National Football League today.
After their second title, the owner of the Cleveland Indians , Samuel H. Deutsch, bought the Bulldogs, renamed the Indians Bulldogs and transferred the players to the Cleveland team, this reinforced team won the NFL title in 1924. The attempt by Deutschs to sell the Bulldogs NFL license back to Canton in 1924 failed, so that in 1924 there were in fact no Canton Bulldogs any more. In 1925 the franchise in Canton revived under its old name and played it for two more or less unsuccessful years in the NFL before it broke up. Both phases of the Canton Bulldogs are rated as a single team by the NFL.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame , the hall of fame of the National Football League , is in Canton because of the Bulldogs.
Players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Individual evidence
- ↑ ProFootballHoF.com The PFHoF: Earlier and Today (English). Accessed August 1, 2008.
