Dayton Triangles
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The Dayton Triangles ( German Dayton Dreiecke ) were a football team that had existed since 1913 and played in the National Football League from 1920 to 1929 . The Triangles were based in Dayton , Ohio .
history
Beginnings
The Triangles were founded in 1912 by graduates from St. Marys Cadettes (now the University of Dayton ). In their first season in 1913 they won all seven games and the City Championship, as well as the South Ohio Championship against the Cincinnati Celts . They also won the city championship the following year. In 1915 they changed their name to Dayton Gym Cadets, before they changed their name to Triangles a year later. You had been a member of the Ohio League since 1916 and were the only major member to make it through World War I unscathed. In 1918 they were able to win the championship of the Ohio League for the first time after they won all eight games (although the championship was not determined according to the pure win-loss ratio, but games were weighted differently depending on the opponent).
APFA and NFL
The first game
In 1920 the Triangles joined the American Professional Football Association (APFA). The Rock Island Independents played a game on September 26, 1920 as the first APFA team, but against a team that was not a member of the APFA. The first game of the Triangles in APFA, the forerunner of the NFL, took place in Triangle Park between the Dayton Triangles and the Columbus Panhandles on October 3, 1920. It is considered the first game in APFA / NFL history between two teams belonging to the league. The Triangles won the game 14-0. The game took place in front of approximately 4,000 spectators who had to pay $ 1.75 for a ticket. Each player was paid a salary of $ 50 for the game.
But whether it was actually the first game of the APFA is questionable. For one thing, no kick-off dates are known, which opens up the possibility that the Rock Island Independents' 45-0 win against Muncie Flyers was also their first game, as this also took place on October 3rd. On the other hand, it is uncertain whether the Panhandles were already members of the APFA at the time of the game. Although they were definitely a member at the end of the season, no representative of the team was present at the two founding meetings, which leaves the exact time of joining open.
Further course
The 1920 season they ended with a 5-2-2 record, with both defeats to the eventual champions from Akron. In 1921 the Triangles could only win four games. One of their victories, however, was a 3-0 win against the Akron Pros , which ended their 19-game series without a loss (15 wins, 4 draws).
With the renaming of the APFA in the National Football League before the 1922 season came a turning point for the Triangles. They finished the 1922 season with a 4-3-1 record, their last season with more wins than losses. After the 1927 season, the back / end Abbott Lafayette , who played for the Triangles since 1921, took over the post of head coach. In 1928 and 1929 they were only able to score in one game each and thus lost in all 13 games. Due to the sporting failure, unable to attract a noteworthy audience, they have become a pure away team in recent years. In 1930 the team was sold and continued as the Brooklyn Dodgers .
table
Source:
| year | Won | Lost | draw | Final placement |
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| 1913 | 7th | 0 | 0 | |
| 1914 | 5 | 4th | 0 | |
| 1915 | 7th | 1 | 1 | |
| 1916 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1917 | 6th | 0 | 2 | |
| 1918 | 8th | 0 | 0 | 1. |
| 1919 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1920 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6th |
| 1921 | 4th | 4th | 1 | 8th. |
| 1922 | 4th | 3 | 1 | 7th |
| 1923 | 1 | 6th | 1 | 16. |
| 1924 | 2 | 6th | 0 | 13. |
| 1925 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 16. |
| 1926 | 1 | 4th | 1 | 16. |
| 1927 | 1 | 6th | 1 | 10. |
| 1928 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 10. |
| 1929 | 0 | 6th | 0 | 12. |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 8 things you should know about the Dayton Triangles, the team that started the NFL. Retrieved June 25, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c d e Ritter Collett, Steve Presar: DAYTON PLAYED LARGE FOUNDING ROLE IN NFL . In: The Coffin Corner . tape 12 , no. 1 .
- ↑ 1st Down. Ohio Magazine, accessed June 25, 2018 .
- ↑ Bob Braunwart & Bob Carroll: THE OHIO LEAGUE . In: The Coffin Corner . tape 3 , no. 7 .
- ↑ a b Happy Birthday, NFL! The story behind Dayton hosting the first-ever NFL game. myDayton Daily News, accessed June 25, 2018 .
- ↑ offbeat destinations entice die-hard sports fans. USA Today, accessed June 25, 2018 .
- ↑ Bob Braunwart & Bob Carroll: THE FIRST NFL GAME (S) . In: The Coffin Corner . tape 3 , no. 3 .
- ↑ Chris Willis, Joe Horrigan: Old Leather: An Oral History of Early Pro Football in Ohio, 1920-1935 . Scarecrow Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-8108-5660-8 , pp. 27 .
- ^ John Maxymuk: NFL Head Coaches: A Biographical Dictionary, 1920-2011 . McFarland, 2012, ISBN 978-0-7864-9295-4 , pp. 353 .