St. Louis All-Stars
The St. Louis All-Stars were a US American football -Mannschaft from St. Louis , Missouri , the one season in the National Football League played (NFL).
Team history
Ollie Kraehe was a guard at Washington University in St. Louis and played for the Rock Island Independents in 1922 . After realizing that some profit could be made in the middle town of Rock Island through professional football, he decided to form his own team in a big city. He chose St. Louis for this because he already had connections there due to his college days. For $ 100 he acquired franchise rights from the NFL. After the All-Stars first defeated a non-NFL team 25-0, two pointless draws against the Green Bay Packers and Hammond Pros followed . The All-Stars ended October with two 0: 6 defeats in away games. However, the All-Stars had financial problems because the audience was low. The first home game at Sportsman's Park was watched by only 719 people. Kraehe put this on the bad weather and the competition with the World Series taking place at the same time . Added to this was the low sporting success, as the team did not manage to score a single point in the first four league games. The reason for the small number of spectators is also the high ticket prices: for a seat you paid $ 1.65, for standing room $ 1.10. The first game in November 1923 was a home game against the Packers. In bad weather and in front of 750 spectators, the All-Stars lost 3-0. The All-Stars achieved their only victory on November 11, 1923 14: 7 against the Oorang Indians . This victory was achieved in good weather in front of about 5000 spectators. Two weeks later, the All-Stars played at home against the Milwaukee Badgers , led by Jimmy Conzelman , one of the most famous football players in St. Louis. Still, only 2,395 spectators came to watch the Badgers win 17-0. Due to injury problems, the All-Stars had to cancel the final league game against the Cleveland Indians . It was followed by a non-league game in Benld , Illinois , where the All-Stars lost 7-9. Kraehe subsequently abandoned the project and the team was disbanded. In total, Kraehe lost about $ 6,300.
Table stands
| Game year | Won | Lost | draw | Final score | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 1 | 4th | 2 | 14. (of 20) | Ollie Crow |
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Individual evidence
- ^ John Maxymuk: NFL Head Coaches: A Biographical Dictionary, 1920-2011 . McFarland, 2012, ISBN 978-0-7864-9295-4 , pp. 381 f .
- ↑ a b c d e Frank P. Jozsa Jr: National Football League Strategies: Business Expansions, Relocations, and Mergers . Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-319-05705-7 , pp. 13 f .
- ↑ a b c d e Bob Carroll: OLLIE'S ALL-STARS . In: The Coffin Corner . tape 5 , no. 7 , 1983.
- ↑ Tod Maher: IN THE BEGINNING . In: The Coffin Corner . tape 15 , no. 3 , 1993.
- ↑ St. Louis All-Stars Franchise Encyclopedia. Retrieved February 3, 2019 .