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1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will b ...

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season was their inaugural season in the

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and the 11th season overall for the erratic Triangles-Colts franchise. The team finished fourth in the league at 7–4–1.1930 Brooklyn Dodgers
/ref> They both shut out five opponents and were shut out by five opponents. The Dodgers had purchased the franchise rights of the

Dayton Triangles The Dayton Triangles were an original franchise of the American Professional Football Association (now the National Football League (NFL)) in 1920. The Triangles were based in Dayton, Ohio, and took their nickname from their home field, Triangl ...

, but most of the team's roster came from the previous year's

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team as it was unfeasible for most of the Triangles' players to uproot their families and move from

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on short-notice during the

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