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1937 NFL Season
The 1937 NFL season was the 18th regular season of the National Football League. The Cleveland Rams joined the league as an expansion team. Meanwhile, the Redskins relocated from Boston to Washington, D.C. The season ended when the Redskins, led by rookie quarterback Sammy Baugh, defeated the Chicago Bears in the NFL Championship Game. Draft The 1937 NFL draft was held on December 12, 1936, at New York City's Hotel Lincoln. With the first pick, the Philadelphia Eagles selected runningback Sam Francis from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Major rule changes *All players are required to wear numerals on their jerseys whose color must be in sharp contrast with the jersey color. The numbers on the front must be at least while the ones on the back must be at least . *If a kickoff goes out of bounds, the ball is put in play either on the opponent's 35-yard line or 10 yards from the spot where it crossed the sideline. *The penalty for an illegal forward pass that is thrown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington Redskins
The Washington Commanders are a professional American football team based in the Washington metropolitan area. The Commanders compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC East, East division. Formerly known as the Washington Redskins, the franchise was founded by George Preston Marshall as the Boston Braves in 1932 Boston Braves (NFL) season, 1932. They became the Redskins in 1933 Boston Redskins season, 1933 and National Football League franchise moves and mergers, relocated to Washington, D.C. in 1937 Washington Redskins season, 1937. The Redskins name and logo was Washington Redskins name controversy, viewed as controversial for decades before it was retired in 2020 Washington Football Team season, 2020 as part of a List of name changes due to the George Floyd protests, wave of name changes during a United States racial unrest (2020–2023), period of racial unrest in the United States. The team played as the Washin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)
The Brooklyn Dodgers were an American football team that played in the National Football League from 1930 to 1943, and in 1944 as the Brooklyn Tigers. The team played its home games at Ebbets Field of the baseball National League (baseball), National League's team, the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1945, because of financial difficulties and the increasing scarcity of major league-level players because of the war-time defense requirements at the height of World War II, the team was merged with the Boston Yanks and were known as the Yanks for that season. This franchise was not related to the earlier (second incarnation) American Football League (1936), American Football League II with a franchise that played as the Rochester Tigers, Brooklyn Tigers for the first half of the 1936 season before moving to Rochester, New York and playing as the Rochester Tigers. Another NFL team that played in the Brooklyn borough was the Brooklyn Lions (which became the Brooklyn Horsemen after merging with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griffith Stadium
Griffith Stadium stood in Washington, D.C., from 1911 to 1965, between Georgia Avenue and 5th Street (left field), and between W Street and Florida Avenue NW. The site was once home to a wooden baseball park. Built in 1891, it was called Boundary Field, or National Park after the team that played there: the Washington Senators (1901–1960), Washington Senators/Nationals. It was destroyed by a fire in 1911. It was replaced by a steel and concrete structure, at first called National Park and then American League Park; it was renamed Clark Griffith Stadium for Washington Senators (1901–1960), Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith in 1923. The stadium was home to the American League Senators from 1911 in baseball, 1911 through 1960 Washington Senators season, 1960, and to an Washington Senators (1961–1971), expansion team of the same name for their 1961 Washington Senators season, first season in 1961 in baseball, 1961. The venue hosted the Major League Baseball All-Star Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fenway Park
Fenway Park is a ballpark located in Boston, Massachusetts, less than one mile from Kenmore Square. Since 1912, it has been the home field of Major League Baseball's (MLB) Boston Red Sox. While the stadium was built in 1912, it was substantially rebuilt in 1934, and underwent major renovations and modifications in the 21st century. It is the List of current Major League Baseball stadiums, oldest active ballpark in MLB. Because of its age and constrained location in Boston's dense Fenway–Kenmore, Fenway–Kenmore neighborhood, the park has many quirky features, including "The Triangle", Pesky's Pole, and the Green Monster in left field. It is the fifth-smallest among MLB ballparks by seating capacity, second-smallest by total capacity, and one of nine that cannot accommodate at least 40,000 spectators. Fenway has hosted the World Series eleven times, with the Red Sox winning six of them and the Atlanta Braves, Boston Braves winning one. Besides baseball games, it has also bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League Park
League Park was a baseball park located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It was situated at the northeast corner of Dunham Street (now known as East 66th Street) and Lexington Avenue in the Hough, Cleveland, Hough neighborhood. It was built in 1891 as a wood structure and rebuilt using concrete and steel in 1910. The park was home to a number of professional sports teams, most notably the Cleveland Guardians, Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. League Park was first home to the Cleveland Spiders of the National League (baseball), National League from 1891 to 1899 and of the Cleveland Guardians, Cleveland Lake Shores of the Western League (original), Western League, the minor league predecessor to the Indians, in 1900. From 1914 to 1915, League Park also hosted the Cleveland Bearcats, Cleveland Spiders of the minor league American Association (1902–1997), American Association. In the 1940s, the park was also the home field of the Cleveland Buckeyes of the Negro Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Cleveland Stadium, commonly known as Municipal Stadium, Lakefront Stadium or Cleveland Municipal Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium in Cleveland, Ohio. It was one of the early multi-purpose stadiums, built to accommodate both baseball and football. The stadium opened in 1931 and is best known as the long-time home of the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1932 to 1993 (including 1932–1946 when games were split between League Park and Cleveland Stadium), and the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL), from 1946 to 1995, in addition to hosting other teams, other sports, and concerts. The stadium hosted three AAFC Championship Games, six NFL Championship Games, served as one of the host venues of the 1948 and 1954 World Series to go along with being a four-time host of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game and the site of the original Dawg Pound, Red Right 88, and The Drive. Through most of its tenure as a baseball facility, the stadium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Blood
Johnny is an English language personal name. It is usually an affectionate diminutive of the masculine given name John, but from the 16th century it has sometimes been a given name in its own right for males and, less commonly, females. Variant forms of Johnny include Johnnie, Johnney, Johhny, Johnni and Johni. The masculine Johnny can be rendered into Scottish Gaelic as . Notable people and characters named Johnny or Johnnie include: People Johnny * Johnny 3 Tears (born 1981/82), American musician * Johnny Adams (1932–1998), American singer * Johnny Aba (born 1956), Papua New Guinean professional boxer * Johnny Abarrientos (born 1970), Filipino professional basketball player * Johnny Abbes García (1924–1967), chief of the government intelligence office of the Dominican Republic * Johnny Abel (1947–1995), Canadian politician * Johnny Abrego (born 1962), former Major League baseball player * Johnny Ace (1929–1954), American rhythm and blues singer * Johnny Adair (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Bach
Joseph Anthony Bach (January 17, 1901 – October 24, 1966) was one of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football, Notre Dame's famed "Seven Mules" and later the head coach for the NFL's History of the Pittsburgh Steelers#The 1930s: The Pirates years, Pittsburgh Pirates (1935–36) and later the renamed Pittsburgh Steelers (1952–53). Early life Bach was born in Tower, Minnesota on January 17, 1901. His father was an originally from Styria, Slovenia before migrating to the United States in 1900 with his wife, Marie Novak. As a young man, Bach grew up at 327 Elm Street in Tower. Bach engaged in various athletic activities during his youth. After the death of his father when he was six years old, he experienced disciplinary issues that led to a brief stay at the Minnesota Training School in Red Wing. He later redirected his focus toward athletics. At Chisholm High School, he declared himself captain of the newly formed swimming team, played as a running back on the football team. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL)
The Pittsburgh Steelers are an American football franchise representing Pittsburgh. They are the seventh-oldest club in the National Football League (NFL), which they joined in . The only surviving NFL teams with a longer history are the History of the Chicago Bears, Chicago Bears, History of the Arizona Cardinals, Arizona Cardinals (then the Chicago Cardinals), History of the Detroit Lions, Detroit Lions (then the Portsmouth Spartans), History of the Green Bay Packers, Green Bay Packers, History of the New York Giants, New York Giants, and History of the Washington Football Team#Establishment in Boston (1932–1936), Washington Commanders (then the History of the Washington Football Team#Establishment in Boston (1932–1936), Boston Redskins). The History of the Philadelphia Eagles, Philadelphia Eagles joined the league concurrently with the Steelers in 1933. The team was founded by Art Rooney, Arthur J. "Art" Rooney. The Rooney family has held a controlling interest in the club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Clark
Earl Harry "Dutch" Clark (October 11, 1906 – August 5, 1978), sometimes also known as "the Flying Dutchman" and "the Old Master", was an American football player and coach, basketball player and coach, and university athletic director. He gained his greatest acclaim as a football player and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame with its inaugural class in 1951 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame with its inaugural class in 1963. He was also named in 1969 to the NFL 1930s All-Decade Team and was the first player to have his jersey (No. 7) retired by the Detroit Lions. Born in Colorado, Clark attended Colorado College where he played football, basketball, and baseball, and also competed in track and field. During the 1928 football season, he rushed for 1,349 yards, scored 103 points, and became the first player from Colorado to receive first-team All-American honors. After graduating in 1930, he remained at Colorado College as the head basketball coach and assistant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Clark (American Football Coach)
George M. "Potsy" Clark (March 20, 1894 – November 8, 1972) was an American football and baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ... player, coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Michigan Agricultural College, now Michigan State University, (1920), the University of Kansas (1921–1925), Butler University (1927–1929), and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (1945, 1948), compiling a career college football record of 40–45–7. Clark was also the head coach of the National Football League's Detroit Lions, Portsmouth Spartans/Detroit Lions (1931–1936, 1940) and Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL), Brooklyn Dodgers (1937–1938), amassing a career NFL mark of 64–42–12. Clark's 1935 Detroit Lions season, 1935 Detroit Lions team won t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. The team plays their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit. The franchise was founded in Portsmouth, Ohio, as the Portsmouth Spartans in 1928 and joined the NFL on July 12, 1930. Amid financial struggles, the franchise was Relocation of professional sports teams, relocated to Detroit in 1934 and renamed the Lions in reference to the city's Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise, the Detroit Tigers. The Lions won four History of the National Football League championship#1933–1965: NFL Championship Game, NFL Championship Games between 1935 NFL Championship Game, 1935 and 1957 NFL Championship Game, 1957. Following the 1957 championship, the franchise did not win a playoff game until the 1991 season and did not win another until the 2023 season. They are the only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
