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Tom Scott (American Football Coach)
Thomas P. Scott (January 7, 1920 – June 1978) was an American football coach who was co-head coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1883 as the Brooklyn Grays. In 1884, it became a member of the American Association as the Brooklyn Atlantics before joining the National League in 1890. They remained in Brook ... in 1946. He was also the assistant coach in 1947. References 1920 births 1978 deaths {{Amfoot-coach-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC)
The Brooklyn Dodgers were an American football team that played in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) from 1946 Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC) season, 1946 to 1948 Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC) season, 1948. The team is unrelated to the Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL), Brooklyn Dodgers that played in the National Football League from 1930 to 1943. The team folded prior to the 1949 season and was merged with the 1949 New York Yankees (AAFC) season, New York Yankees to form the Brooklyn-New York Yankees. Team history The Brooklyn Dodgers of the new AAFC held their first training camp in the summer of 1946 out west in Central Oregon, central Oregon in the small town of Bend, Oregon, Bend. Led by head coach Mal Stevens, some 62 members of the team assembled in Bend in the middle of July of that year. The team played two preseason games in the Pacific Northwest, the first in Portland, Oregon, Portland against the 1946 Chicago Rockets season, Chicago Rockets at Multnomah Stadium on August 18, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Battles
Clifford Franklin Battles (May 1, 1910 – April 28, 1981) was an American professional football tailback who played in the National Football League (NFL). Battles was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1968. Early life Battles was born in Akron, Ohio, the son of Frank Battles, a saltworker for the BFGoodrich and Firestone tire companies, and Della Battles. He played high school football at Kenmore High School. Kenmore today honors athletes who carry on Battles' tradition, those who letter in three sports their senior year, with the Cliff Battles Award. Kenmore High School is at the corner of 13th Street and Battles Avenue, but the avenue is not named after Cliff. It was so named before he became famous. College career Battles attended and played college football at West Virginia Wesleyan College. His most prominent season was 1931, when he scored 15 touchdowns and had four extra points. The best game of his college career was also in 1931 in a game against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mal Stevens
Marvin Allen "Mal" Stevens (April 14, 1900 – December 6, 1979) was an American football player, coach, naval officer, and orthopedic surgeon. He served as the head football coach at Yale University from 1928 to 1932 and New York University (NYU) from 1934 to 1941. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1974. Early life, playing career, and education Born in Stockton, Kansas, Stevens attended Washburn University, Washburn College for three years before transferring to Yale College. At Washburn, Stevens competed on the football, basketball, baseball, tennis, and track and field teams. He played halfback (American football), halfback on Yale's undefeated 1923 Yale Bulldogs football team, 1923 football team. He graduated from Yale in 1925 and was a member of Skull and Bones. He graduated from Yale Medical School in 1929. Coaching career and military service Stevens coached the Yale football team from 1928 to 1932, leaving to become the 21st head footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Football
American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at each end. The offense (sports), offense, the team with possession of the oval-shaped Ball (gridiron football), football, attempts to advance down the field by Rush (gridiron football), running with the ball or Forward pass#Gridiron football, throwing it, while the Defense (sports), defense, the team without possession of the ball, aims to stop the offense's advance and to take control of the ball for themselves. The offense must advance the ball at least ten yard, yards in four Down (gridiron football), downs or plays; if they fail, they turnover on downs, turn over the football to the defense, but if they succeed, they are given a new set of four downs to continue the Glossary of American football#drive, drive. Points are scored primarily b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1920 Births
Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen in Finland, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own market town. * January 7 – Russian Civil War: The forces of White movement, Russian White Admiral Alexander Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk; the Great Siberian Ice March ensues. * January 10 ** The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I. ** The League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16, the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris. * January 11 – The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic is recognised de facto by European powers in Palace of Versailles, Versailles. * January 13 – ''The New York Times'' Robert H. Goddard#Publicity and criticism, ridicules American rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard, which it will rescind following the launch of Apollo 11 in 1969. * Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
