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1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

Portsmouth Spartans The Portsmouth Spartans were a professional American football team that played in Portsmouth, Ohio, from their founding in 1928 to their relocation to Detroit in 1934. Originally drawing players from defunct independent professional and semi-prof ...

season was their second in the

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. The team improved on their previous season's output of 5–6–3, winning eleven games. They finished second in the league. During the 1931 season the Portsmouth Spartans had a payroll of $2,350 per game for their 20-man roster.Craig R. Coenen, ''From Sandlots to the Super Bowl: The National Football League, 1967–1967.'' Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 2005; p. 13.

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1931 Portsmouth Spartans at Pro Football Reference1931 Portsmouth Spartans at jt-sw.com1931 Portsmouth Spatans at The Football Database
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