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The Triangles were not the only team in town. As Ritter documents based on research by Steven Presar of the Montgomery County Historical Society (Now Dayton History), the Wolverines, Miamis, Westwoods, Oxfords, McKinleys and Nationals also played here. The team Rosie’s Corners was named for a bar in what was then the Hungarian neighborhood in West ...
• The Triangles were rooted in the St. Marys Cadets, a basketball team at St. Mary’s College, now called the University of Dayton. Cadet members started a football team when they graduated in 1912. • The team changed its name to the Dayton Gym Cadets by 1915 and were playing as the Triangles by 1916, according to Ritter’s book. • The team had a 9-1...
Representatives from the Triangles including Carl Storck attended a meeting at Ralph Hay’s Hupmobile showroom in Canton on Aug. 20 with reps from the Akron Pros, Canton Bulldogs and Cleveland Indians, according to the NFL. The American Professional Football Conference was formed with a $25 franchise fee. Representatives of the Triangles, Akron Pros...
Triangle players were each paid about $50 for playing that first game, according to Jim’s article. That amounts to $595.79 in today’s money, according to the Bureau of Labor Statisitc CPI Inflation Calculator. Admission to the game was only $1.75. About 4,000 people were there.
It was a different game, but players were not lightweights. Lou Partlow, the Triangle who scored the first touchdown in NFL history, practiced blocking by slamming into trees, according to Jim’s article. He’d dodge trees while sprinting through the dense woods along the Great Miami River. He was called “the West Carrollton battering ram.”
He was only 150 pounds, but Leland "Lee" Fenner played 14 seasons with the Triangles — 1916 to 1929, according to Daytontriangles.com.
Carl Storck was a job foreman in the Inspection and Packing Department at the National Cash Register Company when he co-founded the NFL as the Triangles' unpaid volunteer manager, according to daytonareasportshistory.com. Storck had a 21-year career with the NFL. He served as its secretary-treasurer under NFL President Joe Carr. Storck was named ac...
A New York syndicate lead by John Dwyer bought the Dayton Triangles on July 12, 1930, and moved the franchise to Brooklyn. The team was renamed the Brooklyn Dodgers. That team later became the Brooklyn Tigers.
2 days ago · X. This year’s Best of Dayton is now open for voting, and we had a very busy first day on Monday. Voting is open until Friday, July 5, and you can vote once per day per subcategory. • CLICK ...
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Apr 1, 2024 · The Dayton story begins with the arrival of settlers from Cincinnati in April of 1796. Three parties, totaling 36 men, women and children, left the Queen City in March.
On Sept. 17, 1920, representatives from 11 franchises, including the Dayton Triangles, gathered at Canton Bulldogs owner Ralph Hay’s Hupmobile auto showroom to organize the framework for the first professional football league.
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