Defunct Football Teams in Indiana - Evansville Crimson Giants, Evansville Bluecats, Muncie Flyers, Hammond Pros, Evansville Vipers (Paperback)

Chapters: Evansville Crimson Giants, Evansville Bluecats, Muncie Flyers, Hammond Pros, Evansville Vipers, Fort Wayne Flyers, Evansville Express. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 38. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Evansville Crimson Giants were a professional American football team based in Evansville, Indiana and were a part of the National Football League in 1921 and 1922. The Giants home games were played at Bosse Field. According to the Evansville Courier and Press in 1921, 'they surprised local fans in developing a winning team' and 'the Giants' one-sided victories over inferior non-league teams has had good fan reaction.' However the team did not succeed mostly due to scheduling mistakes, and management problems. Evansville's local sporting enthusiasts also failed to responded favorably and attend the home games. The Crimson Giants history is rooted in Evansville's first significant semi-pro team, the Evansville Ex-Collegians, who began play in 1920. The Ex-Collegians played and followed the typical semi-professional template of the era. The team employed mostly local players almost exclusively. They paid those players a small sum based on gate receipts and on a game-by-game basis. The team also operated without any real management oversight, meaning that the players looked after the team's finances, and scheduled games haphazardly. In 1920, group of local businessmen tried to purchase the Ex-Collegians, however the investors and the players failed reached a compromise. After the initial two victories over modest opponents, the Ex-Collegians bragged of possibly playing, the most celebrated pro football team in the nation, the Canton Bulldogs on Christmas Day 1920. While the chances of the game taking place between Evansville and Canton were slim, the rumour of a Canton ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=239747