Kenosha Maroons - Kenosha Maroons Players, Kenosha Maroons Seasons, 1924 Kenosha Maroons Season, Toledo Maroons, Earl Potteiger, Dick Vick (Paperback)

Chapters: Kenosha Maroons Players, Kenosha Maroons Seasons, 1924 Kenosha Maroons Season, Toledo Maroons, Earl Potteiger, Dick Vick, Fritz Heinisch, Dick Stahlman, Nash Field, Pard Pearce, Lou Usher, Marty Conrad, List of Kenosha Maroons Players, George Dahlgren, Whitey Wolter, Dick Egan. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 42. 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 Kenosha Maroons were a National Football League football team in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The team was originally based in Toledo, Ohio and called the Toledo Maroons from 1922-1923. The Maroons played in the NFL only during 1924. The Maroons dissolved after posting no wins in five games. The team existed prior to 1924 as the Toledo Maroons. However on September 16, 1924, the City of Kenosha purchased the Toledo franchise. The town felt that the team would be successful under the direction of George Johnson, an umpire in the Midwest baseball league. Johnson began scouting for talent to stock the new club. Financial support was offered by the Nash and Simmons companies, long-time sponsors of local athletic teams. Johnson soon signed Marvin Wood, a 195-pound fullback from the University of California, and Walt Cassidy, a wide receiver and 1923 graduate of the University of Detroit. Others on the official roster were quarterback Jim Simpson, also out of the University of Detroit; running back George Seasholtz from Lafayette College; and Cletus Patterson, an offensive guard from Ohio University. There were wide receiver Richard Stahlman of DePaul University; running back Dick Vick and offensive tackle Raymond Oberbroekling from Loras College. One of the most popular players was Earl Potteiger, a running back. He was well known in Kenosha as a baseball player for the Simmons and Nash teams in previous years. Potteiger would go on to co...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=239764