Providence Steam Roller - Providence Steam Roller Players, Providence Steam Roller Seasons, Jim Crowley, Gibby Welch (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 120. Not illustrated. Chapters: Providence Steam Roller Players, Providence Steam Roller Seasons, Jim Crowley, Gibby Welch, 1926 Providence Steam Roller Season, 1925 Providence Steam Roller Season, Jimmy Conzelman, Fritz Pollard, 1927 Providence Steam Roller Season, 1929 Providence Steam Roller Season, 1930 Providence Steam Roller Season, 1931 Providence Steam Roller Season, 1928 Providence Steam Roller Season, Tony Latone, Wildcat Wilson, Jack Mcbride, Gus Sonnenberg, Oran Pape, Jackson Keefer, Peter Laudati, Perry Jackson, Al Pierotti, Jim Laird, Forrest Douds, Pearce Johnson, Joe Braney, Fred Graham, Al Rose, Cy Wentworth, Archie Golembeski, Frank Racis, Dutch Webber, Joe Kozlowsky, Bull Lowe, Clyde Smith, Eddie Lynch, Red Maloney, Abe Wilson, Charles Coppen, Bert Shurtleff, Ed Mccrillis, James Dooley, Al Hadden, Pard Pearce, Jim Bowdoin, Lee Woodruff, Frank Hanny, Al Graham, Jack Spellman, Waddy Macphee. Excerpt: The Providence Steam Roller (also referred to as the Providence Steam Rollers, the Providence Steamroller and the Providence Steamrollers) was a professional American football team based in Providence, Rhode Island in the National Football League from 1925 to 1931. They were the first New England team to win an NFL championship. The Steam Roller won the league's championship in 1928. They are the last team to win a championship and no longer be in the league. Most of their home games were played in a 10,000-seat stadium that was built for bicycle races called the Cyclodome. The Steam Roller was established in 1916 by members of the Providence Journal; sports-editor Charles Coppen and part-time sports-writer Pearce Johnson. Three men shared in the ownership and management of the team: Coppen, James Dooley, and Peter Laudati. Meanwhile Johnson stayed on as the team's manager for each year of its existence. The team so...