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The Staleys won, 6-0 ; the Tigers dropped out of the league right afterward and, after playing one game against the independent Thorn Tornadoes, folded, with the Staleys moving to Chicago ( later to become the Chicago Bears ) one week into the 1921 season.
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Staleys and won
* 1921 Tigers, merged with the Buffalo All-Americans, at Chicago Staleys ( won 7-6 )
In 1920, the Akron Pros went undefeated, tying three games, but two teams that had won more games ( and who had both tied Akron ), the Buffalo All-Americans and Decatur Staleys, petitioned the league for a share of the title ; both teams ' petitions were denied, and Akron was awarded the first ( and only ) Brunswick-Balke Collender Cup.
Had win-loss differential, the standard used in baseball, been used, the 1924 title would have gone to yet another team: the Frankford Yellow Jackets, who were four games ahead of eventual champion Cleveland in the standings by that measure ; the Decatur Staleys would have similarly won the 1920 title by virtue of being one game ahead of Buffalo.
The All-Americans agreed to rematch the Staleys on December 4, again in Chicago, on the condition that the game would be considered a " post-season " exhibition game not to be counted in the standings ; had it not, Buffalo would have had an undefeated season and won the title.
After this date, Chicago challenged Cleveland to a post-season rematch and won, setting up a repeat of 1921, when the Bears ( at that time still known as the Staleys ) were able to take the championship from Buffalo ( at the time known as the All-Americans ) using exactly the same trick.
Staleys and ;
In 1919, the team starred George Halas at wide receiver ; Halas left for the Decatur Staleys -- the future Chicago Bears -- the next year and remained with that franchise as a player, coach and owner until his death in 1983.
* Decatur Staleys established at Decatur, Illinois ; the club will relocate to Chicago in 1921 and rename itself Chicago Bears
The 1921 Buffalo All-Americans were controversially denied a similar type of near-undefeated season, when they believed that their final game, a 7-10 loss to the Chicago Staleys, was an exhibition game which would not count to the final standings ; the NFL records that game as official, and Buffalo's record as 9-1-2.
The Chicago Staleys ( to be renamed the Chicago Bears after the end of the season ), led by wide receiver George Halas, and the Buffalo All-Americans, led by quarterback Tommy Hughitt, were the two top teams in the league ; each playing all of their games at home, Buffalo and Chicago amassed 6 – 0 records in league play.
Staleys and Tigers
On October 24, 1920, the Decatur Staleys ( renamed the Chicago Bears in 1922 ) played a game against the Tigers at Cubs Park and billed it as " the season's most professional game " that would also determine the " pro title ".
The Staleys defeated the Tigers 10-0.
More plausible is a theory that George Halas wanted to move the Decatur Staleys to Chicago but because they already had the Tigers and the Cardinals, he would have had a very difficult time moving into a city with two teams in the league.
At the meeting in September, held at Ralph Hay's Hupmobile showroom, representatives of the Rock Island Independents, the Muncie Flyers, the Decatur Staleys, the Racine Cardinals, the Massillon Tigers, the Chicago Cardinals, the Rochester Jeffersons, and the Hammond Pros were present.
* Chicago Cardinals v Chicago Boosters ( pre-1920 ), Chicago Tigers ( 1920 ), Hammond Pros ( 1920 – 26 ), Kenosha Maroons ( 1924 ), Chicago Staleys / Bears ( 1921 – 1959 )
At the meeting in September, held at the Bulldogs ' owner Ralph Hay's Hupmobile showroom, representatives of the Rock Island Independents, the Flyers, the Decatur Staleys, the Racine Cardinals, the Massillon Tigers, the Chicago Cardinals, and the Hammond Pros were present.
Staleys and out
They would be tied with the Pros in win percentage, 9½ wins to 1½ losses (. 864 ), both teams beating out the Decatur Staleys, who would have a season that counted 11 wins to 2 losses (. 846 ).
They would be tied with the Akron Pros in win percentage, 9½ wins to 1½ losses (. 864 ), both teams beating out the Decatur Staleys, who would have a season that counted 11 wins to 2 losses (. 846 ).
They then rode to Chicago, where they disembarked the next day, worn out and in no condition to play the Staleys.
He also pointed out that the aggregate score of the two games was 16-14 in favor of the Staleys.
They would be tied with the Akron Pros in win percentage, 9. 5 wins to 1. 5 losses (. 864 ), both teams beating out the Staleys, who would have a season that counted 11 wins to 2 losses (. 846 ).
Staleys and league
However, since the Pros held the best record in the league, they only had to avoid losing a game, while Buffalo and the Chicago Staleys had to win in order to capture the AFPA Championship.
Along with the Decatur Staleys and Akron Pros, Buffalo claimed a share of the 1920 league title.
The league awarded the championship by a vote of the Association's executive committee in January 1922 to the Staleys.
In that year, the two teams disputing the title had played each other, splitting a two-game series, but league officials used a tiebreaker to controversially give the Bears ( then known as the Staleys ) the title over the Buffalo All-Americans.
Staleys and after
The first game was scheduled for December 3 against the tough Akron Pros, after which his team would take an all-night train to Chicago to play the Staleys the next day.
Halas rebutted that the second game was played on December 4 ( well before teams in Illinois typically stopped playing games in those days ), and the Staleys played two more games against top opponents, the Canton Bulldogs and Chicago Cardinals after the second Buffalo game ( though, at the time of the Buffalo-Chicago matchup, Chicago had played three fewer games than Buffalo ).
Staleys and playing
After a short football career playing quarterback for the Decatur Staleys ( a forerunner of the Chicago Bears ) in 1920 and in 1922 – 1923 with the Racine Legion, Dressen was a third baseman for the Cincinnati Reds ( 1925 – 1931 ) and a late-season utilityman for the 1933 New York Giants, batting. 272 in 646 games.
Staleys and game
The following week the Decatur Staleys cancelled their game with the Flyers.
Staleys and against
Meanwhile, George Halas and the Chicago Staleys, manage to capture second place in the AFPA in 1921, with their only loss of the season against Buffalo.
Staleys and with
Conzelman was a quarterback who recently played with the Decatur Staleys, Rock Island Independents and the Milwaukee Badgers.
The next was in the 1921 NFL season, between the same All-Americans and Staleys ( with the latter now being based in Chicago ).
Staleys and Chicago
Second, O ' Brien was willing to let the Decatur Staleys play in Chicago the following season.
For example, in 1921, the Buffalo All-Americans disputed the Chicago Staleys ' title, and in 1925, the Pottsville Maroons claimed the championship was theirs, not the Chicago Cardinals '.
Of the teams in the current NFL, only the Bears ( i. e., then called Decatur Staleys ) and Cardinals ( i. e., then called Chicago Cardinals ) are left from the 1920 season.
* Chicago Staleys ( later the Chicago Bears ) win the 1921 American Professional Football Association title, albeit not without dispute.
The newly minted " Chicago Staleys " maneuvered their schedule to win the NFL championship that year.
* Decatur Staleys, a football club established by the A. E. Staley Company, and which later became the Chicago Bears professional football team
Staleys and Bears
* Decatur Staleys ( now Chicago Bears )
Meanwhile the Chicago Staleys changed their name to the Chicago Bears.
Staleys and 1921
* 1921 ( APFA )-Chicago Staleys ( 10-1-1 ) 10, Buffalo All-Americans 7 †
*: Category: Chicago Staleys players ( 1921 )
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