Did you know Tonawanda had an NFL team?

[Buffalo Barbarian]

 

I was an archaeology major in college. I like to know the beginnings of things.

 

But Ken Crippen knows 100x more than I do.

 

here is an interesting read;

 

http://www.ldolphin.org/cooper/

[hondo in seattle]

One of Buffalo's first NFL superstars was Ockie Anderson who played both QB and RB. He was second in the NFL in scoring in the inaugural 1920 season. In 1921, the year of the Staley Swindle, he led the NFL in TDs.

 

Anderson's head coach at Buffalo in 1920 and 1921, Tommy Hughitt, was also his teammate and fellow superstar. Hughitt played QB, RB, WR, punter, and place kicker and was also one of the league's leading scorers in those early years.

 

Led by the dynamic duo of Hughitt and Anderson, the Buffalo All-Americans were virtually unstoppable:

 

In 1920, Buffalo went 9-1-1.

 

In 1921, Buffalo finished 8-0-1, 9-1-2 if you count their 1-1 record in exhibition games. The NFL, at the urging of George Halas, counted the exhibition games.

 

In both years, Buffalo was the highest scoring team in the NFL and had the biggest margin of victory.

 

Both years, NFL leadership chose the champion and chose a different team amid controversy.

 

Neither Hughitt nor Anderson were elected to the HOF.

 

The curse of Buffalo goes back to the earliest days of football.

 

 

here is an interesting read;

 

http://www.ldolphin.org/cooper/

 

History at its best.

[Chandler#81]

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[Buffalo Barbarian]

 

 

History at its best.

 

indeed