Pros Akron Pros

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akron pros 1920 team photo


pollard , of top 1919 players planned return pros in 1920. team opened season @ league park in october defeating wheeling stogies, 43 0. al nesser, 1 of infamous football-playing nesser brothers, scored 3 touchdowns on fumble recoveries. following week pros defeated columbus panhandles 37 0 using former guard, frank mccormick wingback. after 13–0 win on cincinnati celts, pros played cleveland tigers, team composed of ex-stars massillon tigers. ironically bob nash, played massillon in 1919, broke stan cofall punt resulting in akron touchdown , final score of 7–0. pros shocked league beating canton bulldogs, considered top team in nation in 1920 stars jim thorpe, joe guyon, pete calac , pete henry, 10–0. however, after rained out game against detroit heralds, pros played reorganized tigers team held pros 7–7 tie. team, under rushing of pollard , mccormick, rebounded defeating dayton triangles 13–0. after 7–0 victory in rematch canton, second win on dayton, pros recognized top team in ohio.


the pros held buffalo all-americans scoreless tie in front of 3,000. @ game, nied , ranney agreed sell bob nash buffalo $300 , 5 percent of gate in first known player deal between nfl clubs. however, since pros held best record in league, had avoid losing game, while buffalo , decatur staleys had win in order capture afpa championship. pros held staleys scoreless tie in front of 12,000 fans @ cub park.


both all-americans , staleys complained championship, arguing akron had not defeated them. pros not named afpa champs until april 30, 1921, after team managers got @ canton , voted title akron, granting team brunswick-balke collender cup. (not coincidentally, ranney, league s secretary, presided on meeting de facto president of league, since neither president jim thorpe nor vice president stan cofall appeared @ meeting.) according modern nfl tie-breaking rules, 1920 buffalo all-americans co-champions. tied pros in win percentage, 9½ wins 1½ losses (.864), both teams beating out decatur staleys, have season counted 11 wins 2 losses (.846).








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