Toledo Maroons

The Toledo Maroons were an American football team that played in the National Football League ( NFL).

Prior to the NFL

The Maroons were founded in Toledo, Ohio. They were at first the youth department of the Toledo Athletic Association founded in 1902, a semi-professional football team and participated in 1906 on their gaming operations. In 1908, the Maroons split off, they had the game been withdrawn permission on the shared stadium because the lawn was badly worn through the use cleated shoes. The Maroons changed the stadium, the grown-up players continuing their careers as part-timers gone.

In the NFL

In 1920, the American Professional Football Association was formed, which was later renamed the National Football League. The Maroons joined only in 1922, the league. In their first game of the year they won five games, twice they played a draw lost ( among other things, against the eventual champions, the Canton Bulldogs ) and two games. In its second season, the Maroons were able to win three games, but also walked three times a loser from the square. Two games ended in a draw. Due to the low viewing figures the franchise to Kenosha, Wisconsin was sold. The team was renamed the Kenosha Maroons, but had to go to another game year the game permanently discontinue operation.

Well-known players

• Guil Falcon ( player-coach )
• Steamer Horning
• Herb Stein
• Russ stone