Hammond Pros

The Hammond Pros was a U.S. American football team. Home were the pros in Hammond, Indiana. However, they possessed only in 1919 on a home ground - the Cub Field in Chicago. From this year they were a " travel team ".

History

The Hammond Pros was founded by Paul Parduhn, a businessman from Hammond " Hammond All-Stars " in 1919. The predecessor of the National Football League ( NFL), the American Professional Football Association ( APFA ) was not existent at this time. Well-known players on the team were the later team owner George Halas of the Chicago Bears and Paddy Driscoll, who was taken after his career in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The team sat down together otherwise from other well-paid football professionals. In 1920, Dr. Alva Andrew " Doc " Young took over the financially troubled team. Young was a doctor and operational since 1905, a practice in Hammond. From 1915 to 1917 he was a coach and team doctor of a semi-professional football team from a local athletics club. The All-Stars were renamed Pros and highly paid football professionals were replaced by players from the region around Hammond. The players were paid governing the completion of a game. An annual salary they do not respect. In 1921 the wage was for a game between 65 cents and 67 dollars. To earn a living they had casually engage in other occupations.

Young went to the 1920 founding meeting of the APFA to Canton. He received a franchise for his team. The pros played two years in the APFA and after five years in the NFL. Up to 1924 they lost in all seasons, more games than they have won. After the 1926 season presented the pros a game operation.

Statistics

Members in the Pro Football Hall of Fame

• Paddy Driscoll
• George Halas
• Fritz Pollard