Duluth (NFL)

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Duluth, Minnesota fielded a professional American football team called the Kelleys (officially the Kelley Duluths after the Kelley-Duluth Hardware Store) from 1923-1925 and the Eskimos (officially Ernie Nevers' Eskimos after their star player) from 1926-1927 in the National Football League. The Eskimos were then sold to the Orange Tornadoes. When Ole Haugsrud sold the team back to the league, part of the deal gave him first rights for any future NFL team in Minnesota. So when the NFL voted to expanded in 1960 to Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Haugsrud was able to buy 10% of the Minnesota Vikings.

[edit] Pro Football Hall of Famers

[edit] Season-by-season

	Year	W	L	T	Finish	Coach
Kelleys	1923	4	3	0	7th	Joey Sternaman
	1924	5	1	0	4th	Dewey Scanlon
	1925	0	3	0	16th	Dewey Scanlon
Eskimos	1926	6	5	3	8th	Dewey Scanlon
Eskimos	1927	1	8	0	11th	Ernie Nevers

Defunct NFL franchises

1920s	Chicago Tigers (1920) \| Cleveland Tigers/Indians (1920-21) \| Muncie Flyers (1920-21) \| Rochester Jeffersons (1920-25) \| Rock Island Independents (1920-25) \| Akron Pros/Indians (1920-26) \| Canton Bulldogs (1920-26) \| Columbus Panhandles/Tigers (1920-26) \| Hammond Pros (1920-26) \| Detroit Heralds/Tigers/Panthers/Wolverines (1920-28) \| Buffalo All-Americans/Bisons/Rangers (1920-29) \| Dayton Triangles (1920-29) \| Cincinnati Celts (1921) \| New York Giants (Brickley's) (1921) \| Tonawanda Kardex (1921) \| Washington Senators (1921) \| Evansville Crimson Giants (1921-22) \| Louisville Brecks/Colonels (1921-23, 1926) \| Minneapolis Marines/Red Jackets (1921-24, 1929-31) \| Oorang Indians (1922-23) \| Toledo Maroons (1922-23) \| Racine Legion/Tornadoes (1922-24, 1926) \| Milwaukee Badgers (1922-26) \| St. Louis All Stars (1923) \| Cleveland Indians/Bulldogs (1923-27) \| Duluth Kelleys/Eskimos (1923-27) \| Kenosha Maroons (1924) \| Kansas City Blues/Cowboys (1924-26) \| Frankford Yellow Jackets (1924-31) \| Pottsville Maroons/Boston Bulldogs (1925-29) \| Providence Steam Roller (1925-31) \| Brooklyn Lions (1926) \| Hartford Blues (1926) \| Los Angeles Buccaneers (1926) \| New York Yankees (1927-28) \| Orange/Newark Tornadoes (1929-30) \| Staten Island Stapletons (1929-32)
1930s	Brooklyn Dodgers/Tigers (1930-44) \| Cleveland Indians (1931) \| Cincinnati Reds (1933-34) \| St. Louis Gunners (1934)
1940s-50s	Boston Yanks (1944-48) \| Baltimore Colts (1950) \| New York Bulldogs/Yanks (1949-51) \| Dallas Texans (1952)