Talk:Hammond, Indiana

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"The Hammond Professionals" a National Football League franchise, was formed in 1924; the team later moved to Chicago and was renamed "The Chicago Bears".

Can you provide a reference for this? The Chicago Bears page here is saying they were formed in Decatur, Illinois in 1920 as the "Decatur Staleys", moved to Chicago and became the "Chicago Staleys" in 1921, and then became known as the "Chicago Bears" at some point, maybe 1922, maybe between 1922 and 1932. --John Owens (talk) 05:38, 2005 Mar 15 (UTC)

[edit] Hammond Professionals

"The Hammond Professionals" a National Football League franchise, was formed in 1924; the team later moved to Chicago and was renamed "The Chicago Bears".

That is probably inaccurate. There was an NFL team in Hammond with that name in the 1920s, but

There are references on the Web stating similar to what is above. http://www.hammondindiana.com/history2.htm says something similar.

Also found was,

The Hammond Professionals were charter members in both the American Football League in 1920 and the Na-tional Football League in 1922. Many teams came and went quickly,but the Hammond Pros lasted for seven years.When the National Football League made the decision to scale down to twelve teams in 1926, it simply foldedmany of the smaller franchises which included the Hammond Pros, putting an end to the city’s short but memorable chapter in professional football history.

George Halas was a memebr of the Hammond Professionals. That may be where the confusion came from.

~~Kalmia

[edit] Flag and seal

I think we nead a better image of the city seal and flag. I put those images up, but I know there are better ones. I may go to city hall to take a pic of the flag there. --Kalmia 06:02, 27 July 2006 (UTC)