Canton Bulldogs

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The Canton Bulldogs was a professional American football team based in Canton, Ohio, in the National Football League from 1920 to 1923 and 1925 to 1926. The Bulldogs won the 1922 and 1923 NFL championships. In 1924, Sam Deutsch, the owner of the team in Cleveland called the Indians, bought the Canton Bulldogs and took the team nickname and players to his Cleveland franchise as the Cleveland Bulldogs. He offered to sell the Canton franchise back to Canton to play in the 1924 season, but there were no buyers so he "mothballed" the Canton club. The Canton team was re-established in 1925, and the NFL considers the 1925–1926 Canton Bulldogs to be the same team as the 1920–1923 incarnation.

Jim Thorpe was Canton's best player. In 1921–1923, the Bulldogs played 25 straight games without a defeat (including 3 ties), which as of 2007 remains an NFL record. As a result of the Bulldogs' early success along with the league being founded in the city, the Pro Football Hall of Fame is located in Canton. [1]

The 1922-23 Canton Bulldogs

[edit] Pro Football Hall of Famers

[edit] Season-by-season

Year	W	L	T	Finish	Coach
1920	7	4	2	8th	Jim Thorpe
1921	5	2	3	4th	Cap Edwards
1922	10	0	2	1st	Guy Chamberlin
1923	11	0	1	1st	Guy Chamberlin
1924	did not play
1925	4	4	0	11th	Harry Robb
1926	1	9	3	20th	Harry Robb, Pete Henry
Totals	38	19	11

v • d • e Canton Bulldogs 1922 NFL Champions

Don Batchelor \| Arda Bowser \| Bird Carroll \| Guy Chamberlin \| Doc Elliott \| Tex Grigg \| Russ Hathaway \| Pete Henry \| Jim Kendrick \| Link Lyman \| Johnny McQuade \| Candy Miller \| William Murrah \| Duke Osborn \| Harry Robb \| Wooky Roberts \| Norb Sacksteder \| Ed Shaw \| Lou Smith \| Dutch Speck \| Tarzan Taylor \| Fat Waldsmith Head Coach Guy Chamberlin

v • d • e Canton Bulldogs 1923 NFL Champions

Bird Carroll \| Guy Chamberlin \| Rudy Comstock \| Larry Conover \| Doc Elliott \| Tex Grigg \| Dutch Hendrian \| Pete Henry \| Ben Jones \| Link Lyman \| Vern Mullen \| Duke Osborn \| Harry Robb \| Wooky Roberts \| Ben Roderick \| Ben Shaw \| Russ Smith \| Lou Smyth \| Dutch Speck \| Joe Williams Head Coach Guy Chamberlin

v • d • e Defunct National Football League 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)