Staley Museum in the Rolling Stone

Staley Museum in the Rolling Stone

1920 Decatur Staleys Football Team, Decatur, Illinois

The Great Thanksgiving Game That Wasn’t

Nov 25, 2015

In 1920, two Chicago teams faced off in a ‘loser leaves town’ battle that changed football forever – even if it never actually happened

Ninety-five years,  the biggest, most important professional football game that no one knows about took place in Chicago. The American Professional Football Association may have been officially founded at a car dealership in Canton, Ohio in September 1920, but by all rights, the Windy City was its hub.

by Brendan Prunty Rolling Stone

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