Everything about The Dayton Triangles totally explained
The
Dayton Triangles were an original franchise of the
American Professional Football Association (now the
National Football League) in 1920. The Triangles were based in
Dayton, Ohio, and took their nickname from their home field, Triangle Park (capacity 5,000), which was located at the confluence of the Great Miami and Stillwater Rivers in north Dayton. They were the longest-lasting
traveling team in the NFL (1920-1929), and the last such "road team" until the
Dallas Texans in 1952.
Early years
Sponsored by the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (or
Delco), the Dayton Metal Products Company and the Domestic Engineering Company (now called
Delco-Light), the Triangles existed as a semi-pro squad in the
1910s, playing other top teams in the football-rich areas of
Ohio and western
Pennsylvania. On
October 3,
1920, the Triangles won their first APFA game, a 14-0 defeat of the
Columbus Panhandles in Triangle Park. The high point of the Triangles' 1920 season was a 20-20 tie at Triangle Park with
Jim Thorpe's
Canton Bulldogs; it was the first time a team had scored three touchdowns on the Bulldogs since 1915. Trailing the Triangles, 20-14, Thorpe nailed two late field goals to tie the score. Six games into the season, the Triangles remained undefeated (4-0-2) but in the final three games lost twice to eventual league champion
Akron Pros, ending 1920 with a 5-2-2 mark.
Decline
The Triangles were never competitive in the NFL again, though. By the late twenties they were one of the league's doormats, winning just five of their 51 league contests from 1923-29. Finally, on
July 12,
1930, a
Brooklyn-based syndicate headed by John Dwyer bought the Triangles; the franchise moved to Brooklyn and was renamed the
Brooklyn Dodgers.
In later years, the Brooklyn Dodgers would merge with the
Boston Yanks franchise in 1945 (with the Brooklyn half "
moving" to the
AAFC the next year); in 1949, the Yanks moved to New York and became the
New York Bulldogs; the Bulldogs franchise (renamed the New York Yanks in 1950) was "sold back" to the NFL in 1952 and awarded to a group from Texas, who formed the
Dallas Texans; the Texans failed after one year and was sold back to the NFL. The NFL folded the Texans franchise, and its remains were awarded to an ownership group in the city of
Baltimore to form the
Baltimore Colts; and the Colts moved to
Indianapolis in 1984 and are still playing as the
Indianapolis Colts. It can thus be argued that the Triangles still exist, at least indirectly. However, both the Colts and the NFL officially recognize the Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts as a separate franchise, and not as a continuation of the Triangles-Texans line.
Dayton Triangles Soccer Club
During the 1970s, the Dayton Triangles
Soccer Club revived the name and enjoyed some success and recognition as a successful youth (and later semi-pro) soccer club. Like the football team, they took their name from the same city park and played an important role in development of soccer in the
Miami Valley.
Season-by-season
| Year |
W |
L |
T |
Finish |
oach |
| 1920 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
6th |
Bud Talbott |
| 1921 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
8th |
Bud Talbott |
| 1922 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
7th |
Carl Storck |
| 1923 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
16th |
Carl Storck |
| 1924 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
13th |
Carl Storck |
| 1925 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
16th |
Carl Storck |
| 1926 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
16th |
Carl Storck |
| 1927 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
10th |
Lou Mahrt |
| 1928 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
10th |
Fay Abbott |
| 1929 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
12th |
Fay Abbott |
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