Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)
 |
|
| Founded | 1930 |
|---|---|
| Suspended | 1945 |
| Folded | Players assigned to Boston Yanks |
| Based in | Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| League | National Football League |
| Division | Eastern Division |
| Team history |
Brooklyn Dodgers (1930–43) Brooklyn Tigers (1944) Yanks (1945) |
| Team colors |
Green, Silver, White (1930–37) |
| Head coaches |
Jack Depler (1930–1931) Benny Friedman (1932) Cap McEwan (1933–1934) Paul Schissler (1935–1936) Potsy Clark (1937–1939) Jock Sutherland (1940–1941) Mike Getto (1942) Pete Cawthon (1943–1944) Ed Kubale (1944) Frank Bridges (1944) |
| Owner(s) |
Bill Dwyer & Jack Depler (1930–33) Chris Cagle & John Simms Kelly (1934) John Simms Kelly & Dan Topping (1934–45) |
| Home field(s) |
Ebbets Field (1930-1944) Yankee Stadium (1945) |
Green, Silver, White (1930–37)
Red, Blue, Silver, White (1937–43)
Burnt Orange, Black, White (1944)
The Brooklyn Dodgers were an American football team that played in the National Football League from 1930 to 1943, and in 1944 as the Brooklyn Tigers. The team played its home games at Ebbets Field. In 1945, because of financial difficulties, the team was merged with the Boston Yanks and were known as the Yanks for that season. The franchise was not related to the American Football League franchise that played as the Brooklyn Tigers for the first half of the 1936 season before moving to Rochester and playing as the Rochester Tigers. Another NFL team that played in Brooklyn was the Brooklyn Lions (which became the Brooklyn Horsemen after merging with an AFL team of the same name) in 1926. Owner Dan Topping pulled the team out of the NFL in 1946 and placed it in the newly established All American Football Conference.
The team began play in 1930 after two Brooklyn businessmen bought the Dayton Triangles for $2,500 and moved the team into Ebbets Field. These two individuals were Bill Dwyer, a past owner of the New York Americans and Pittsburgh Pirates of the National Hockey League, and Jack Depler, a player-coach for the NFL's Orange Tornadoes. Dwyer and Depler then renamed the Triangles the Brooklyn Dodgers, borrowing the name of Brooklyn's then major league baseball team.
...
Wikipedia