1938 newspaper w Early American Professional football League CHICAGO INDIANS win

Description: 1938 newspaper with1938 newspaper with a front page headline and report of a very early professional football league game, the CHICAGO CALUMET INDIANS (of the American Professional Football League, earlier known as the MIDWEST FOOTBALL LEAGUE) - defeat the DES MOINES COMETS in an AMERICAN PROFESISONAL LEAGUE game. LOCAL coverage of a very early PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE3 front page photos of ELMER LAYDEN, NOTRE DAME football coach after KNUTE ROCKNE - inv # 6G-314 Please visit our EBAY STORE for THOUSANDS MORE HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS for SALE or at auction SEE PHOTO-----An ORIGINAL sports section of a NEWSPAPER, the Des Moines Register (IA) dated Nov 14, 1938. This newspaper contains a front page headline and long report of a very early professional football league game, the CHICAGO CALUMET INDIANS (of the American Professional Football League, earlier known as the MIDWEST FOOTBALL LEAGUE) - defeat the DES MOINES COMETS in an AMERICAN PROFESISONAL LEAGUE game. LOCAL coverage of a very early PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE This also contains 3 front page action photos of NOTRE DAME football coach ELMER LAYDEN, one of the famed "Four Horsemen of Notre Dame" as a player and the football coach of Notre Dame from to 1934 to 1940. he became Notre Dame football coach 3 years after the death of KNUTE ROCKNE in an airplane crash. The Midwest Football League (MFL) was a minor professional American football league that existed from 1935 to 1940. Originally comprising teams from Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois, the league eventually expanded its reach to include teams from Missouri, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and California to become a national league with major league aspirations by 1939. In 1938, the league became the American Professional Football League after the collapse of the second major league of the same name, but changed its name once again the following year to American Professional Football Association (APFA). Some sources refer to it as the American Professional Football League. The Louisville Tanks won championships in the three years of the existence of the Midwest Football League. Prior to joining the AFL, the St. Louis Gunners were an independent team that actually played three games in the NFL in 1934 as a replacement for the ill-fated Cincinnati Reds. After the demise of the AFL, the Gunners returned to an independent status. The Cincinnati Blades disbanded October 13, 1938 (after playing three games, all Blades victories); the scheduled games were not cancelled, and as a result, they were officially recorded as forfeit losses for the Blades. League requests for the Cincinnati Bengals (a team that was founded by Blades head coach Hal Pennington) to replace the Blades for the remaining games were rebuffed. 1938 standings Team WLTPct.Off.Def. Chicago Indians 510.833 8726 St. Louis Gunners 431.571 3173 Louisville Tanks 430.571 6740 Nashville Rebels 221.500 4671 Cincinnati Blades 350.375 5311 Dayton Rosies 150.167 780 Elmer Francis Layden (May 4, 1903 – June 30, 1973) was an American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and professional sports executive. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame where he starred at fullback as a member of the legendary "Four Horsemen" backfield. Layden played professionally in the original AFL in 1925 and 1926 with three different clubs, the Hartford Blues, the Brooklyn Horsemen, and the Rock Island Independents. He began his coaching career during the same two seasons at Columbia College in Dubuque, Iowa, now known as Loras College. Layden then served as the head coach at Duquesne University from 1927 to 1933 and at his alma mater, Notre Dame, from 1934 to 1940, where he also held the position of athletic director. From 1941 to 1946, Layden was the commissioner of the NFL. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1951. After his playing days, Layden was head football coach at Columbia College (Dubuque, Iowa) in 1925–26, where he compiled an 8–5–2 record. From 1927 to 1933 he was head coach at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, going 48–16–6 and winning the 1933 season's Festival of Palms Bowl (a precursor to the Orange Bowl) on New Year's Day, 1934. Also in 1934, he became head coach and athletic director at Notre Dame, three years after his legendary mentor Knute Rockne was killed in an airplane crash on March 31, 1931. Layden led the Irish for seven years and posted an overall 47–13–3 docket. His 1935 squad posted one of the greatest wins in school history by rallying to defeat Ohio State 18–13. His 1938 team finished 8–1, losing only to USC in the season finale. This loss cost them a possible consensus national championship, but the team was named national champion by the Dickinson System. Like Rockne before him, Layden was a goodwill ambassador for Notre Dame. He was able to schedule a home-and-home series with Michigan after meeting with Fielding H. Yost, healing a rift between the two schools. The two teams had not met since 1909, when, after eight straight losses to the Wolverines, the Irish posted their first win. They were scheduled to meet again in 1910, but Michigan canceled the game and refused to play the Irish again. By the time they met again in 1942–43, Layden had left Notre Dame and Frank Leahy had taken his place. Unlike the easygoing Layden, Leahy was intense, and after the Irish had thrashed Michigan by a score of 35–12 in 1943, Wolverine coach and athletic director Fritz Crisler never scheduled the Irish again. While Layden was a solid, competent coach, he was subjected to criticism during his later years at Notre Dame. Critics felt that his teams played too conservatively and lacked scoring punch. Consequently, it was felt that they lost games they should have won. This issue is the complete sports news section only, NOT the entire newspaper. Great for display purposes !!! Very good condition. This listing includes the entire sports news section, NOT the entire newspaper. STEPHEN A. GOLDMAN HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. U.S. buyers pay priority mail postage which includes waterproof plastic and a heavy cardboard flat to protect your purchase from damage in the mail. International postage is quoted when we are informed as to where the package is to be sent. We do combine postage (to reduce postage costs) for multiple purchases sent in the same package. We list thousands of rare newspapers with dates from 1570 through 2004 on Ebay each week and we ship packages twice a week. 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