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1920 Muncie Flyers Season
The 1920 APFA season, 1920 Muncie Flyers season was the franchise's inaugural season in the American Professional Football League (APFA)—later named the National Football League. The Flyers entered the season coming off a 4–1–1 record in 1919 Muncie Congerville Flyers season, 1919. Several representatives from the Ohio League wanted to form a new professional league; thus, the APFA was created. The 1920 team only played in one game that counted in the standings: a 45–0 loss against the Rock Island Independents. This game and the Columbus Panhandles–Dayton Triangles on the same date is considered to be the first league game featuring two APFA teams. The Flyers tried to schedule other games, but the opponents canceled to play better teams. As a result, the Flyers had to play the rest of the season's game versus local teams. In week 10, the Flyers won a game against the Muncie Offers More AC for the Muncie City Championship. No players from the 1920 Muncie Flyers were liste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Huffine
Kenneth Wilbur Huffine (December 22, 1897 – September 26, 1977) was a professional American football, football player-coach who played in the National Football League from 1920 until 1925. During that time, he played for the Muncie Flyers, Chicago Staleys and the Dayton Triangles. He was a member of the Staleys' 1921 Championship team. The Staleys were renamed the Chicago Bears in 1922. Ken also played with the independent Fort Wayne Friars in 1920, alongside the legendary Jim Thorpe. Prior to playing football professionally, Ken played college football at Purdue University. He was a three-time Letterman (sports), letterman with the Boilermakers in 1916, 1917 and 1919. Rough first game Ken also played in one of the first NFL games as Muncie played the Rock Island Independents on October 3, 1920. While serving as the team's Punter (American football), punter, Huffine had three of his punts blocked during the game. The Independents used each blocked punt to score three touchdowns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |