1923 Racine Legion Season
The 1923 Racine Legion season was their second in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 6–4–1, winning only four games. They finished tenth in the league. Schedule Standings References Racine Legion seasons Racine Legion Racine Legion The Racine Legion was a professional American football team based in Racine, Wisconsin, of the National Football League from 1922 to 1924. Its official name was the Horlick-Racine Legion. The team then operated as the Racine Tornadoes in 1926. ...

Babe Ruetz
George Gerhard Ruetz (September 23, 1893 – May 24, 1927) was a professional football coach in the National Football League (NFL) for the Racine Legion. Prior to that he had been one of Racine's finest amateur players from about 1910-1920. In June 1922 George traveled to Canton, Ohio and made a $100.00 payment to secure the Legion franchise in the newly formed NFL. He also served as the team's general manager in 1922 and 1923. Outside of football, George owned and operated a grocery store in Racine. He scheduled the Legion's very first NFL game, played against the Chicago Bears. Family George's son, Howard, would go on to play for the Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. It ... from 1951–1953. References *Racine Legion Bio
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1923 NFL Season
The 1923 NFL season was the fourth regular season of the National Football League. For the first time, all of the clubs that were considered to be part of the NFL fielded teams. The new teams that entered the league were the Duluth Kelleys, the St. Louis All Stars (which only lasted one season), and a new Cleveland Indians team, while the Evansville Crimson Giants dropped out of the league and folded. The Canton Bulldogs repeated as NFL Champions after ending the season with an 11–0–1 record. Teams Twenty teams competed in the NFL during the 1923 season. Standings References * ''NFL Record and Fact Book'' () NFL History 1921–1930(Last accessed December 4, 2005) * ''Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League'' () {{NFL seasons 1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops fr ...
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Racine Legion
The Racine Legion was a professional American football team based in Racine, Wisconsin, of the National Football League from 1922 to 1924. Its official name was the Horlick-Racine Legion. The team then operated as the Racine Tornadoes in 1926. History In 1915, the Racine Regulars formed Wisconsin's first important semi-professional team. They primarily played against teams from Illinois and Indiana. The team became known as the Racine Battery C in 1916 after many of the players joined the First Wisconsin Reserve Artillery Battery C. Because of World War I and the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 the team took a break. It was reorganized in 1919 with sponsorship from the local American Legion post and William Horlick, president of his family's malted milk company. The reorganized team was known as the Horlick-Racine Legion. In 1922, the American Professional Football Association changed its name to the National Football League. Racine, now known simply as the Racine Legion, althou ...
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National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and the highest professional level of American football in the world. Each NFL season begins with a three-week preseason in August, followed by the 18-week regular season which runs from early September to early January, with each team playing 17 games and having one bye week In sport, a bye is the preferential status of a player or team that is automatically advanced to the next round of a tournament, without having to play an opponent in an early round. In knockout (elimination) tournaments they can be granted eit .... Following the conclusion of the regular season, seven teams from each conference (four division winners and three wild card teams) advance to the p ...
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1922 Racine Legion Season
The 1922 Racine Legion season was their inaugural season in the league. The team finished 6–4–1, finishing sixth in the league. Schedule Standings References Racine Legion seasons Racine Legion Racine Legion The Racine Legion was a professional American football team based in Racine, Wisconsin, of the National Football League from 1922 to 1924. Its official name was the Horlick-Racine Legion. The team then operated as the Racine Tornadoes in 1926. ...

1923 Toledo Maroons Season
The 1923 Toledo Maroons season was their second in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 5–2–2, winning only three games. They finished tenth in the league. Schedule Standings Players * Don Batchelor * Marty Conrad * Guil Falcon * Frani FitzGerald * Joe Gillis * Harry Hill * Steamer Horning * Ben Hunt * Cliff Jetmore * Jerry Jones * Heinie Kirkgard * Hal Lauer * Tom McNamara * Chuck O'Neil * Si Seyfrit * Dutch Strauss * Tillie Voss * Rat Watson * Wilbur White References Toledo Maroons seasons Toledo Maroons The Toledo Maroons were a professional American football team based in Toledo, Ohio in the National Football League in 1922 and 1923. Prior to joining the NFL, the Maroons played in the unofficial "Ohio League" from 1902 until 1921. History Or ... Toledo {{Americanfootball-season-stub ...
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1923 Chicago Bears Season
The 1923 Chicago Bears season was their fourth regular season completed in the National Football League. The team was able to improve on their 9–3 record from 1922 and finished with a 9–2–1 record under head coach/player George Halas earning them a second-place finish in the team standings earning, the third time in the last four years. As was normal for those days, the Bears played a few games on the road at the beginning of the season and then finished the season with a 9-game homestand. The Bears started very slow, losing 2 of their first 4 games and scoring only 6 points during those games (their two wins were both won 3–0). After losing 6–0 to eventual champion Canton Bulldogs in week 4, the Bears went undefeated after that. Just like in 1922, the Sternaman brothers starred, scoring 5 touchdowns, 6 field goals, and 8 PATs between the two of them. Johnny Bryan emerged as a scoring threat as well, running for 4 scores and passing for another. Most notably, in week 6 ...
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1923 Milwaukee Badgers Season
The 1923 Milwaukee Badgers season was their second in the National Football League. The team improved on their previous league record of 2–4–3, winning 7 games. They tied for third place in the league. Schedule Standings References Milwaukee Badgers seasons Milwaukee Badgers Milwaukee Badgers The Milwaukee Badgers was a professional American football team, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that played in the National Football League from 1922 to 1926. The team played its home games at Athletic Park, later known as Borchert Field, on Mi ...

1923 Akron Pros Season
The 1923 Akron Pros season was their fourth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 3–5–2, winning only one game. They tied for sixteenth place in the league. Schedule Standings References Akron Pros seasons Akron Pros Akron Pros The Akron Pros were a professional football team that played in Akron, Ohio from 1908 to 1926. The team originated in 1908 as a semi-pro team named the Akron Indians, but later became Akron Pros in 1920 as the team set out to become a charter mem ...

1923 Green Bay Packers Season
The 1923 Green Bay Packers season was their fifth season overall and their third season in the National Football League. The team finished with a 7–2–1 record under player/coach Curly Lambeau earning them third place. This was the Packers first season in Bellevue Park. Schedule The 1923 Packers team * Game in ''italics'' is against a non-league team. Standings References Sportsencyclopedia.com Green Bay Packers seasons Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. It ...

1923 Minneapolis Marines Season
The 1923 Minneapolis Marines season was their third in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 1–3, winning two games. They finished 13th in the league. Schedule Standings References Minneapolis Marines seasons Minneapolis Marines Marines Marines, or naval infantry, are typically a military force trained to operate in littoral zones in support of naval operations. Historically, tasks undertaken by marines have included helping maintain discipline and order aboard the ship (refle ... 1920s in Minneapolis {{Americanfootball-season-stub ...
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1923 Chicago Cardinals Season
The 1923 Chicago Cardinals season was their fourth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 8–3, losing four games. They finished sixth in the league. Schedule On November 25th against Racine, the Cardinals became the only team in NFL history to score 4 points in a game. Standings References * Ziemba, Joe. When Football Was Football: The Chicago Cardinals and the Birth of the NFL. Triumph Books, 1999. . Arizona Cardinals seasons Chicago Cardinals Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...