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Card-Pitt
Card-Pitt was the team created by the temporary merger of two National Football League (NFL) teams, the Chicago Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers, during the 1944 season. It was the second such merger for the Steelers, who had combined with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1943 to form the " Steagles". The arrangement was made necessary by there being a shortage of numerous players due to World War II military service, and was dissolved upon completion of the season. The war ended before the start of the 1945 season, and both teams resumed normal operations. Card-Pitt finished with a 0–10 record in the Western Division, which led sportswriters to derisively label the team the "Car-Pitts", or "carpets". History Origins The Boston Yanks joined the NFL in 1944, while the Cleveland Rams, who had been unable to field a team in 1943, re-joined the league. This resulted in an 11-team league, and the NFL was unable to devise a schedule that was amenable to all registered teams. NFL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1944 NFL Season
The 1944 NFL season was the 25th regular season of the National Football League (NFL). Each of the ten teams in the league played a ten game regular season schedule — a total of 50 contests. This culminated with a Championship Playoff played at the Polo Grounds in New York City on December 17, 1944 — a game won by the Green Bay Packers over the New York Giants, 14–7. In 1944 the Boston Yanks joined the NFL as an expansion team, while the floundering Brooklyn Dodgers rebranded as the Brooklyn Tigers for one final season before merging with the Boston newcomers in 1945. Both the Cleveland Rams and the Philadelphia Eagles resumed operations in 1944, while the Pittsburgh Steelers chose to combine operations again, this time with the Chicago Cardinals. This combined team, known as Card-Pitt, played three home games in Pittsburgh and two in Chicago. Draft The 1944 NFL draft was held on April 19, 1944 at Philadelphia's Warwick Hotel. With the first pick, the Boston Yanks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steagles
The Steagles, officially known as the Phil-Pitt Combine, was the team created by the temporary merger of Pennsylvania's two National Football League (NFL) teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles, during the 1943 season. The two franchises were compelled to field a single combined team because both had lost many players to military service during World War II. The league's official record book refers to the team as the "Phil-Pitt Combine", but the unofficial and portmanteau variation of the "Steagles", despite never being registered by the NFL, has become the enduring moniker. History The prospect of a unified Pittsburgh-Philadelphia team actually predated World War II by several years. The Pennsylvania Keystoners were a team that was proposed in 1939, conceived with the intention of the Steelers and Eagles owners buying into one of the two teams, then spinning the other off to an ownership group in Boston, Massachusetts. League officials rejected the plan, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walt Kiesling
Walter Andrew Kiesling (May 27, 1903 – March 2, 1962) was an American professional football guard and coach who spent 36 years in the National Football League (NFL). He was posthumously inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1966 and was named to the NFL 1920s All-Decade Team in 1969. A native of Saint Paul, Minnesota, Kiesling played college football at the University of St. Thomas where he was selected as an all-state player from 1923 to 1925. He then played 13 years as a guard (and his first season as a tackle) in the NFL with the Duluth Eskimos (1926–1927), Pottsville Maroons (1928), Chicago Cardinals (1929–1933), Chicago Bears (1934), Green Bay Packers (1935–1936), and Pittsburgh Pirates (1937–1938). He was a first-team All-Pro in 1929, 1930, and 1932, a second-team All-Pro in 1931, and played for the Packers 1936 NFL championship team. Kiesling also spent 25 years as a coach or aide for NFL teams, including seven years as head coach of the Pitts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh. The Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC North, North division. Founded in 1933 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) season, 1933, the Steelers are the seventh-oldest franchise in the NFL, and the oldest franchise in the AFC. In contrast with their status as perennial also-rans in the pre-AFL–NFL merger, merger NFL, where they were the oldest team never to have won a league championship, the Steelers of the post-AFL–NFL merger, merger (modern) era are among the most successful NFL franchises, especially during their dynasty in the 1970s. The team is tied with the New England Patriots for the most Super Bowl titles at six, and they have both played in (16 times) and hosted (11 times) more conference championship games than any other team in the NFL. The Steelers have also won eight AFC Championship Game, AFC championships, tied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Arizona Cardinals Seasons
This is a list of seasons completed by the Arizona Cardinals. The Cardinals are an American football franchise competing as a member of the West division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Cardinals were founded in 1898 in Chicago as an amateur team, the Morgan Athletic Club. They became the Racine Street Normals shortly afterward. In 1901, owner Chris O'Brien acquired some used jerseys from the University of Chicago for the Normals. O'Brien believed that the jerseys had faded so much that they were more cardinal red than maroon, and changed the team's name to the Racine Cardinals. The team disbanded in 1906, but were refounded in 1913. The team did not play in 1918 due to World War I, but were refounded after the Armistice and have played continuously ever since. The team was a charter member of the American Professional Football Association, forerunner of the NFL, in 1920. To avoid confusion with a team from Racine, Wisconsin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Pittsburgh Steelers Seasons
The Pittsburgh Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Founded in 1933, the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC; seven franchises in the National Football Conference (NFC) have longer tenures in the NFL. The team struggled to be competitive in its early history, posting winning records in just 8 of its first 39 seasons. Since the AFL–NFL merger in 1970, however, it has appeared in eight Super Bowls and is one of only two teams, along with the New England Patriots, to have won the Super Bowl six times. The six championships place the Steelers fourth in the league in terms of total championships (including those prior to the first Super Bowl), trailing only the Green Bay Packers (13 championships), the Chicago Bears (9) and the New York Giants (8). The club's 16 AFC Championship Game appearances are the most all-time and behind only the 49ers (17) for total conference championship gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 Chicago Cardinals Season
The 1945 Chicago Cardinals season was the 25th season the team was in the league; this does not count the 1944 season, in which the Cardinals merged with the Pittsburgh Steelers (the NFL considers "Card-Pitt" as a separate franchise). 1945 season The newly liberated Cards had little chance of success in the 1945 season; not only were they riding a sixteen-game losing streak dating back to 1942, but the schedule-makers did them no favours, either. Under pressure from their Comiskey Park landlords, the White Sox, the Cardinals played only two of their games at Comiskey: their last two, in November and December, after the baseball season was over. Their season opener, against the Detroit Lions, was officially a home game, but it was moved to Wisconsin State Fair Park in suburban Milwaukee (sometimes home of the Green Bay Packers). The Lions decked the Cards, 10–0, the first of four shutouts the club would endure in 1945. The Cardinals were then compelled to play their next se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Handler
Philip Jacob Handler (July 21, 1908 – December 8, 1968) was an American football player and coach who spent his entire professional career in the city of Chicago. He had a seven-year, 53-game NFL playing career, during which he was named All-Pro four times. On three separate occasions, Handler served as head coach of the Chicago Cardinals, and later as an assistant coach for the Chicago Bears. He served as an assistant coach for the Cardinals when they won the 1947 NFL Championship; and with the Bears when they won the 1963 NFL Championship. Early life Handler was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and was Jewish. His parents had immigrated to the United States from Lithuania. He was nicknamed "Motsy." College career Prior to his professional debut, Handler played college football at Texas Christian University. He played at TCU for three years beginning in 1927 under head coach Francis Schmidt. During his college career, Handler earned All-SWC honors as an offensive guard, and wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 Pittsburgh Steelers Season
The 1945 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 13th season in the National Football League (NFL). The team finished the season with a record of 2–8. This season marked the first and only season played with Jim Leonard as head coach. Regular season Schedule Game summaries Week 1 (Tuesday September 25, 1945): Boston Yanks ''at Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts'' * Game time: * Game weather: * Game attendance: 27,502 * Referee: Scoring Drives: * Boston – J. Martin 5 run (Lio kick) * Boston – F. Martin 53 pass from Cafego (Lio kick) * Boston – Manders 1 run (Lio kick) * Pittsburgh – Lucente 60 lateral from Bova after 10 pass from Jarvi ( Naioti kick) * Boston – Manders 2 run (Lio kick) Week 2 (Sunday, October 7, 1945): New York Giants ''at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania'' * Game time: * Game weather: * Game attendance: 20,097 * Referee: Scoring Drives: * New York – FG Strong 21 * New York – FG Strong 42 * Pittsburgh – D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbes Field
Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland (Pittsburgh), Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to June 28, 1970. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, the city's Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and the first home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's National Football League (NFL) franchise. From 1909 to 1924, the stadium also served as the home American football, football field for the University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Panthers football, "Pitt" Panthers. The stadium sat on Forbes Avenue, named for British general John Forbes (British Army officer), John Forbes, who fought in the French and Indian War and named the city in 1758. The US$1 million ($ million today) project was launched by Pittsburgh Pirates' owner Barney Dreyfuss to replace his franchise's second home, Exposition Park (Pittsburgh), Exposition Park. The stadium was made of concrete and steel, the first such stadium in the National League (baseball), National League and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1943 Chicago Cardinals Season
The 1943 Chicago Cardinals season was the 24th season the team was in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 3–8, losing all ten games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 18th consecutive season. Schedule Standings References 1943 Chicago Cardinals Chicago Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ... NFL winless seasons {{Americanfootball-season-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comiskey Park
Comiskey Park was a ballpark in Chicago, Illinois, located in the Armour Square neighborhood on the near-south side of the city. The stadium served as the home of the Chicago White Sox of the American League from 1910 through 1990. Built by White Sox owner Charles Comiskey and designed by Zachary Taylor Davis, Comiskey Park hosted four World Series and more than 6,000 Major League Baseball games. The field also hosted one of the most famous boxing matches in history: Joe Louis' defeat of champion James J. Braddock, launching his 11-year run as the heavyweight champion of the world. The Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League also called Comiskey Park home when they were not playing at Normal Park, Soldier Field, or Wrigley Field. They won the 1947 NFL Championship Game over the Philadelphia Eagles at Comiskey Park. Much less popular than the Bears, the Cardinals had their last season at Comiskey in 1958, and they left for St. Louis in March 1960. The Chicago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
