Hazleton Redskins
The Hazleton Redskins were a professional American football team that played in the Eastern Pennsylvania Football League in 1938. In their single season of existence, they were named league champions after achieving a win-loss record of 5–1. The Redskins were a farm team of the Washington Redskins and wore colors very similar to that of Washington. Their team president was Dr. Frank Veneroso and their manager was Lou Reynolds. 1938 The team's first game was against the Brooklyn Bay Parkways (American football), Brooklyn Bay Parkways of the American Association (American football), American Association. They won the game 19 to 12. Even though it was a close score, the Redskins dominated, as they had 223 yards to Brooklyn's 33. They were led by coach Ed Kahn and quarterback Sunshine Campbell, LeRoy "Sunshine" Campbell. The next week they won 14–0 against the Wilkes-Barre Panthers. In their third game of the season, the Redskins had their only loss, which was 0–7 against the Sc ...
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Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Hazleton is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 29,963 at the 2020 census. Hazleton is the second largest city in Luzerne County. It was incorporated as a borough on January 5, 1857, and as a city on December 4, 1891. Hazleton is located in Northeastern Pennsylvania, north of Allentown and west of New York City. History Sugarloaf massacre During the height of the American Revolution, in the summer of 1780, British sympathizers (known as Tories) began attacking the outposts of American revolutionaries located along the Susquehanna River in the Wyoming Valley. Because of reports of Tory activity in the region, Captain Daniel Klader and a platoon of 41 men from Northampton County were sent to investigate. They traveled north from the Lehigh Valley along a path known as "Warrior's Trail" (which is present-day Pennsylvania Route 93). This route connects the Lehigh River in Jim Thorpe (formerly known as Mauch Chunk) to the Susquehanna River i ...
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