Akron Pros

The Akron Pros was a National Football League team that played in Akron, Ohio from 1920-1925 and as the Akron Indians in 1926.

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National Football League - Akron, Ohio - 1920 - 1925 - 1926

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The team started out in 1916 as the Akron Burkhardts, named after a local family of brewers that sponsored the team. As from 1917 the team competed as the Akron Pros.

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The Pros became a charter member of the NFL (then known as the American Professional Football Association) in 1920 and won the first ever league title.

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American Professional Football Association - 1920

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Fritz Pollard, the first African-American head coach in the NFL, co-coached the Pros in 1921. In 1926, the name was changed to the Akron Indians, which had been an earlier Akron semi-pro team, but that didn't help. Because of financial problems, the team suspended operations in 1927 and surrendered its franchise the following year.

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Fritz Pollard - African-American - 1921 - 1926

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