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Akron Pros

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The Resume

    (1908-1927)
    Based in Akron, Ohio
    Member of the Ohio League (1908-1919) and the NFL (1920-1926)
    Named as the Akron DEVILS (1908-1916), Akron Burdhardts (1916-1917) and the Akron Indians (1918-1919, 1926)
    Played in Akron's League Park
    Four-time Ohio League Champions (1908-1909, 1913 and 1914)
    First APFA/NFL Champions (1920)
    Notable players include Peggy Parratt, Al Nesser and Fritz Pollard

Why Akron Pros might be annoying:

    Throughout most of the 1910s, they got into financial losses before renaming themselves the Pros.
    Following the 1920 season, they weren't declared as the first official APFA/NFL Champions until late April 1921 due to an argument by the Buffalo All-Americans and the Decatur Staleys with the league.
    They changed the team's name four times.
    They had three consecutive losing seasons in the NFL (1922-1924).
    In their final season as the Indians before folding, they had poor financial support and only won one game.

Why Akron Pros might not be annoying:

    They had an undefeated 1920 season with a championship win.
    They were one of the original NFL teams.
    They won their first NFL game as Al Nesser and Fritz Pollard scored touchdowns that help them beat the Wheeling Stogies, 43-0 (October 3, 1920).
    They were the first NFL team to hire a black head coach.
    Fritz Pollard is the team's only Pro Football Hall of Famer.

Credit: Neo NX2004


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 36 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying