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Tag Archives: Football
San Fran 49er Fan – Iowa Connections
If you watched last weekend’s NFL Divisional playoffs, you probably saw some Iowans in action! Did you know that San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy, “Mr. Irrelevant”, was a very successful quarterback at Iowa State University? He seems pretty relevant … Continue reading
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Tagged Davenport (Iowa), Davenport High School Blackhawk Yearbook, Football, National Football League, Sports, Yearbooks
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A Friday the 13th in October…1916
101 years ago today, in 1916, Friday the 13th also fell in the month of October. The evening issue of the Davenport Democrat and Leader listed several unlucky ocurrences of the day under the following heading on page 6: For one, the … Continue reading
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Tagged automobiles, Baseball, Bettendorf Company, Davenport Athletic Club, Davenport Democrat and Leader, Edwin T. Merideth, Football, Fredericka Kletty, Friday the 13th, J.W. Rice, James Hutcheson, John H. Shirley, M.F. Cronin, National Candy Day, Victor L. Littig, World Series
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The Davenport Cardinals
Football season has started! The start of professional football yesterday brought to mind a mystery photo in our collection. It was labeled “City Champs 1925” and the players sport a large letter “C” on their uniforms. What football team was this? … Continue reading
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Tagged Battery B Football Team, Davenport Bears, Davenport Cardinals, Davenport City Championship, Davenport Shamrocks, Ed McGrath, Football, Mickey McDermott, West End Cardinals
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The Rock Island Independents – Finding the Davenport Football Connection
This week as football training camps are about to start we thought to look back to one early local Illinois team. We felt sure we would find a Davenport connection. We found not only a Davenport connection, but a pretty amazing national football … Continue reading
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Tagged American Professional Football Association, Elmer Layden, Football, George Thompson, Herb Sies, National Football League, Rock Island Independents, Waddy Kuehl
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