Pottsville Maroons Stolen Championship

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Appa23 · #1 Post by **Appa23** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:34 am

There is a book out right now about the 1925 Pottsville Maroons team that won the NFL championship, only to have it taken away by the league.

In 2003, there was a attempt to have the championship (or a co-championship with the Chicago Cardinals) recognized, but only the Eagles and Steelers supported it. There are indicatoins that the Bidwill family squashed the effort.

You can sign an on-line petition here.

http://www.petitiononline.com/Maroons/petition.html

You can learn more of the story by going to ESPN.com.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/st ... ing/071019

mellytu74 · #2 Post by **mellytu74** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:17 pm

We heard NFL Hall of Famer Ray Didinger, author of The Ealges Encyclopedia, talk about the Pottstown Maroons.

Both The Boyfriend and I knew stories about the Maroons, which we heard from our fathers, but it was really interesting to hear Ray spin the entire tale.