Chicago Bulls (AFL)

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Chicago Bulls
Founded1926
Folded1926
Based inChicago, United States
LeagueAmerican Football League (1926)
Team colorsBlack, Orange, White      
Head coachesJoey Sternaman
Owner(s)Joey Sternaman
Home field(s)Comiskey Park

The Chicago Bulls were a professional

Dutch Sternaman),[1] the Bulls also had AFL founders C. C. Pyle and Red Grange as shareholders (Pyle and Grange were also the co-owners of the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Wildcats of the AFL).[2] Joey Sternaman was also the coach and blocking back for the Bulls throughout their brief existence.[3]

The newly minted Bulls had adverse effects on the more established NFL. First, the Bulls leased

American Midwest.[5]

Despite playing in front of 16,000 people in their first home game (against the Yankees on October 17, 1926), the Bulls were generally a poor attraction despite the star power of Joey Sternaman. Most of the Bulls games – both at home and away – were played in front of 4000 people or fewer. Attendance at Bulls games were often a reflection of the drawing power of their opponents. The team's first game (at

Davids' Stadium on September 26; the Bulls played the last three official games of the American Football League: in front of 15,000 in Yankee Stadium on November 28 against the Yankees, in front of 3000 in Comiskey Park on December 5 against the Wildcats, and in front 8000 in Comiskey Park on December 12 against the Yankees. With the conclusion of the last game, the AFL – and the Chicago Bulls – became history,[6]
and Sternaman returned to the Chicago Bears.

Year W L T Finish Coach
1926 5 6 3 5th Joey Sternaman

After the first AFL

Upon the completion of a

Brooklyn Lions franchise).[7][8][9]

As Sternaman continued his career, he was not the only former Chicago Bull to join an NFL team's roster after the dissolution of the AFL:[10]

Mush Crawford – 1927 New York Yankees

Minneapolis Red Jackets

Aubrey Goodman – 1927 Chicago Cardinals

Ojay Larson – 1929 Chicago Bears, 1929 Chicago Cardinals
Dick Stahlman – 1929 & 1930 New York Giants, 1931–1932 Green Bay Packers, 1933 Chicago Bears
Red Strader – 1927 Chicago Cardinals (later became head coach for the 1948–1949 New York Yankees (AAFC), 1950-51 New York Yanks (NFL), and 1955 San Francisco 49ers)
Newark Tornadoes, 1930 Staten Island Stapletons

Buck White – 1927–1929 Chicago Bears

While

New York Giants in 1928.[11]

References

  1. ISBN 0-312-11435-4
  2. ISBN 0-385-13091-0
  3. ^ "A.F.L. Fields Nine Teams The New York Times, July 17, 1926
  4. ISBN 0-312-11435-4
  5. ISBN 0-312-11435-4
  6. ^ 1926 American Football League from Elias Sports Bureau and Pro Football Research Association Linescore Committee Archived June 5, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ The Grange League – Professional Football Researchers Association (1997)
  8. ISBN 0-312-11435-4
  9. ISBN 0-385-13091-0
  10. ISBN 0-312-11435-4
  11. ISBN 0-06-273189-0
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