Gilberton Cadamounts
Founded | c1920 |
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Folded | c1929 |
Based in | Gilberton, Pennsylvania, United States |
League | Anthracite League (1924) Eastern League of Professional Football (1926-27) |
Team history | Gilberton Catamounts (1920s) |
Team colors | Unknown |
Head coaches | Charlie Copley |
General managers | Joe Keating James Rafferty T. Conner |
Home field(s) | Stoddard Field |
The Gilberton Catamounts, sometimes called the Gilberton Cadamounts and the Gilberton Duck Streeters, were a 1920s-era professional football team based in Gilberton, Pennsylvania. However, the team played many of its home games in nearby Mahanoy City because Gilberton's home field, Stoddard Field, was usually flooded.[1] The borough got its "Ducktown" nickname mainly because of persistent flooding.[2]
Big money
The team played independently against other teams from Pennsylvania's "coal country". During the 1920s the teams based here paid large amounts of money to talented pro football players. Many players from the
Fritz Pollard
Pro Football Hall of Famer Fritz Pollard played with the team in 1923 and 1924.[1] Coach Charlie Copley, a former teammate of Pollard's with the Akron Pros and the Milwaukee Badgers, recruited Pollard to play for the Catamounts. He became the first African-American to play football in the coal region.[4]
Hall of Famers
Gilberton Cadamounts Hall of Famers | ||||
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Players | ||||
No. | Name | Position | Tenure | Inducted |
— | Fritz Pollard | HB | 1923–1924 | 2005 |
References
- Zagorski, Joe (1987). "Anthracite League" (PDF). PFRA Annual (8). Professional Football Researchers Association: 1–5.[permanent dead link]
- Gill, Bob (1989). "Other Minor League" (PDF). Coffin Corner. 11 (8). Professional Football Researchers Association: 1–5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-27.
- Carroll, John M. (1999). Fritz Pollard. ISBN 0-252-06799-1.
- Peterson, Robert (1997). Pigskin: The Early Years of Pro Football. ISBN 0-19-511913-4.
- Books, Scott; Charles K. Ross (2005). Race and Sport. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 1-57806-897-5.)
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Notes
- ^ ISBN 9780252067990. Retrieved 2014-10-24.
- ^ "Marc's Collection of Mascots: Extinct/Dropped Mascots". halcyon.com. Retrieved 2014-10-24.
- ^ "Sorry, the page you were looking for could not be found" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-10-24.[permanent dead link]
- ISBN 9781578068975. Retrieved 2014-10-24.