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The NFL's forgotten legend

By David Fleming
Page 2

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Editor's Note: Excerpted with permission from "Breaker Boys: The NFL's Greatest Team and the Stolen 1925 Championship" by David Fleming. Copyright 2007 by David Fleming. Reprinted by permission of ESPN Books. AUTHOR'S NOTE: In 1925, the Pottsville Maroons, a football team from the heart of Pennsylvania coal country, joined the fledgling National Football League. Built by an eccentric owner, molded by a visionary coach and led by hardscrabble miners, college All Americans and a host of wild ...

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