Pro Football: Dayton Triangles' Impact on Early As American as
the Flag NFL and Dayton Triangles history are intertwined.
Football, like the American flag that proudly waves from a flag
pole at every stadium, is a sport of honor and patriotism and
Dayton represents both those values, in addition to the pure joy
of the game. Contemporaries viewed Triangle players Al Mahrt,
Lou Partlow, Norb Sacksteder and Hobby Kinderdine as top players
in their Fenner deserves special recognition for playing with
the Triangles every year from 1916 to 1929 -- a total of 14
seasons. He weighed only 150 pounds during his playing days, and
accomplished the additional feat of playing for two entire
seasons without being taken out of a game. By the late 1920s,
the Racine Cardinals moved to Comiskey Park and become known as
the Chicago Cardinals. The Decatur Staleys moved into Chicago
and became the Chicago Bears. Of the remaining eight charter-
member teams which attended the league's organizational meeting
on September 17, 1920, se