For the Dayton Triangles team that played in the American Football Conference from 1959 to 1961, see Dayton Colts.
Dayton Triangles
Founded
1913
Relocated
1930 (as Brooklyn Dodgers)
Based in
Dayton, Ohio, United States
League
"Ohio League" (1913–1919) National Football League (1920–1929)
Team history
St. Mary's Cadets (1913–1914) Dayton Gym-Cadets (1915) Dayton Triangles (1916–1929)
Team colors
Navy, white
Head coaches
Louis Clark (1913–1914) Al Mahrt (1915) Bud Talbott (1916–1917, 1919–1921) Greasy Neale (1918) Carl Storck (1922–1926) Lou Mahrt (1927) Faye Abbott (1928–1929)
Owner(s)
Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company Dayton Metal Products Company Domestic Engineering Company
Other League Championship wins
3 (1913, 1914, 1915)
Ohio League Championship wins
1 (1918)
Undefeated seasons
3 (1913, 1917, 1918)
Home field(s)
Westwood Field (1916) Triangle Park (1917–1929)
Fan website
www.daytontriangles.com
The Dayton Triangles were an original franchise of the American Professional Football Association (now the National Football League (NFL)) in 1920. The Triangles were based in Dayton, Ohio, and took their nickname from their home field, Triangle Park, which was located at the confluence of the Great Miami and Stillwater Rivers in north Dayton. They were the longest-lasting traveling team in the NFL (1920–1929), and the last such "road team" until the Dallas Texans in 1952, who, coincidentally, descended from the Dayton franchise.
The Texans players and assets were moved to Baltimore in 1953, and then to Indianapolis in 1983, where they now operate as the Colts, just 117 miles west of their origin. They have kept their color scheme through the years and, ultimately, have never missed an NFL season in some form.
League (NFL)) in 1920. The Triangles were based in Dayton, Ohio, and took their nickname from their home field, Triangle Park, which was located at the...
(NFL) members occurred on October 3, when the DaytonTriangles beat the Columbus Panhandles 14–0. The Triangles' Lou Partlow scored the league's first touchdown...
Bacon made the third team. The DaytonTriangles finished 5–2–1 in their 1919 season in the Ohio League. The Triangles had several players added to their...
four Ohio League teams—the Canton Bulldogs, the Cleveland Tigers, the DaytonTriangles, and Ranney and Reid for the Pros—called a meeting on August 20, 1920...
Dick Dobeleit – former NFL fullback, Dayton Triangles Dick Faust – former NFL lineman, DaytonTriangles Harry P. Jeffrey – one-term member of the United...
Yanks were temporarily merged with the erratic founding APFA member DaytonTriangles' franchise, then known as the Brooklyn Tigers, for the 1945 season...
Football League (NFL), as well as the founding owner of the DaytonTriangles. He was also the Triangles coach from 1922 to 1926. Storck served as the NFL's treasurer...
Brooklyn businessmen William B. Dwyer and John C. Depler bought the DaytonTriangles, moved it, and renamed it the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Orange Tornadoes...
left the DaytonTriangles as the last surviving connection to the Ohio League, which served as the basis for the NFL's founding. The Triangles themselves...
1947 as the Dayton Rockets; Tristate Semipro Football League in 1953 and American Football Conference from 1959 to 1961 as the DaytonTriangles; Midwest...
assets of the defunct DaytonTriangles-Dallas Texans franchise to Baltimore where, keeping the "Colts" nickname, the Triangles-Texans team colors of blue...
The 1928 DaytonTriangles season was their ninth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 1–6–1, losing seven games. They...
left the NFL after the 1926 season, with the sole remaining team, the DaytonTriangles, surviving until 1929, before moving to Brooklyn, playing as the Dodgers...
The 1929 DaytonTriangles season was their tenth and final season in the league before the franchise was sold and moved to Brooklyn. The team did not improve...
leader in Dayton, Ohio. He played professional football, principally as a tackle, for the DaytonTriangles from 1916 to 1920. He was Dayton's starting...
The 1925 DaytonTriangles season was their sixth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 2–6, losing seven games. They tied...
American football wingback for the DaytonTriangles of the National Football League. He played college football at Dayton. Cabrinha was born on April 13,...
The 1926 DaytonTriangles season was their seventh in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 0–7, winning one game. They tied for sixteenth...
for the Cincinnati Reds, from 1916 to 1924. He also played for the DaytonTriangles in 1918 before the NFL was established. He later served as the coach...
The 1923 DaytonTriangles season was their fourth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 4–3–1, winning only one game. They...
League. Prior to the season, Brooklyn bootlegger Bill Dwyer bought the DaytonTriangles, moved them, brought on former Orange Tornadoes star Jack Depler as...
purchased the assets of the NFL's last founding Ohio League member DaytonTriangles–Dallas Texans franchise. They were one of three NFL teams to join those...
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