Pottsville, Pennsylvania (1920–1928) Boston, Massachusetts (1929) United States
League
Independent (1920–1923) Anthracite League (1924) National Football League (1925–1929)
Team history
Pottsville Eleven (1920–1924) Pottsville Maroons (1924–1929) Boston Bulldogs (1929)
Team colors
Maroon, gold, white
Head coaches
Dick Rauch (1925–1927, 1929) Pete Henry (1928)
Owner(s)
Yorkville Hose Company (1920–1922) Kingsbury, Heinz & Schoeneman (1923) John G. Streigel (1924–1928) George Kenneally (1929)
NFL Championship wins
None (1925 NFL title claimed by Pottsville, not recognized by NFL)
Other League Championship wins
1924 Anthracite League title
Home field(s)
Minersville Park
The Pottsville Maroons were an American football team based in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, in the northeastern part of the state. Founded in 1920, they played in the National Football League (NFL) from 1925 to 1928. In 1929 they relocated to Boston, where they played one season as the Boston Bulldogs.
The team was founded as the Pottsville Eleven, an independent team playing in the local eastern Pennsylvania circuit. Home games were played at Minersville Park, a high school stadium in nearby Minersville. They joined the local Anthracite League in 1924, the same year they adopted the "Maroons" nickname, and won the league title. The next season they joined the NFL under owner John G. Streigel. Though dominant on the field, a controversial suspension cost them the 1925 NFL Championship. They were reinstated the following year, but after two successive losing seasons in 1927 and 1928, Streigel sold the Maroons to a group in Boston, where they played one season before folding.[1]
1925 was their best season. The 1928 roster included three future Pro Football Hall of Fame members – Johnny "Blood" McNally, Walt Kiesling, and coach Wilbur "Pete" Henry – but posted the worst record in franchise history. Writer John O'Hara, who would go on to become a world-famous novelist with Appointment in Samarra, covered the team for the local newspaper, the Pottsville Republican.[2]
^Purdy, Dennis (2010). Kiss 'Em Goodbye: An ESPN Treasury of Failed, Forgotten, and Departed Teams, pp. 260–263. Random House Digital. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
^"Professional Football Researchers Association". Profootballresearchers.org. Archived from the original on March 9, 2011. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
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