The Shelby Blues were an American football team based in Shelby, Ohio. The team played in the Ohio League from 1900 to 1919. In 1920, when the Ohio League became the APFA (now known as the National Football League), the Blues did not join but continued to play against APFA teams, only to later suspend operations. The Blues returned to play as an independent between 1926 and 1928.
The team was named for their blue uniforms, that were worn in their first year. In 1905, the Blues replaced the Shelby Athletic Club as the top football team in town. A year later the team was the runner-up for the Ohio League title, behind only the Akron Indians. The Blues won Ohio League championships in 1910 and 1911, with Peggy Parratt, an early pioneer and master of the forward pass, at quarterback. In 1904, the Blues are credited with signing the first black player in American professional football, halfback Charles Follis.[1]
1902 Shelby Blues team photo
^"Breaking Pro Football's Color Line: The Story of Charles W. Follis". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
The ShelbyBlues were an American football team based in Shelby, Ohio. The team played in the Ohio League from 1900 to 1919. In 1920, when the Ohio League...
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1910 Tigers team was Homer Davidson, a star player for the cross-town, ShelbyBlues. Meanwhile Bullet Riley, who caught the first legal forward pass from...
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beat Shelby and Elyria. They also managed to tie the rapidly improving Canton Pros. During the Indians' championship game against Shelby, the Blues loaded...
finished in second place in the standing behind Peggy Parratt and the ShelbyBlues. In 1914, the Pros challenged Parratt, this time with the Akron Indians...
first African American to play for a professional football team, the ShelbyBlues, and professional football leagues agreed to allow only a limited number...
29 ShelbyBlues L 0–3 5–1 7 November 5 Cleveland Hinkle Athletic Club W 16–0 6–1 8 November 19 Youngstown, Ohio W 9–0 7–1 9 November 30 ShelbyBlues L...
League (NFL), from 1912 until 1915. During that time he played with the ShelbyBlues, Elyria Athletics, Akron Indians and the Massillon Tigers. He won championships...
line-up. In 1910, Policowski played for the Shelby Tigers, while in 1911, he played for the ShelbyBlues. A year later Policowski played for the Toledo...
W 39-3 8 November 7, 1914 ShelbyBlues Rained out 9 November 15, 1914 Akron Indians W 6-0 10 November 22, 1914 ShelbyBlues W 13-3 11 November 26, 1914...
(which eventually evolved into the professional Canton Bulldogs), the ShelbyBlues, and later the Massillon Tigers. The team became known as the Akron Athletic...
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the first black professional football player, having played for the ShelbyBlues from 1902 to 1906. Follis, a two-sport athlete, was paid for his work...
Columbus Panhandles, Massillon Tigers, Akron Indians, Canton Bulldogs and ShelbyBlues. He was also a member of the Nesser Brothers, a group consisting of seven...
League. During his three seasons in the Ohio League, Wertz played for the ShelbyBlues, Elyria Athletics, Akron Indians and Youngstown Pros. He earned league...
Panhandles W 12–6 3–0 4 October 20 Toledo Maroons W 27–3 4–0 5 October 27 ShelbyBlues L 7–14 4–1 6 November 3 at Canton Athletic Club W 19–6 5–1 7 November...
however most of his professional career was spent with Canton. Let's Play Two Shelby Who? "Ongoing Research Project: Canton Bulldogs". Archived from the original...
W 105-0 7 November 3, 1912 Akron Indians L 19-6 8 November 10, 1912 ShelbyBlues W 25-13 9 November 17, 1912 at Akron Indians L 14-7 10 November 24, 1912...
107–0 4–0 5 October 25 at Akron Athletic Club W 52–0 5–0 6 October 28 at ShelbyBlues W 25–0 6–0 7 November 4 Benwood (W.Va.) A.C. W 66–0 7–0 8 November 18...
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