What if the NFL had stayed?

• ptown_trojans_1

  

  Front page story on CNN.com right now about the Portsmouth Spartans and its impact on Portsmouth. The team left after a few years to become the Lions.
  An actual positive story about Portsmouth.
  
  http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/02/06/greene.stadium/index.html?hpt=C1
  
  So, could you all imagine if the Spartans had stayed in town?
• Sonofanump

  Interesting article.
  
  NFL was also in Dayton, Canton, Akron.
• Ty Webb

  

  Sonofanump;667728 wrote:Interesting article.
  
  NFL was also in Dayton, Canton, Akron.

  
  I may be wrong....but I do believe there was a team in Larue,Ohio also
• dwccrew

  

  They'd be as bad as the Lions are now.
• Sonofanump

  Ty Webb;667966 wrote:I may be wrong....but I do believe there was a team in Larue,Ohio also

  
  There was not a NFL team in Larue. Larue, Elyria, Shelby, Massilion all had early pro team.
• Ty Webb

  

  Got ya....knew they had a team...but wasn't sure if it was NFL
• Heretic

  

  Larue's where Jim Thorpe played, wasn't it?
• Al Bundy

  Sonofanump;668137 wrote:There was not a NFL team in Larue. Larue, Elyria, Shelby, Massilion all had early pro team.

  
  Larue had an NFL team in the early 20's. They played under the name Oorang Indians.
• Al Bundy

  Heretic;668659 wrote:Larue's where Jim Thorpe played, wasn't it?

  
  Yes, and he also played at many other places.
• Ty Webb

  

  I live 10 minutes(driving time) away.....he used to run from downtown Larue to our county courthouse in downtown Marion
• Sonofanump

  My mistake, I thought they were an APFA (Ohio League) team.