Dayton Triangles

Dayton Triangles
Dayton Triangles logo
Founded1913
Relocated1930 (as Brooklyn Dodgers)
Based inDayton, Ohio, United States
League"Ohio League" (1913–1919)
National Football League (1920–1929)
Team historySt. Mary's Cadets (1913–1914)
Dayton Gym-Cadets (1915)
Dayton Triangles (1916–1929)
Team colorsNavy, white
   
Head coachesLouis 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 wins3 (1913, 1914, 1915)
Ohio League Championship wins1 (1918)
Undefeated seasons3 (1913, 1917, 1918)
Home field(s)Westwood Field (1916)
Triangle Park (1917–1929)
Fan websitewww.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.


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