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a reflection of several companies trying to establish teams without significant financial stability. Even the league’s first champion, the Akron Pros, only lasted six years. You can defeat trivial opponents knowing that Tonawanda Kardex played a single game in 1921 before disappearing into football obscurity. What was not so different a century ago was the prominence of free agency. and the importance of getting paid. The possibility of making American football a profession, rather than a hobby, was realized after the star of University of Illinois, Red Grange, signed with the Chicago Bears – then known as Decatur Staleys from the food starch company AE Staley – and toured the United States in 1925 to play other teams. “Playing professional football or being associated with football was not the which is today. People didn’t aspire to play professional football,” said Jon Kendle, director of files and information for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. “No there was a lot of money in it until Red Grange signed to play with the Bears. The league’s westward expansion can be attributed to this Red Grange tour.” The initial concentration of professional soccer teams was in the Midwest. The population and teams