AKRON PROS first champion of the NFL. Quality cotton shirt, free shipping.
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AKRON PROS® is a registered trademark.
Quality cotton t-shirt, graphics front and back: Team front in royal blue, league pigskin emblem back.
Free shipping.
American Professional Football Association® and Professional Football Centennial® are registered trademarks.
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Akron Pros® only undefeated team in year one, 1920: 6-0-3.
No playoffs or title game for the initial dozen years of the NFL, so an unblemished record was de facto champion.
Led by the backfield tandem of Rip King and Fritz Pollard, Akron dethroned perennial powerhouse Canton Bulldogs and athletic giant Jim Thorpe in two shutouts, 10-0 and 7-0.
The Pros' last pair of games in season one, played away at runner-ups Buffalo and Decatur (both scoreless ties), preserved an undefeated record.
Here is the shirt to recognize the NFL's victorious original.
