DETROIT HERALDS, original NFL team, 1920. Quality cotton shirt, free shipping.
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DETROIT HERALDS® is a registered trademark.
Quality cotton t-shirt, graphics front and back: Team front in red, league pigskin emblem back.
Free shipping.
American Professional Football Association® and Professional Football Centennial® are registered trademarks.
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Detroit football formed at its university, about the time Henry was designing the Model T. The Heralds matriculated from U of Detroit to semi-pro status in 1911, taking on the tough competition found in the bruising Ohio League.
A quirk in sports history, that before the American Professional Football Association became the NFL, the Detroit Heralds® perished -- yet is recognized as an NFL original. The team was part of the quartet (Buffalo All-Americans, Chicago Tigers and Columbus Panhandles) that engaged the league's organizing ten in 1920.
The following year, the Heralds were renamed "Tigers" (really), ceasing operation after the 1921 season.
Sharp shirt to reclaim the forgotten history of Motor City athletics.
