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Providence joined the NFL in time for the 1925 season. By that time only three players from the 1924 team were still in the line-up when the team's first practice of 1925 was held on September 17. In fact, only about a dozen of them wore Steam Rollers colors for the team's debut in the NFL. The Steam
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and coach football. Conzelman also didn't fully recover from a knee injury sustained in 1928. Rehnquist missed the first half of the season due to illness, and Wildcat Wilson became complacent and turned into an ordinary back. The 1929 Steam Rollers team struggled to a 4ā€“6ā€“2 record, resulting in a
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took place a week later. At the banquet, each player was rewarded with a gold watch. It was also at this event that Conzelman was given a trophy and named the team's "Most Valuable Player". Five of the Steam Rollers players gained All-NFL honors when the league issued its official honor roll on
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The Steam Roller name was revived by Pearce Johnson, one of the original team's founders. The subsequent Steamrollers played on a near-continuous basis since that point as a semi-pro, minor league, and independent team until 1942, when it moved to Springfield and became the
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in two straight falls to capture the world heavyweight championship in professional wrestling. This caused Sonnenberg to stay out of football, as he could make better money defending his title. Meanwhile, Oden quit pro football to take a job with an insurance company in
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on November 17, which resulted in a scoreless tie. However a week later, at the Cycledrome, Providence finally avenged its only loss of the season with a 6ā€“0 victory over the Yellow Jackets. The team would then post wins over the
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Over the course of the next seven years, the team not only won an NFL championship but also established three league "firsts." In 1925, Providence was the first NFL team to play its home games in a bicycle racing stadium (a
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by a margin of 2ā€“1, according to newspaper reports at the time. However, it seemed unlikely since the Steam Rollers crowd was on average 3,000 spectators a game. The players' wages were lower than those of
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A rare home movie showing the Providence Steamrollers playing the Framingham Lion Tamers was recently discovered and preserved by Northeast Historic Film, a regional moving image archive in New England.
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7th place league finish. This caused the fans, who attended each game during the championship season, to stay home. The team posted a 6ā€“4ā€“1 record in 1930 and a 4ā€“4ā€“3 record in 1931.
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in 1930, caused Dooley, Coppen and Laudati to suspend operations after the 1931 season. The three owners then gave up and turned the franchise back over to the NFL in 1933.
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The team soon became a regional power and by the mid-1920s was known as the best independent team in the country. By 1919 the team was drawing in more spectators than
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for 1943, and suspended operations shortly thereafter. The last three seasons of a "Providence Steamrollers " team were as a member of the
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In 1924, Providence's schedule featured several NFL teams. The Steam Rollers posted a 3ā€“2ā€“1 record against those teams, defeating the
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Despite their 1928 championship, the team experienced troubles in 1929. On January 4, 1929, Sonnenberg defeated
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as the team's head coach. For his per game salary of $ 292, Conzelman not only coached the team but also played
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Rollers played mediocre football in their first two NFL seasons, but posted a strong 8ā€“5ā€“1 record in 1927 with
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players did play for the Steam Rollers, but under aliases, so as not to jeopardize their amateur status.
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Decade-by-Decade: The 1920s and Providence (note: this reference erroneously calls the home field the "
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in a double-overtime decision. The assets of the ACFL Steam Roller were bought and taken to the
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This article is about the 1920s football team. For the 1940s basketball team, see
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During halftime against a game between the Steam Rollers and the
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in the single-wing formation. The star player for Providence was
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1931 program between the "Steam Rollers" and Green Bay Packers
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The Steam Rollers were established in 1916 by members of the
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and became the "Brooklyn Dodgers," which lasted one season.
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who had spent the 1926 season as the head of the traveling
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in 1928, which is the latest NFL championship win by a
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to date. Most of their home games were played at the
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Index

Providence Steamrollers
Providence Steamrollers logo
Providence, Rhode Island
United States
National Football League
Joe Braney
Archie Golembeski
Jim Laird
Jimmy Conzelman
Ed Robinson
Pearce Johnson
Charles Coppen
James Dooley
Peter Laudati
NFL Championship
1928
Kinsley Park
Cycledrome
American football
Providence, Rhode Island
National Football League
New England
NFL championship
league's championship
defunct team
Cycledrome
velodrome
Providence Journal
Charles Coppen
Pearce Johnson

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