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Detroit Lions very 1st football game in 1934...



Item # 713861

September 24, 1934

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Sept. 24, 1934

* Detroit Lions very 1st football game
* NFL - National Football League


Page 16 has a small and discrete one column heading: "Detroit, 9; Giants, 0" (see image)
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because their was really no reason to save it at the time.
Complete with 36 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. A few small binding holes along the spine.

wikipedia notes: The 1934 Detroit Lions season was the fifth in franchise history and the first in Detroit; the franchise had previously played as the Portsmouth Spartans in Portsmouth, Ohio, a city with a population of approximately 40,000. Under head coach Potsy Clark, the Lions won their first ten games (of which the first seven were shutouts) then lost three straight in an eight-day span to end the season at 10–3. They finished in second place in the NFL Western Division, three games behind the undefeated Chicago Bears.

Category: The 20th Century