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The original documents are located in Box D22, folder "Induction of Eight New Members,
Pro Football Hall of Fame, Canton, OH, August 5, 1967" of the Ford Congressional
Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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INDUCTION OF EIGHT NEW MEMBERS INTO THE PRO FOOTBALL
HALL OF FAME, 1 P.M., AUGUST 5, 1967, CANTON, OHIO
MR. CHAIRMAN, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE HALL OF FAME,
NEW MEMBERS HONORED HERE TODAY, AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
WE ARE GATHERED HERE BECAUSE WE LOVE FOOTBALL, BECAUSE
WE ADMIRE THE MEN WHO HAVE MADE PRO FOOTBALL ONE OF THE
GREATEST OF SPORTS AND BECAUSE WE BELIEVE FOOTBALL HAS MADE A
SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO A BETTER AMERICA.
I UNDERSTAND FROM DICK McCANN THAT I WAS SELECTED TO
MAKE THESE CONCLUDING REMARKS BECAUSE LONG AGO I HAD SOME
EXPOSURE TO FOOTBALL, BOTH AS A PLAYER AND AS COACH. OF
COURSE, THAT WAS BACK WHEN THE BALL WAS ROUND. AND I DON'T
ADVERTISE THE FACT THAT THE YEAR I WAS SELECTED AS MOST
VALUABLE PLAYER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, WE WON ONLY FORD
ONE GAME AND LOST SEVEN.
i LIBRARY
THAT WAS A TIME, Congressional TOO, WHEN RUN-OF-THE-MILL LINEMEN LIKE
Digitized from Box D22 of The Ford
Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
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ME WHO TURNED PRO GOT $200 A GAME, WHICH IS WHAT CURLEY
LAMBEAU OF THE PACKERS AND POTSY CLARKE OF THE DETROIT LIONS
OFFERED ME IN 1935. FOR THE RECORD, I PROBABLY WASN'T WORTH
EVEN THAT MUCH.
BUT THESE COACHES KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. YOU TAKE
PAUL BROWN, FOR INSTANCE, ONE OF THE MEN WE ARE HONORING HERE
TODAY. WHEN PAUL WAS COACHING, HE HAD THE DOOR TO HIS OFFICE
CUT TO A CERTAIN WIDTH--JUST WIDE ENOUGH SO THAT A FELLOW WITH
THE SHOULDERS THE SIZE OF MINE WOULD HAVE TO KIND OF SQUEEZE
HIS WAY THROUGH TO GET IN. AND PAUL HAD A SIGN ON THE DOOR,
A NOTICE TO ALL PROSPECTIVE NE MEMBERS OF HIS TEAM, THAT
READ: "IF YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH THIS DOOR WITHOUT COMING IN
SIDEWAYS, DON'T BOTHER.
WELL, THAT'S A BIT OF FICTION, OF COURSE. THE FACTS ARE
THAT IT HELPS TO BE PHYSICALLY BIG IN PRO FOOTBALL BUT IT'S
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EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO BE BIG IN OTHER WAYS--TO HAVE DESIRE
AND THE WILL TO WIN.
AMONG THE REASONS I AM PROUD OF FOOTBALL IS THAT INDI-
VIDUALS ARE JUDGED ON THEIR ABILITY IN THE BROADEST SENSE. IT
MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHETHER YOUR FATHER CAME FROM POLAND,
ITALY, IRELAND, OR THE COTTON FIELDS IN ALABAMA. IT'S NOT THE
WAY YOUR NAME IS SPELLED OR HOW IT'S PRONOUNCED THAT COUNTS.
IT'S THE UNIFORM AND THE MAN INSIDE IT.
IN POLITICS IT MAY HELP IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE THE SAME
NAME AS THAT OF A FAMOUS MAKE OF AUTOMOBILE. PERHAPS IT
DOESN'T HURT IF A BIG ADVERTISER THROWS AROUND SLOGANS LIKE,
"THERE'S A FORD IN YOUR FUTURE," "FORD HAS A BETTER IDEA,"
AND "YOU'RE AHEAD WITH A FORD ON THE GRIDIRON IT'S DIFFERENT
AND IT SHOULD BE. MERIT ALONE IS THE STANDARD.
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MAGNIFICENT PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME WAS DEDICATED IN 1963.
I FELT THEN AND 1 FEEL NOW THAT THIS PLACE IS TRULY A SYMBOL
OF THE GREATNESS OF AMERICA--THE AMERICA THAT HAS BECOME GREAT
NOT IN SPITE OF THE DIVERSITY OF ITS PEOPLES AND THE FAR-FLUNG
NATURE OF THEIR ORIGINS BUT BECAUSE OF IT.
THIS IS THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME WHERE TODAY WE
HAVE CONFERRED A CHER!SHED HONOR ON EIGHT LEADERS WHO HAVE
REACHED A PINNACLE--MEN WHOSE NAMES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE
ROSTER OF OTHER OUTSTANDING ATHLETES--CITIZENS WHO HAVE DONE
SO MUCH FOR THE GAME AND AMERICA.
THE NAMES OF OUR EIGHT NEW INDUCTEES ARE SHINING NAMES--
NAMES OF MEN WHO HAVE BROUGHT SPECIAL LUSTER TO PRO FOOTBALL
AND TO THE ENTIRE WORLD OF SPORT. MORE THAN THAT, THEIR NAMES
SPEAK OF THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA, THE SPIRIT THAT BUILT THIS
COUNTRY, MADE IT MIGHTIER THAN ANY OTHER NATION AND INSTILLED
THE HOPE OF FREEDOM IN THE BREASTS OF MEN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
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I SAY THAT THIS PLACE IS A SYMBOL OF GREATNESS BECAUSE
ON THE PLAYING FIELD, IN SPORTS MORE THAN IN ANY OTHER
COMPETITIVE ARENA, ABILITY AND DESIRE ARE THE CHIEF INGREDIENTS
OF SUCCESS.
FOOTBALL HAS OPENED MORE DOORS FOR GOOD, HARD-WORKING
CAPABLE AMERICANS THAN ANY OTHER ACTIVITY.
IN PRO FOOTBALL, IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHAT THE COLOR
OF A MAN'S SKIN IS. IT IS PARTICULARLY APPROPRIATE THAT TODAY
WE HONOR A GREAT REPRESENTATIVE OF HIS RACE, EMLEN TUNNELL.
IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHAT A MAN'S ETHNIC BACKGROUND IS-
WHETHER HIS NAME IS KEN CLARK OR CHUCK BEDNARIK, BOBBY LAYNE
OR JOE STYDAHAR, REEVES OR BIDWILL, BROWN OR STRONG. IT
MATTERS NOT WHETHER HIS FATHER WAS A COAL MINER OR AN EXECUTIVE
WHAT COUNTS IS WHETHER HE HAS THE STUFF. AND THAT IS THE WAY
IT SHOULD BE ALL OVER AMERICA, NO MATTER WHAT THE GAME AND WHO
THE PLAYERS.
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WE ARE ALL PAINFULLY AWARE OF THE CIVIL DISORDERS THAT
HAVE DEVASTATED SOME OF OUR GREAT CITIES IN RECENT WEEKS.
WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE WE CAN POINT WITH PRIDE IN
OTHER AREAS TO THE KIND OF MATURITY WE HAVE ACHIEVED IN PRO
FOOTBALL. BY ANY STANDARD ON THE BROADEST BASIS WE HAVE COME
A LONG WAY, TOO. THIS WE SHOULD REMEMBER LEST WE TEAR DOWN
INSTEAD OF CONTINUING TO BUILD AMERICA.
IT IS SO EASY TO FORGET THAT IN OUR HISTORY VARIOUS
MINORITIES HAVE ENDURED MUCH BEFORE THEY HAVE WON RECOGNITION
AND ACCEPTANCE.
THE IRISH WERE SCORNED AND DISCRIMINATED AGAINST WHEN
THEY FLOODED INTO AMERICA AS IMMEGRANTS IN THE FIRST HALF OF
THE 18TH CENTURY. IMMIGRANTS FROM OTHER LANDS, WHO FOLLOWED
THE IRISH, ALSO SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF "AMERICANS" WHO WERE
ALREADY FIRMLY SETTLED IN THIS COUNTRY.
THE IRISH ARE PERHAPS THE ONLY PEOPLE IN AMERICA WHO
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WERE SO HATED THAT A POLITICAL PARTY, THE KNOW NOTHINGS, WAS
FORMED TO FIGHT THEM. BUT YOU CAN'T BEAT THE IRISH, OF COURSE,
AND THAT'S HOW WE CAME TO HAVE THE FIGHTING IRISH OF NOTRE
DAME--NOT TO MENTION FORDHAM, HOLY CROSS, VILLANOVA, ST. LOUIS
UNIVERSITY, CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY AND GEORGETOWN.
THE IRISH WERE GOOD FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND THAT HELPED.
THEY REALLY DIDN'T HAVE TO ESTABLISH NOTRE DAME IN ORDER TO
FIND A PLACE TO PLAY BECAUSE THE STANDARD IN ATHLETICS HAS BEEN
ONE'S ABILITY.
EVEN MORE SO IN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL, COLOR AND ETHNIC
ORIGIN ARE OF NO CONSEQUENCE. THAT IS WHY AMERICA SHOULD
SALUTE THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME, THE PEOPLE OF CANTON,
OHIO, AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO HELPED TO MAKE THIS HALL OF FAME
POSSIBLE.
FORD i LIBRARY ERALD
I HAVE CHOSEN TO EMPHASIZE THIS POINT TODAY BECAUSE 1
HAVE TREMENDOUS FAITH IN THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA--THE PEOPLE WHO
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HAVE SENT 11 POLISH-AMERICANS, 15 ITALIAN-AMERICANS AND SIX
NEGROES TO THE 90TH CONGRESS, INCLUDING THE FIRST NEGRO
ELECTED TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE SINCE THE RECONSTRUCTION
PERIOD. AMERICA IS GOING TO MOVE AHEAD DESPITE THE TRAGIC
OCCURRENCES OF RECENT DAYS.
SPEAK OF THIS NOW BECAUSE AS WE STAND HERE IN THIS
WIRRO
Press
FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME, WE ARE MINDFUL THAT THE MEN WE HAVE
HONORED IN THE PAST AND THE MEN WE PAY TRIBUTE TO TODAY ARE
THE KIND OF AMERICA WE WANT OUR COUNTRY TO BE.
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THE KIND OF QUALITIES THAT ARE BUILT INTO MEN ON
THE PLAYING FIELD, THE KIND OF STRENGTH THAT MADE ARMY'S LONELY
END, CAPT. BILL CARPENTER, CALL FOR FIRE ON HIS OWN POSITION
IN VIETNAM WHEN THAT POSITION WAS OVERRUN BY THE ENEMY.
LIBRARY
WHAT EVERY AMERICAN DESPERATELY WANTS IS THE OPPORTUNITY
TO EARN BY HIS OWN ABILITY AND HIS OWN STRENGTH HIS OWN WAY IN
THE WORLD. THAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED ON THE PRO FOOTBALL FIELD.
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HAVE SENT 11 POLISH-AMERICANS, 15 ITALIAN-AMERICANS AND SIX
NEGROES TO THE 90TH CONGRESS, INCLUDING THE FIRST NEGRO
ELECTED TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE SINCE THE RECONSTRUCTION
PERIOD. AMERICA IS GOING TO MOVE AHEAD DESPITE THE TRAGIC
OCCURRENCES OF RECENT DAYS.
SPEAK OF THIS NOW BECAUSE AS WE STAND HERE IN THIS
WIRRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME, WE ARE MINDFUL THAT THE MEN WE HAVE
Press
HONORED IN THE PAST AND THE MEN WE PAY TRIBUTE TO TODAY ARE
To
SYMBOLS OF THE KIND OF AMERICA WE WANT OUR COUNTRY TO BE.
THEY POSSESS THE KIND OF QUALITIES THAT ARE BUILT INTO MEN ON
THE PLAYING FIELD, THE KIND OF STRENGTH THAT MADE ARMY'S LONELY
END, CAPT. BILL CARPENTER, CALL FOR FIRE ON HIS OWN POSITION
IN VIETNAM WHEN THAT POSITION WAS OVERRUN BY THE ENEMY.
GERALD
LIBRARY
WHAT EVERY AMERICAN DESPERATELY WANTS IS THE OPPORTUNITY
TO EARN BY HIS OWN ABILITY AND HIS OWN STRENGTH HIS OWN WAY IN
THE WORLD. THAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED ON THE PRO FOOTBALL FIELD.
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GOD HELP US TO REALIZE THAT GOAL IN EVERY OTHER FIELD OF
ENDEAVOR.
I CONGRATULATE EACH OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN INDUCTED INTO
THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME TODAY NOT ONLY BECAUSE YOU ARE
FULLY DESERVING OF THE HONOR BUT BECAUSE IN TOWNS THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTRY LITTLE BOYS WILL LOOK AT YOU AND SAY TO THEMSELVES,
I WANT TO BE LIKE HIM WHEN I GROW UP. I'M GOING TO MAKE IT ON
MY OWN.
I CONGRATULATE YOU, Too, BECAUSE IN EARNING THIS HONOR
DESPITE YOUR DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS YOU ARE TELLING THE WORLD,
OUR NATION IS ONE PEOPLE AND WE INTEND TO KEEP IT THAT WAY
THANK YOU.
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FORD VIBRARY
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Pro Football's Hall ofFame
NATIONAL FOOTBALL MUSEUM
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LIBRARY
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
CANTON. OHIO 44708
PHONE (216) 456-8207
July 31, 1967
Mr. Paul Miltich
Press Secretary to Representative Gerald Ford
House Office Building
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Miltich:
Enclosed is a copy of our Dedication book as well as a very complete
story by the Cleveland Auto Club. From these two publications you should
glean sufficient background information.
The typed speeches enclosed were taken from tape recordings.
I am also enclosing brief biographies of the eight new men being
honored at the Enshrinement Ceremonies this coming Saturday as well as
a list of those who have been honored in the past.
If there is anything else you need, please do not hesitate to call.
I would appreciate if you conveyed my best wishes to Mr. Ford
and my deepest appreciation for him taking time from such a busy schedule
to lend his distinguished presence to our affair.
Sincerely,
Dich Oann
Dick McCann
Director
DM/ah
Enclosures
NATIONAL PRO FOOTBALL
GERALD FORD LIBRARY
HALL
OF
FAME
CANTON OHIO
1963 Enshrinement - The Dedication - U. S. Senator Frank J. Lausche
Mr. Considine, distinguished guests of honor, citizens of Stark County and its environs
and those visiting fro m distant parts of our country ---
I, of course, am pleased to be with you today while in these beautiful grounds you have
listened to the descriptions of the great contributions made by the football greats of our
country. I am so pleased that the National Football League finally determined to choose
Canton which was the birth place of football for the establishment of this Hall of Fame.
Jim Thorpe spent his younger days in this land and this area. I watched him play
football and it was through Jim Thorpe that I received one of the compliments about which
I have been proud ever since. In 1952 the citizens of Canton gave a testimonial dinner
in honor of Jim Thorpe. I was the governor of the State and I was invited to participate.
I drove in from Columbus and there were people standing in front of the hotel and as I
left the car and went to the entrance, one gentleman stepped up and put out his hands and
he says, "Jim, welcome back home. (laughter) We have, ladies and gentlemen, pride
in the achievements of these men who are honored here today. We recognize the thrills
which they gave us on the football field. Frequently as I've watched them play I wonder
about the strength of their bodies, the quickness of the mind and the lightening speed with
which the muscles respond to the dictation of the mind. I marveled and I know that our
youth, as it sees these men of strength and good mind and quickness of action move
lightening-like down the field, they wonder and they hope that they might in some way
resemble them. But I think as we dedicate this Football Hall of Fame today the spirit
that dominates embraces more than these qualities about which I have just spoken. These
men were not chosen merely because they were athletes they possessed qualities which
we want residing in the citizens of our country, and reflected in the character and the
spirit of our nation. They were chosen, of course, in part because of their athletic ability
but, ladies and gentlemen the main reason that they were honored here today is that they
possess qualities of basic virtue qualities which we know that our country cannot
survive willess those virtues reside with our people. The Football Hall of Fame has come
to Canton. Canton in my judgment has rightfully been chosen as the situs of that institution,
and I would be amiss unless I paid commendations today to the civic leaders of Canton, the
citizenry of Canton for the drive which they exhibited in bringing this instituion to these
hills in south and eastern Ohio. That $400, 000 dollars was provided by contributions
given willingly and voluntarily, partly, of course, to make Canton the center of the football
world but on the main, ladies and gentlemen, on the basis of wanting to show that Canton
has a character, that Canton has an alert citizenship. There are other places in the country
that would like to have had this establishment. It did not go to them, but I feel rather
certain that the areas that were disappointed will be glad in the knowledge that eventually
out of the good that comes from this institution there will likewise come good to the nation
as a whole. Now I wondered to myself to whom should the Hall of Fame be dedicated.
Should it be dedicated to the honor of the football players and the managers and those who
promoted the game? Should it be dedicated to the honor of those citizens who gave of
their money for its establishment? My answer to those two questions was no. We
dedicate this Hall of Football Fame to the fallen heroes of our country, to those who
sacrificed for the preservation of our nation, to those who individually and through their
families gave of themselves so that the athletics which contribute so much to the
building of character can move on gloriously and honorably, attended by the strains of
the National Anthem, the inviting colors of the flag flying over our heads. It is to those
men and women that this Hall of Fame is dedicated. We're grateful to them, their
contributions for us and for our country shall never be forgotten. It's now my privilege
ladies and gentlemen, to present this Hall of Fame to Mr. Rozelle of the football world,
and I ask him now to take charge.
GERALD
LIBRARY
1963 Enshrinement - The Acceptance - NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle
Senator Lausche, distinguished guests, football fans of Canton
The dreams, faith, dedication of many men over the last half century made today
possible. You have heard from and about those having made the major contributions.
It should be very clear from their remarks just how meaningful this Hall of Fame
facility is for professional football. Sitting here listening, seeing the ceremonies,
I became both frightened and embarrassed when I thought that were it not for the
tenacity of the business leaders and citizens of Canton many years could have passed before
we would have had the opportunity to honor those who have played such a tremendous part
in making professional football what it is today. So on behalf of everyone associated with
professional football, past and present, I would like to extend our appreciation for the
magnificent job the business leaders and citizens of Canton have done in achieving just
exactly what they set out to do, developing a warm, living memorial to professional
football. We all sincerely hope that in the months and years to come the hundreds of
thousands, millions of guests coming to Canton from throughout the United States
and visiting this magnificent Hall of Fame facility will have one fraction of the appreciation
and enjoyment for it that all of us hold in professional football. Thank you.
GERALD FORD LIBRARY
1964 Enshrinement - The Concluding Remarks - Governor James A. Rhodes
Mr. Chairman, the distinguished members of the Hall of Fame
Athletics has done more for the cause of America except religion, and we're here today
to honor men who have blazed the path, made it possible for football to be what it is today.
I have one request. I would like for you to arise and give these men a Canton standing
ovation. Let's give them a big hand, the biggest hand they've ever had. (applause)
All of America have their eyes on this city, on this given day because you have
exemplified through your Hall of Fame that you're taking your place among the great
cities of America. Congratulation, keep working, and we want one million people to visit
the Hall of Fame in the year 1965. Thank you.
GLERAL FORD LIBRARI
1965 Enshrinement - Telegram from NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle
Please extend warmest congratulations to new Hall of Fame members and deep
appreciation for entire National Football League for their major roles in building
League to its present status. Signed, Pete Rozelle.
1965 Enshrinement - The Concluding Remarks - Governor James A. Rhodes
Mr. Chairman, the great authors who have written football history for America ---
Ohio today resides and lives in the reflected glory of these great men. Canton is the
capitol of the professional football world, and I know that I speak for ten and a half
million people in this State when we say that this Hall of Fame has made an indelible
imprint upon the minds of all sport fans of America. These are our jewels. I want to
congratulate and compliment the recipients here today honored and hope they return for
future ceremonies in this great State. These men have pioneered the paths; they have
blazed the trails of football; and as I said at the outset, they are the authors of football
history in America. Congratulations, God bless each and everyone.
BERAU FORD LIBRARY
1966 Enshrinement - The Concluding Remarks - NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle
Thank you. On behalf of the League, rather Leagues, I guess it is now, first to the men
being enshrined today and those who have previously enshrined in the Hall of Fame for
the major role they played in making professional football what it is today;; then thank you
to you people of Canton, particularly Mr. William Umstattd, for your support and
infectious enthusiasm in making this annual ceremony and this facility something which
all of us in professional football can take such great pride and which elevates our stature
to such a tremendous extent. Thank you.
FORD is LIBRARY GINATO
A SPEECH BY REP. GERALD R. FORD, R-MICH.
AT INDUCTION OF EIGHT NEW MEMBERS
INTO THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME
1 P.M. SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1967, AT CANTON, OHIO
Mr. Chairman, distinguished members of the Hall of Fame, new members honored
here today, and ladies and gentlemen:
We are gathered here because we love football, because we admire the men who
have made pro football one of the greatest of sports and because we believe
football has made a substantial contribution to a better America.
I understand from Dick McCann that I was selected to make these concluding
remarks because long ago I had some exposure to football, both as a player and
a coach. Of course, that was back when the ball was round. And I don't advertise
the fact that the year I was selected as Most Valuable Player at the University
of Michigan, we won only one game and lost seven.
That was a time, too, when run-of-the-mill linemen like me who turned "pro"
got $200 a game, which is what Curley Lambeau of the Packers and Potsy Clarke of
the Detroit Lions offered me in 1935. For the record, I probably wasn't worth
even that much.
But these coaches know what they're doing. You take Paul Brown, for instance,
one of the men we are honoring here today. When Paul was coaching, he had the
door to his office cut to a certain width--just wide enough so that a fellow with
the shoulders the size of mine would have to kind of squeeze his way through to
get in. And Paul had a sign on the door, a notice to all prospective new members
of his team, that read: "If you can't get through this door without coming in
sideways, don't bother."
Well, that's a bit of fiction, of course. The facts are that it helps to
be physically big in pro football but it's even more important to be big in other
ways--to have desire and the will to win.
Among the reasons I am proud of football is that individuals are judged on
their ability in the broadest sense. It makes no difference whether your father
came from Poland, Italy, Ireland, or the cotton fields in Alabama. It's not the
way your name is spelled or how it's pronounced that counts. It's the uniform
and the man inside it.
In politics it may help if you happen to have the same name as that of a
famous make of automobile. Perhaps it doesn't hurt if a big advertiser throws
around slogans like, "There's A Ford In Your Future," "Ford Has A Better Idea,"
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and "You're Ahead With A Ford." On the gridiron it's different and it should be.
Merit alone is the standard.
It was my privilege to be on the program when this magnificent Pro Football
Hall of Fame was dedicated in 1963. I felt then and I feel now that this place
is truly a symbol of the greatness of America--the America that has become great
not in spite of the diversity of its peoples and the far-flung nature of their
origins but because of it.
This is the Pro Football Hall of Fame where today we have conferred a
cherished honor on eight leaders who have reached a pinnacle--men whose names
have been added to the roster of other outstanding athletes--citizens who have
done so much for the game and America.
The names of our eight new inductees are shining names--names of men who
have brought special luster to pro football and to the entire world of sport.
More than that, their names speak of the spirit of America, the spirit that built
this country, made it mightier than any other Nation and instilled the hope of
freedom in the breasts of men throughout the world.
I say that this place is a symbol of greatness because on the playing field,
in sports more than in any other competitive arena, ability and desire are the
chief ingredients of success.
Football has opened more doors for good, hard-working capable Americans than
any other activity.
In pro football, it makes no difference what the color of a man's skin is.
It is particularly appropriate that today we honor a great representative of his
race, Emlen Tunnell.
It makes no difference what a man's ethnic background is--whether his name is
Ken Clark or Chuck Bednarik, Bobby Layne or Joe Stydahar, Reeves or Bidwill,
Brown or Strong. It matters not whether his father was a coal miner or an execu-
tive. What counts is whether he has the stuff. And that is the way it should
be all over America, no matter what the game and who the players.
We are all painfully aware of the civil disorders that have devastated some
of our great cities in recent weeks. We have a long way to go before we can
point with pride in other areas to the kind of maturity we have achieved in pro
football. By any standard on the broadest basis we have come a long way, too.
This we should remember lest we tear down instead of continuing to build America.
It is so easy to forget that in our history various minorities have endured
much before they have won recognition and acceptance.
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The Irish were scorned and discriminated against when they flooded into
America as immigrants in the first half of the 18th century. Immigrants from
other lands, who followed the Irish, also suffered at the hands of "Americans"
who were already firmly settled in this country.
The Irish are perhaps the only people in America who were so hated that a
political party, the Know Nothings, was formed to fight them. But you can't
beat the Irish, of course, and that's how we came to have the Fighting Irish of
Notre Dame--not to mention Fordham, Holy Cross, Villanova, St. Louis University,
Catholic University and Georgetown.
The Irish were good football players and that helped. They really didn't
have to establish Notre Dame in order to find a place to play because the standard
in athletics has been one's ability.
Even more so in professional football, color and ethnic origin are of no
consequence. That is why America should salute the Pro Football Hall of Fame,
the people of Canton, Ohio, and everyone else who helped to make this Hall of Fame
possible.
I have chosen to emphasize this point today because I have tremendous faith
in the people of America--the people who have sent 11 Polish-Americans, 15 Italian-
Americans and six Negroes to the 90th Congress, including the first Negro elected
to the United States Senate since the Reconstruction Period. America is going to
move ahead despite the tragic occurrences of recent days.
I speak of this now because as we stand here in this Pro Football Hall of
Fame, we are mindful that the men we have honored in the past and the men we pay
tribute to today are symbols of the kind of America we want our country to be.
They possess the kind of qualities that are built into men on the playing field, the
kind of strength that made Army's Lonely End, Capt. Bill Carpenter, call for fire
on his own position in Vietnam when that position was overrun by the enemy.
What every American desperately wants is the opportunity to earn by his own
ability and his own strength his own way in the world. That we have achieved on
the pro football field. God help us to realize that goal in every other field of
endeavor.
I congratulate each of you who have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall
of Fame today not only because you are fully deserving of the honor but because in
towns throughout the country little boys will look at you and say to themselves, "I
want to be like him when I grow up. I'm going to make it on my own."
I congratulate you, too, because in earning this honor despite your diverse
backgrounds you are telling the world, "Our Nation is one people and we intend to
keep it that way." Thank you.
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A SPEECH BY REP. GERALD R. FORD, R-MICH.
AT INDUCTION OF EIGHT NEW MEMBERS
INTO THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME
1 P.M. SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1967, AT CANTON, OHIO
Mr. Chairman, distinguished members of the Hall of Fame, new members honored
here today, and ladies and gentlemen:
We are gathered here because we love football, because we admire the men who
have made pro football one of the greatest of sports and because we believe
football has made a substantial contribution to a better America.
I understand from Dick McCann that I was selected to make these concluding
remarks because long ago I had some exposure to football, both as a player and
a coach. Of course, that was back when the ball was round. And I don't advertise
the fact that the year I was selected as Most Valuable Player at the University
of Michigan, we won only one game and lost seven.
That was a time, too, when run-of-the-mill linemen like me who turned "pro"
got $200 a game, which is what Curley Lambeau of the Packers and Potsy Clarke of
the Detroit Lions offered me in 1935. For the record, I probably wasn't worth
even that much.
But these coaches know what they're doing. You take Paul Brown, for instance,
one of the men we are honoring here today. When Paul was coaching, he had the
door to his office cut to a certain width--just wide enough so that a fellow with
the shoulders the size of mine would have to kind of squeeze his way through to
get in. And Paul had a sign on the door, a notice to all prospective new members
of his team, that read: "If you can't get through this door without coming in
sideways, don't bother."
Well, that's a bit of fiction, of course. The facts are that it helps to
be physically big in pro football but it's even more important to be big in other
ways--to have desire and the will to win.
Among the reasons I am proud of football is that individuals are judged on
their ability in the broadest sense. It makes no difference whether your father
came from Poland, Italy, Ireland, or the cotton fields in Alabama. It's not the
way your name is spelled or how it's pronounced that counts. It's the uniform
and the man inside it.
In politics it may help if you happen to have the same name as that of a
famous make of automobile. Perhaps it doesn't hurt if a big advertiser throws
around slogans like, "There's A Ford In Your Future," "Ford Has A Better Idea,"
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and "You're Ahead With A Ford." On the gridiron it's different and it should be.
Merit alone is the standard.
It was my privilege to be on the program when this magnificent Pro Football
Hall of Fame was dedicated in 1963. I felt then and I feel now that this place
is truly a symbol of the greatness of America--the America that has become great
not in spite of the diversity of its peoples and the far-flung nature of their
origins but because of it.
This is the Pro Football Hall of Fame where today we have conferred a
cherished honor on eight leaders who have reached a pinnacle--men whose names
have been added to the roster of other outstanding athletes--citizens who have
done so much for the game and America.
The names of our eight new inductees are shining names--names of men who
have brought special luster to pro football and to the entire world of sport.
More than that, their names speak of the spirit of America, the spirit that built
this country, made it mightier than any other Nation and instilled the hope of
freedom in the breasts of men throughout the world.
I say that this place is a symbol of greatness because on the playing field,
in sports more than in any other competitive arena, ability and desire are the
chief ingredients of success.
Football has opened more doors for good, hard-working capable Americans than
any other activity.
In pro football, it makes no difference what the color of a man's skin is.
It is particularly appropriate that today we honor a great representative of his
race, Emlen Tunnell.
It makes no difference what a man's ethnic background is--whether his name is
Ken Clark or Chuck Bednarik, Bobby Layne or Joe Stydahar, Reeves or Bidwill,
Brown or Strong. It matters not whether his father was a coal miner or an execu-
tive. What counts is whether he has the stuff. And that is the way it should
be all over America, no matter what the game and who the players.
We are all painfully aware of the civil disorders that have devastated some
of our great cities in recent weeks. We have a long way to go before we can
point with pride in other areas to the kind of maturity we have achieved in pro
football. By any standard, on the broadest basis we have come a long way, too.
This we should remember lest we tear down instead of continuing to build America.
It is so easy to forget that in our history various minorities have endured
much before they have won recognition and acceptance.
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The Irish were scorned and discriminated against when they flooded into
America as immigrants in the first half of the 18th century. Immigrants from
other lands, who followed the Irish, also suffered at the hands of "Americans"
who were already firmly settled in this country.
The Irish are perhaps the only people in America who were so hated that a
political party, the Know Nothings, was formed to fight them. But you can't
beat the Irish, of course, and that's how we came to have the Fighting Irish of
Notre Dame--not to mention Fordham, Holy Cross, Villanova, St. Louis University,
Catholic University and Georgetown.
The Irish were good football players and that helped. They really didn't
have to establish Notre Dame in order to find a place to play because the standard
in athletics has been one's ability.
Even more so in professional football, color and ethnic origin are of no
consequence. That is why America should salute the Pro Football Hall of Fame,
the people of Canton, Ohio, and everyone else who helped to make this Hall of Fame
possible.
I have chosen to emphasize this point today because I have tremendous faith
in the people of America--the people who have sent 11 Polish-Americans, 15 Italian-
Americans and six Negroes to the 90th Congress, including the first Negro elected
to the United States Senate since the Reconstruction Period. America is going to
move ahead despite the tragic occurrences of recent days.
I speak of this now because as we stand here in this Pro Football Hall of
Fame, we are mindful that the men we have honored in the past and the men we pay
tribute to today are symbols of the kind of America we want our country to be.
They possess the kind of qualities that are built into men on the playing field, the
kind of strength that made Army's Lonely End, Capt. Bill Carpenter, call for fire
on his own position in Vietnam when that position was overrun by the enemy.
What every American desperately wants is the opportunity to earn by his own
ability and his own strength his own way in the world. That we have achieved on
the pro football field. God help us to realize that goal in every other field of
endeavor.
I congratulate each of you who have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall
of Fame today not only because you are fully deserving of the honor but because in
towns throughout the country little boys will look at you and say to themselves, "I
want to be like him when I grow up. I'm going to make it on my own."
I congratulate you, too, because in earning this honor despite your diverse
backgrounds you are telling the world, "Our Nation is one people and we intend to
keep it that way." Thank you.
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SKETCHES CF EIGHT NEW MEMBERS OF PRO FOOTBALL'S HALL OF FAME
CHARLES PHILIP (CHUCK) BEDNARIK (b. May 1, 1925, Bethlehem, Pa.), center
and linebacker, Philadelphia Eagles, 1949-62. All-Pro lineman nine times. In 12th
season played amazing 394 1/2 minutes both ways plus 58 minutes in 1960 World
Championship victory over Green Bay. Missed only three of 161 games. College:
Pennsylvania, '49. Occupation: Concrete salesman and sportscaster. Residence:
Abington, Pa. (suburban Philadelphia).
CHARLES WILLIAM BIDWILL (b. Sept. 16, 1895; d. April 19, 1947, in Chicago,
Ill.), Owner, Chicago Cardinals (now St. Louis), 1933-47. Served in U.S. Naval
Intelligence in World War I. Former assistant city prosecutor in Chicago. Left
law practice to head national printing firm. Part-owner of Bears before buying
Cardinals. Large race-track interests as managing director of Hawthorne, presi-
dent of Sportsman's Park. College: Loyola, '16.
PAUL E. BROWN (b. Sept. 7, 1908, in Norwalk, O.), coach, Cleveland Browns,
1946-62. Attracted national attention as coach of his old high school, Massillon, O.
with six consecutive state titles (1935-40). Won 58, lost only 1 in that stretch.
Captured all four All-America Conference championships, six straight NFL Eastern
titles, three World crowns. College: Miami of Ohio, '30. Occupation: Vice-
President, Cleveland Browns. Residence: LaJolla, Calif.
ROBERT A. (BOBBY) LAYNE (b. Dec. 19, 1926, Santa Ana, Tex.), quarterback,
Chicago Bears, 1948; New York Bulldogs, 1949; Detroit Lions, 1950-58; Pittsburgh
Steelers, 1958-62. Led Lions to four division, three World Championships. Taught
players every minute has 60 seconds as he made The Clock a 12th teammate. Coll
College: Texas, '48. Occupation: Investment broker (scout for Dallas Cowboys).
Residence: Lubbock, Texas.
DANIEL F. REEVES (b. June 30, 1912, New York City), founder, Los Angeles
Rams. Bought Cleveland franchise in 1941 before entering Air Force in World War
II. Won World Championship in 1945, promptly moved team to Los Angeles against
great odds and league opposition. Brought Pete Rozelle into football as publicity
man, then general manager. College: Georgetown, '33. Occupation: Stock broker
and Rams' president. Residence: Los Angeles, Calif.
KEN STRONG (b. August 6, 1906, West Haven, Conn.), halfback, Staten Island
Stapletons, 1929-32; New York Giants, 1933-35; New York Yankees (old American
League), 1936-37; Giants, 1939, 1944-47. Still Giants' all-time scorer with 351
points. Scored 17 in famous World Championship "sneaker game" against Bears in
1934. College: New York U., '29. Occupation: Manufacturer's Representative.
Residence: Bayside, New York.
JOSEPH STYDAHAR (b. March 3, 1912, Kaylor, Pa.), tackle, Chicago Bears,
1936-42, 1945-46. All-Pro four straight seasons, 1937-40. Member of six
division, three World Champions. Served three years as Navy gunnery officer.
Head coach of Rams two seasons, winning Western title both years (1950-51) and
World Championship once (1951). College: West Virginia, '36. Occupation:
Salesman. Residence: Glencoe, Ill.
EMLEN TUNNELL (b. March 29, 1925, Bryn Mawr, Pa.), halfback, New York
Giants, 1948 58; Green Bay Packers, 1959-61. Ignored in draft, asked for tryout.
Set records for interceptions (79 for 1, 282 yards) and punt returns (258 for 2, 209
yards). In 1951, returned four kicks for TDs. In 1952-53, out-gained offensive
teammates with runbacks of kicks, interceptions. College: Toledo and Iowa.
Occupation: Giants' assistant coach. Residence: Philadelphia, Pa.
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ENSHRINEMENT AREA
Shown at the right during
ceremonies honoring the
Charter Members of the Hall
of Fame in 1963 are left to
right:
Front row: Dutch Clark,
Curly Lambeau, Mel Hein,
John "Blood" McNally and
Don Hutson.
Back row: Sammy Baugh,
Cal Hubbard, Bronko Na-
gurski, George Halas, "Red"
Grange and Ernie Nevers.
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The rugged football figures
THE FOOTBALL COMMUNICATIONS
on the building's facade
were sculptured by Dale
EXHIBIT
Drulis, a St. Louis wife
and mother of football
players.
Here, by pressing a button, the visitor can listen to
famous football voices. There are sixteen telephones
in the Rotunda offering the fans tape recorded mes-
sages from the great Sac and Fox Indian Jim Thorpe,
BUILT BY FANS, FOR FANS
Harold "Red" Grange, Byron "Whizzer" White and
many more. The phones also tell a story of communica-
tions from the spotter in the press box with the head
Pro Football's Hall of Fame began as a spark in the
mind of a Canton newspaper man. Co-operation from
coach on the field-to the quarterback and on to the
his editor hurled challenging headlines at the readers.
Each year, the Hall of Fame sponsors a football game
game winning touchdown.
Business, Industry, Jaycees, all civic groups rolled up
between two outstanding NFL teams. Shown above at
their financial sleeves land was donated money
coin-tossing ceremonies at the stadium next to the Hall
Famous football voices are recorded and filed in
raised a Shrine was built and Pro Football returned
of Fame are (left to right) Byron "Whizzer" White,
Supreme Court Justice and former All-Pro Halfback,
the Hall's voice library. Voices of the men honored
Books make up a large part of the ever growing re-
to it's home town.
Honorary Captain of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Ohio's
in the Shrine are only a part of this ever growing
search center-football history, records, rules, instruc-
Governor James A. Rhodes as honorary referee, and
Realistically rising next to a football stadium in wooded
Marion Motley as honorary captain of the Cleveland
sound library.
tional books, etc. In the volumes of biographical hooks,
parkland not far from where Jim Thorpe and George
Browns.
names like Knute Rockne, Jim Thorpe, John Unitas
Halas led other pioneers in organizing the first Pro
and other football greats are prominent. Fiction books
Football League, the million dollar House for Heroes
bring back fond memories to adults as they leaf
was dedicated and opened its doors to the nation's
The dedication of the building on September 7,
football fans in September 1963.
through pages written by authors they read many
1963 was beamed coast-to-coast by C.B.S. TV. Chris
Schenkel guided TV fans across the nation thru Pro
years before.
A dramatic feature of the building is the 52 foot dome
Football's new and magnificent building.
a stylized architectural suggestion of a football
The Exhibition Rotunda follows Pro Football's growth
Still another integral part of Pro Football's Hall of
rising to the skies. Pro Football's Shrine really consists
of two buildings connected by a gently curving glass
from its early catch-as-catch-can days through the or-
Fame is its growing film library. Here is a wonderful
enclosed gallery. One is circular the other V shaped;
ganization of the National Football League, its rugged
collection of Championship Game films, annual Hi-
each has two levels.
struggle for survival, and on to the great place of
Lites from teams, historical and biographical films
prominence it holds today. In combining the old with
such as "Rockne of Notre Dame" and "The Violent
The House for Heroes is located near major interstate
the new, the Rotunda houses projectors which allow
World of Sam Huff."
thruways and turnpikes. It is open from 9 to 9 daily
the visitor to select any one of 48 slides, a rear view
on weekdays and 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Sundays in the
movie projector and tape recorded messages from
summer and closes at 5 p.m. during the winter months.
Pro Football personalities.
In the Pro-File Movie Theater a feature film is shown
Some of the cherished mementos in the Rotunda are:
every hour on the hour.
Jim Thorpe's Canton Bulldog blanket. His
Films, which are shown
Carlisle sweater.
every hour on the hour,
Pete "Fats" Henry's Most complete football
are changed periodically in
scrapbook.
conjunction with events of
Knute Rockne's helmet.
a newsworthy nature in
The Duluth Eskimos' trunk, which was much
the football world.
travelled with Ernie Nevers
Dutch Clark's No. 7 Detroit Lions uniform.
Many interesting stories about the memorabilia in the
This brochure published as a tribute to the
Exhibition Rotunda are told the visitor, in the hand rail
in front of the exhibits.
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Pro Football's Shrine is much more than a magnifi-
by
cent collection of mementos and pictures-it is rapid-
ly becoming the center of Pro Football information
THE CANTON CHAMBER OF
in the United States. In the Hall's library are game
COMMERCE CONVENTION
programs from active and defunct pro teams-some
programs date back to the early 1900's. Commercial
PROMOTION COMMITTEE
publications are aiding many researchers in their quest
for information. Row upon row of file drawers are
ART WORK AND DESIGN
filled with photographs - squad, individual, exciting
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SUPERIOR
From the entrance a spiralling ramp
beneath the dome leads from the
is to have a photo of every man who ever played pro
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CANTON, OHIO
SAMMY BAUGH, Quarterback, Washington Redskins,
1937-52.
BERT BELL, Founder, Philadelphia Eagles (1933), and
THE ROSTER
TIM MARA, Founder, New York Giants (1925).
Head Coach, Commissioner, National Football League,
GEORGE P. MARSHALL, Founder, Washington Redskins
1946-59.
(as Boston Braves in 1932); Still active as President of
Redskins.
JOE CARR, Founder, Columbus Panhandles (1904); Or-
ganizer, National Football League (1920); President of
GEORGE McAFEE, Halfback, 1940-41, 1945-50, Chicago
the League, 1921-39.
(Alphabetical listing of the 39 members of
Bears.
GUY CHAMBERLIN, Head Coach, Halfback, End, Canton
Pro Football's Hall of Fame)
JOHN BLOOD McNALLY, Halfback, Milwaukee Badgers,
Bulldogs, Decatur Staleys (Original Bears), Cleveland Bull-
Duluth Eskimos, Pottsville Maroons, Green Bay Packers,
dogs, Frankford Yellowjackets, Chicago Cardinals, 1919-28.
ED HEALEY, Tackle, Rock Island Independents and
Pittsburgh Steelers, 1925-39.
Chicago Bears, 1920-27.
DUTCH CLARK, Quarterback & Head Coach, Portsmouth
MIKE MICHALSKE, Guard, New York Yankees and
(0.) Spartans, Detroit Lions, Cleveland Rams, 1931-42.
MEL HEIN, Center, New York Giants, 1931-45.
Green Bay Packers, 1927-37.
JIMMY CONZELMAN, Head Coach, Halfback, Executive,
PETE HENRY, Tackle, Canton Bulldogs, Akron Steels,
BRONKO NAGURSKL Fullback & Tackle, Chicago Bears,
Decatur Staleys (Original Bears), Rock Island Independents,
New York Giants, Pottsville Maroons, Staten Island Staple-
1930-37, 1943.
Milwaukee Badgers, Detroit Panthers, Providence Steam
tons, 1920-30.
ERNIE NEVERS, Fullback & Head Coach, Duluth Eskimos
Roller, Chicago Cardinals, 1920-48.
ARNIE HERBER, Halfback, 1930-41, 1944-45, Green
and Chicago Cardinals, 1926-31, 1939.
PADDY DRISCOLL, alfback & Head Coach, Chicago
Bay Packers and New York Glants.
STEVE OWEN, Player-Coach, 1924-53, Kansas City Cow-
Cardinals and Chicago Bears, 1919-31 and 1941-65. Still
CLARKE HINKLE, Fullback, Green Bay Packers, 1932-
boys and New York Glants.
active with Bears.
41.
HUGH "SHORTY" RAY, National Football League tech-
BILL DUDLEY, Halfback, 1942, 1945-53, Pittsburgh Steel-
CAL HUBBARD, Tackle, New York Giants, Green Bay
nical advisor and officials supervisor, 1938-56.
ers, Detroit Lions and Washington Redskins.
Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers, 1927-36.
ART ROONEY, Founder, Pittsburgh Steelers, 1933; Presi-
DR. DANIEL J. FORTMANN, MD, Guard, Chicago Bears,
DON HUTSON, End, Green Bay Packers, 1935-45.
dent of Steelers.
1936-46.
WALT KIESLING, Player-Coach, 1926-61, Duluth
JIM THORPE, Halfback, Canton Bulldogs, Pine Village
OTTO GRAHAM, Quarterback, Cleveland Browns, 1946-55.
Eskimos, Pottsville Maroons, Boston Braves, Chicago
(Ind.) A.A., Oorang Indians, Toledo Maroons, Rock Island
RED GRANGE, Halfback, Chicago Bears & New York
Cardinals, Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh
Independents, New York Giants, 1915-26.
Steelers, Philadelphia-Pittsburgh and Chicago-Pittsburgh.
Yankees, 1925-37.
GEORGE TRAFTON, Center, Chicago Bears, 1920-32.
CURLY LAMBEAU, Founder, Head Coach, Halfback,
JOE GUYON, Halfback-Tackle, 1921-27, Cleveland Indians,
Green Bay Packers (1919-49); also Head Coach of Chicago
CLYDE "BULLDOG" TURNER, Center, 1940-52, Chicago
Oorang Indians, Rock Island Independents, Kansas City
Cowboys and New York Giants.
Cardinals and Washington Redskins, 1950-54.
Bears.
GEORGE HALAS, Founder, Head Coach, End, Decatur
SID LUCKMAN, Quarterback, Chicago Bears, 1939-50.
STEVE VAN BUREN, Halfback, Philadelphia Eagles,
Staleys (1920) who became the Chicago Bears. Also played
Still active as advisory coach with Bears.
1944-51.
in 1919 with Rock Island Independents. Still activeas Bears'
LINK LYMAN, Tackle, Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Bull-
BOB WATERFIELD, Quarterback, Cleveland & Los Angeles
Head Coach.
dogs, Chicago Bears, 1922-34.
Rams, 1945-52.
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Vice President Clayton G. Horn
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Those who conceived it
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George Halas
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The Birth
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and economical, too. Within the past two
of today presents a much more modern pic-
years, Ohio Power has lowered their rates
The Dedication
22
The Selection
ture than he did in the game's beginning.
twice. Before you build, buy, or remodel -
Committee
How and by whom Hall of Famers are named
Likewise, vast changes and improvements
remember - electric rates continue to go
Co-Chairman Wade Norris
25
The Album
have taken place in home heating. A new
DOWN, while the cost of flame-type fuels
Co-Chairman Bob Colaner
Biographical sketches and pictures of the Hall of Fame
standard in home heating, part of the popu-
continues to go UP. Join the growing number
Co-Ordinator James M. Lucas
Members
lar trend to total-electric living, provides a
of modern families who are making the switch
(Hall of Fame Staff)
The Game
sharp contrast with the years gone by. More
to flameless, electric heat. Your Ohio Power
Ralph Updegraff
Names of the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers in
and more families every day are discovering
representative will be happy to furnish you
Germane Swanson
the Annual Hall of Fame Game
that the electric way is the better way to
with complete information.
Jack McKee
50 The Cradle
Charles Hicks
How it all started in Massillon
Bill Shields
Bill Sanford
57
The Donors
Glenn Erftenbeck
Complete listing of the fans who made it all possible
OHIO POWER COMPANY
Ed Martin
64 The Builders
AN INVESTOR-OWNED
Names of the men whose hands built the House for Heroes
PUBLIC UTILITY
AMERICAN ELECTRIC
AEP
POWER SYSTEM
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One of Ohio's best known restaurants
CIGARITTE
and lounges with an extensive menu
featuring master chef creations
sure to please every taste. Superb
service in three dining rooms.
Driftwood Room and Cocktail Lounge
An intimate, club-like atmosphere
Mergus
Bank
for cocktails, lunch and dinner
Pro Football's First Band - the 1919 Lumberjacks of Green Bay
Grill Room
DOWNTOWN
A club-like setting favored by men
PRO FOOTBALL
Dining Room
HALL OF FAME PARADE
A noon time favorite for
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1963
CANTON, OHIO
businessmen and family evening dinners
FOR A
DELIGHTFUL
PARADE COMMITTEE:
PARADE LINE-UP:
GARDEN BALL ROOM
GALLERY ROOM
LUNCHEON
Capt. John Blend Canton Police Department
Canton Motorcycle Police Escort Comm. c. L. Deerwester
OR DINNER
Sgt. R. A. Krabill Canton Police Department
Canton Police Color Guard
Party and banquet rooms seating 25 to 450 people
Capt. John Pelger - Canton Police Department
Canton Police Marching Unit Capt. John Pelger
AND
C. L. Deerwester Canton Police Commissioner
Mayor of Canton - James Lawhun
Lt. Ed Moore - County Sheriff Department
Canton Safety Service Director - Cliff W. Gehrum
COCKTAILS
Robert Perez Director of County Sheriffs Auxiliary
Canton City Officials
Lt. Col. John Paul U. S. Army Reserves
Lehman High School Band - John Bonar, Director
FOR RESERVATIONS CALL 453-7688
Robert Harmon Canton Chamber of Commerce
Canton YMCA Float - William T. Cumler
Corp. J. W. Pribble - Ohio State Highway Patrol
1906 Antique Car
FREE PARKING
James M. Lucas, Chairman - Pro Football Hall of Fame
Automobile Caravan from Pottsville, Pennsylvania Joe Zacko
DIVISION I - THE 1920's. (To salute the founding of the National Football League in 1920 in Canton, Ohio)
Hall of Fame Board of Trustees - Earl Schreiber, Chairman
The Hi-Lites Majorette Corps (Minerva, Ohio)—
Miss Canton Sandra Kinsley
Janet Morehead, Leader
Timken Vocational High School Band Gary Payne, Director
Hall of Fame Chorus Float D. Dean Roach
Timken Rockettes
American Legion Post #44 Color Guard-Carl Krause, Comdr.
We believe in Canton
Automobiles of Dignitaries
American Legion Post #44 Marching Unit
Hall of Fame Bandwagon - Emil Hahn, Director
American Legion Post #44 Float
Antique Automobiles:
Central Catholic High School Band - James M. Lucas, Director
and we're backing this
1924 Packard Touring Car Carl Summer, Minerva, Ohio
3rd How: Bn., 92nd Arty., U. S. Army Reserve Color Guard—
1929 Buick - John Hormell, Minerva, Ohio
Major Thomas Jakmidis
1929 Cord - Jack Armstrong, Minerva, Ohio
3rd How. Bn., 92nd Arty., U. S. Army Reserve Float
belief with dollars!
1922 Overland Touring Car Carl Summer
Antique 1923 Model "T" Touring Car Schneeberger Funeral
1928 Ford Phaeton - Warren Ruff, Minerva, Ohio
Homes
1928 Dodge Victory "6" - Bob Coleman, Minerva, Ohio
Antique 1928 Packard - Rotary Club of America
1926 Model "T" Ford Roadster Jim Sutton, Minerva, Ohio
Antique Cars - Horseless Carriage Club, Canton, Ohio
Over the years, Ashland Oil has demonstrated its faith
1928 Ford Sedan - Charles Ossler, Robertsville, Ohio
Lincoln High School Band A. Jerd Bayless, Director
in the future of the Canton area by investing millions
1922 Ford Model "T" Roadster Arlin Weikart, Minerva, O.
World War Veterans James Keller, Commander
1929 Dodge Sedan - Gene Hoopes, Minerva, Ohio
State World War I Veterans - Lee Urabn
of dollars in its modern refinery on Gambrinus Road.
1927 Chevrolet - Richard Volkert, North Lawrence, Ohio
Springfield Township High School Band, Akron, Ohio—
McKinley High Schol Band - John Clovis, Director
Dale Stanford, Director
We are proud to be a part of Canton's growing industrial
DIVISION II - The 1940's. (The new era in the National Football League - East vs. West)
complex that has brought good jobs, good business and
good living to the citizens of this progressive community.
Stark County Sheriffs Bus
Tuslaw High School Band - Robert Bayless, Director
Stark County Sheriffs Mounted Posse Robert Perez
Polo Karts, International Kart Polo, Inc. - George Wauffull
Our faith in Canton's future is shared by the many "Good
Stark County Sheriffs Motorcycle Unit
Disabled American Veterans Mounted Color Guard-Earl DeHoff
Jackson Memorial High School Band-Clarence Gates, Director
Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary Color Guard
Neighbor" Ashland Oil Dealers conveniently located
VFW Post #693 Color Guard - John Carlton, Commander
East Canton High School Band - Donald Kennedy, Director
Junior Auxiliary, VFW Post #693 Color Guard-Robt. E. Petree
Kadets of VFW #451, Lorain, Ohio Arthur Jahnsz
throughout the area.
Junior Auxiliary, VFW Post #693 Drill Team
American Red Cross, Canton Chapter, Station Wagon-
Isaly Dairy Float - A. J. Disler
Mrs. George B. Frease
As one "good neighbor" to another, we invite you to
Minerva High School Band - James Lamb, Director
American Legion Post #419 Color Guard, North Canton-
6th How. Btry., U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Color Guard-
Robert Shiltz
see the "friendly man with the better brand" for top-
Captain W. T. Berglund
American Legion Post #419 Rifle Squad, North Canton, Ohio
quality petroleum products and the friendliest service
6th How. Btry., U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Float
Glenwood High School Band - Rex Mitchell, Director
VWF Post #3747 Color Guard Don Snyder, Commander
Louisville High School Band - Howard R. Smith, Director
anywhere.
VFW Post #3747 Ladies Auxiliary Color Guard
DIVISION III - The 1960's. (To salute the dedication of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Canton, Ohio)
Hoover High School Band, No. Canton-John E. Hafer, Director
Nike-Ajax Missile Display, Cleveland Air Defense-
Ashland
Wadsworth Testing Laboratory Float - Jeraldine Johnson
Pfc. Donald Frandsen
ASHLAND OIL & REFINING COMPANY
Carol Koontz Majorette Troupe, North Canton-Carol Rowlands
Radio Station WHLO Mobile Broadcasting Unit - G. Barnhart
Quimby Material Handling Float Eugene Quimby
Perry High School Band - Roy Estep, Director
Hq. 2nd Tank Bn., 37th Div. Ohio National Guard Color Guard
Westbranch High School Band, Mahoning County-
ASHLAND, KENTUCKY
PRODUCTS
-Sgt. Charles Schleappi
Tim DeStefano, Director
Marlington High School Band James Waldeck, Director
Canton Players Guild Cast
Canton Players Guild Elephants and Banners
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The Downtowner Motor Inn has brought a new
dimension of hospitality and comfort to Canton.
Completely new, with tasteful contemporary
furnishings and appointments, the Downtowner Motor Inn offers the
convenience of a downtown location with spacious free parking,
restaurant and lounge.
The T. K. Harris Agency Co. has been pleased to work with the developers
of the Downtowner Motor Inn by supplying the site and making
other necessary arrangements. This is but one facet of the
full range of real estate services available to you at
The T. K. Harris Agency Co. Your inquiry about residential, commercial
and industrial properties or property management will receive
courteous, experienced counsel. You're invited, too, to visit
our new offices, located on the top floor of the Downtowner building.
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For Old Time's Sake
merce and the Jaycees were named to a
Steering Committee which got right down to
ADVISORY BOARD
work.
WILLIAM UMSTATTD
Timken Roller Bearing Co.
Organization? A constitution and by-laws
OSCAR BARKEY
had to be worked up. Operating funds were
Stark County Commissioner
NORMAN JACKSON
obtained.
Jackson-Bailey Electric Co.
ELI A. JAKSIC
A building site? The Canton Council and
Recreation Depart., Timken Roller Bearing Co.
Board of Park Commissioners readily made
RICHARD J. JONES
Republic Steel
suitable park land available.
MALCOLM KIENZLE
Attorney
Money? Industry offered a fat base for any
HARRY W. PRICE, JR.
fund drive. Businessmen stretched their civic
Caloric Corporation
GERVIS BRADY
budgets. The Jaycees volunteered for the leg
Public Relations Consultant
SHELDON FANTLE
work. Labor insisted upon a part. All civic
Schuman Drugs
ROBERT FORSYTHE
groups were ready to roll up their financial
Cox Forsythe
sleeves.
WADE NORRIS
Nationwide Insurance
The only thing remaining on the most
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
wanted list was NFL recognition.
Campaign Co-Chairmen
It was not immediately forthcoming. Canton
ROBERT
E.
LILLY
SHELDON
FANTLE
Advanced Gifts Chairman
encountered envious opposition. Stirred all of
RICHARD O. PARKER
a sudden by the fervor of this town without a
Advanced Gifts Majors
GEORGE FREASE NORMAN PETERSON
team, league cities nurtured a possessive urge
Major Gifts Chairman
LLOYD VAUGHN
to have the Hall of Fame. Detroit
Los
Major Gifts Majors
and, too, Latrobe
COOPER TAYLOR JOHN THOMPSON
Angeles
Green Bay
Special Gifts Chairman
Facade of Pro Football's Hall of Fame Building. These heroic
came alive and fighting.
JACK MANSFIELD
copper figures were hand-hammered by Sculptress Dale Drulis.
Special Gifts Majors
Canton's generous offer to provide a house
WILLIAM CLARKE
DAVID FOSTER
RAYMOND JANSON ROBERT McQUEEN
for Pro Football's homeless heroes, strangely,
AREA Massillon Co-Chairmen
was tabled for a full year. And, even then, it
ROBERT F. VAIL
MERLE ECKARD
Steering Committee Co-Chairmen
had to face a vote. The community's plan was
ROBERT COLANER MALCOLM KIENZLE
Campaign Auditor
well-conceived, persuasively presented, but it
CECIL BARDINE
went down to the very last vote in a roll-call
Campaign Meetings Chairman
TODD McMILLAN
There was a lot of talk for years about a
which records the important historical roles
of NFL clubs before it was definitely de-
Campaign Publicity Co-Chairmen
Pro Football Hall of Fame. Talk, but no action.
played by Canton and its neighbor, Massillon,
WILLIAM FREASE
WADE NORRIS
termined (April 27, 1961) that Pro Football's
Campaign Treasurer
Something almost happened, once. Early
in the rise of Pro Football.
Hall of Fame should be placed in the game's
DUANE WEBER
in the benevolent reign of Commissioner Bert
Canton, thought Swanson, should be Pro
old home town.
Bell, Latrobe was recognized for the NFL Hall.
Football's Cooperstown, the little New York
Latrobe is the little town forty miles south-
town where baseball's hall of fame is located.
east of Pittsburgh where most historians agree
Canton
where Jim Thorpe had first
The fund drive for Pro Football's Hall of Fame kicked off with an On-to-Victory Dinner. This Big Four provided the most impetus.
Left to right, Rip Miller, Canton-born Notre Dame star lineman and assistant athletic director at the U. S. Naval Academy; Congressman
the-first player was paid and the first pro
stirred national interest. Canton
where
Frank T. Bow of Ohio; William Umstattd, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Timken Roller Bearing Company; and Senator
game was played.
the first pro football championships were
Frank J. Lausche of Ohio.
But there was no money for the project.
decided. Canton
where George Halas had
The go-ahead gathered dust.
sat on a running-board to help organize the
Almost two decades passed before a young
NFL in an auto showroom on a humid Septem-
newspaperman in Canton, Ohio, got to think-
ber night in 1920.
ing that his town ought to show more active
Swanson, somewhat timidly, sampled his
pride in its rich football heritage.
idea on Harold Sauerbrei, Cleveland Browns'
Germane Swanson of The Canton Repository
executive. Encouraged by Sauerbrei, Swanson
was steeped in this history. He had heard the
then went to Editor Clayton Horn. A former
old-timers mulling over the long-ago gridiron
sportswriter himself, Editor Horn promptly had
glories of Jim Thorpe and his Canton Bull-
the idea hurled in challenging headlines to
dogs. He had verified their claims in the files
the readers.
of The Repository, always a football-minded
Many civic hands stretched out eagerly
newspaper. And he was inspired into action
for the flung-down gauntlet.
while leafing through the NFL's press guide
Six members each of the Chamber of Com-
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The House for Heroes
Pro Football's Hall of Fame has emerged with magnifi-
ONE BLOCK WEST OF CANTON'S
cence above and beyond all others.
Football's Greatest Weekend
CENTRAL PLAZA on 2nd ST. N.W.
Built by fans, the million-dollar mansion for gridiron
immortals is set realistically right next to a football stadium.
September 7 & 8, 1963
at Canton, Ohio, in Fawcett Stadium
Its 14-acre estate has been carved out of wooded park-
Annual Pro Football Hall of Fame Parade
Dedication of Pro Football's new Hall of Fame
land on the edge of the town where Jim Thorpe first brought
national attention to the Pros and where the National
Formal Reception of The Charter Members
The Annual Hall of Fame Football Game
Football league was organized in 1920.
Saturday, the Seventh Day of September - The Day of Dedication
A dramatic feature is the 52-foot dome - a stylized
(The Parade will start at 9:30 A.M. and proceed to Fawcett Stadium)
architectural suggestion of a football standing to the skies
There really are two buildings connected by a gently
curving glass-enclosed gallery. One is circular, the other V-
The Dedication Program
HOTEL
Onesto
shaped; each has two levels.
The Hall of Fame Prayer
Reverend Father Benedict Dudley, O.F.M.
Around the exterior of the first structure, sleek concrete
The National Anthem
the massed bands of the parade
piers grow gracefully from the ground to support the domed
(Under the Direction of James M. Lucas)
roof, adding trim symmetry. The round wall is rough-hewn
The Welcome
Mayor James H. Lawhun, Jr., of Canton
CANTON'S FINEST
mountain quarry stone, as rugged as Pro Football itself; the
V-shaped wall is brick from home kilns - as American as
The Introduction of Mr. Bob Considine by Mr. Jim Muzzy
the game itself.
The Presentations to The Hall of Fame Charter Members:
Above the glass-domed main entrance is an heroic facade
David L. Lawrence, Special Assistant to the President, to George Halas
Excellent hotel accommodations
and facilities for all types of meet-
of copper sculpture, its football warriors as tall as ten feet,
Jim Conzelman of The Hall of Fame staff to Red Grange
ings and conventions right in the
heart of downtown Canton.
its total weight in excess of 800 pounds.
Arthur Daley of The New York Times to John V. Mara, accepting for his father, the late T 1.
From the entrance, a spiraling ramp beneath the dome
(Tim) Mara
brings the visitor from ground-level to a rotunda which pro-
Elmer Layden, fullback of the Notre Dame Four Horsemen, to Ernie Nevers
vides a wide expanse for exhibits, both historic and exciting.
Paul Kerr, President, Baseball Hall of Fame, to Cal Hubbard
The glass-enclosed passageway between the two build-
E. E. (Rip) Miller of the United States Naval Academy to Harry Robb, accepting for his former
CONESTOGA COCKTAIL LOUNGE
ings creates a reflective interlude for the visitor as he proceeds
Canton Bulldogs teammate, the late Pete Henry
from the exhibit area to The Hall of Fame.
United States Senator Philip A. Hart of Michigan to Dutch Clark
(Potay?)
A quiet, delightful atmosphere for
our expertly mixed drinks.
Additional major features of the two buildings are a foot-
Jimmy Crowley, left halfback of Notre Dame's Four Horsemen, to Curly Lambeau
GAY 60's RESTAURANT
ball movie theater, an art gallery, a library, and a gift shop.
Earl Schreiber, President, Pro Football Hall of Fame, to Dan Tehan, accepting for the late Joe Carr
(For more detailed information on building features see
Dante Lavelli of The Cleveland Browns to Don Hutson
Featuring our luncheon buffet.
You'll love it!
Pages 14 and 61.)
Congressman Frank T. Bow of Canton to Mel Hein
The building cost $400,000, but it is a million-dollar
Don Miller, right halfback of Notre Dame's Four Horsemen, to Bronko Nagurski
MAIN DINING ROOM
project overall when the value of the land and the museum
David McDonald, President, United Steelworkers of America, to Arthur Rooney, accepting for his
Full menu, excellent service, serv-
contents are considered not to mention the dedicated hours
former partner, the late Bert Bell
ing daily and Sunday.
of love's labor.
Major General Harry W. Abendroth, USA, to Milton W. King, accepting for his friend, George P.
Construction was accomplished within one year despite
Marshall
the foulest of winter months.
Mr. Justice Byron S. White of the United States Supreme Court to his former coach, John Blood
Ground was broken by NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle at
McNally
noon on August 11, 1962, in ceremonies attended by famous
Harry Stuhldreher, quarterback of Notre Dame's Four Horsemen, to Sammy Baugh.
STREET LEVEL SHOPPING
football personalities, outstanding public figures, and fans—
Henry A. Roemer, Chairman, Executive Committee of Sharon Steel, to Pete Calac, accepting
who made it all possible.
for his Carlisle Indians and Canton Bulldogs teammate, Jim Thorpe
Ohio Optical Company
The Dedication
U.S. Senator Frank J. Lausche
NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle breaks ground for Pro Football's Hall
Drukenbrod
The Acceptance
NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle
of Fame while Massillon's Harry Stuhldreher grins approval.
Tailor and Haberdasher
Punches Jewelry
Sunday the Eighth Day of September - The Day of the Hall of Fame Game
The Pre-Game
*
Merrill Turben Stock Brokers
1:30 Entrance of the bands
Lincoln Director A. Jerd Bayless
Timken Director Gary Payne
McKinley Director John Clovis
Lehman Director John Bonar
Central Catholic
Director James M. Lucas
1:50 The Hall of Fame Prayer
free overnight parking
1:52 The National Anthem by the massed bands
2:05 The Toss of the Coin
Plan to make The Onesto your
Honorary Referee, Governor James A. Rhodes, of Ohio
next convention headquarters.
Honorary Captains, Marion Motley of the Browns, and Supreme Court Justice
Byron S. White of the Steelers
The Half-Time
Lincoln and Timken Bands
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NATIONAL PRO FOOTBALL
HALL
OF
FAME
CANTON, OHIO
When you visit Pro Football's Hall
of Fame, do not come to bury
Caesar, but to praise him! The Hall is done, of course, in
dignity but there is no attempt to stifle the combat and color
of the game.
Most of the V-Building's main level is devoted to The
Hall, whose twin corridors slant slowly together to create a
climactic rotunda.
The corridors' saw-tooth lines simplify fulfillment of the
avowed policy that precisely identical spaces be reserved
for Members of The Hall of Fame.
In these areas of honor, an enormous illustration of each
Hall of Famer comes to life on the rich walnut wall-passing,
running, kicking, blocking, tackling
whatever it was he
did best. An executive, of course, is depicted appropriately.
The bright saw-tooth panel provides a pedestal and a
sparkling background for the bronze bust.
THE SCULPTOR
John Miller Worthington of Canton, Ohio. Art Institute of
Chicago, Cleveland Institute. Art Director and Vice President,
Old King Cole, Inc., industrial designers-manufacturers.
THE ILLUSTRATORS
Dave Boss of Los Angeles, Calif. Cleveland Institute. Pro-
duces "The NFL and You", annual league publication dis-
tributed to collegians. Art Director for Rams, NFL Properties,
Petersen's "Pro Football Annual."
Murray Olderman of Leonia, N. J. Self-titled tramp student
-North Carolina, Missouri, Stanford, Northwestern (MA in
Journalism). No formal training, began sports cartooning at
Missouri. NEA Service sports illustrator.
Bob Riger of New York City. Prize-winning pictorial re-
porter. Noted for his skills with camera, pen or brush, type-
writer. His work has appeared in many national publications.
Enjoy that
Created THE PROS, first great picture story of Pro Football.
Author of "Best Plays of the Year," annual NFL publication.
Lou Darvas of Rocky River, O. Worked his way through John
REFRESHING
Way"
Huntington School of Art in Cleveland, attending night classes.
W.
Almost 30 years with Scripps-Howard Newspapers as illus-
NEW FEELING
trator and cartoonist, first with the old Toledo News-Bee, now
with The Cleveland Press.
Gary G. Thomas of Cleveland, O. Syracuse University and
Cooper School of Art. Staff artist with Manning Studios in
DRINK
Cleveland.
Jim Bama of New York City. Trained at Art Students
League in Manhattan. New York Giants' official artist. Has
Coca-Cola
done work for Air Force Academy Museum. Charles E. Cooper
TRADE MARK O
Studios in New York.
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NATIONAL PRO FOOTBALL
HALL
OF
FAME
CANTON OHIO
IN THE
BEGINNING
Pro Football was forged in steel and
coal towns in the 1890's.
The game itself had been thought
up by prep school rebels in sniffy
Boston. It had gone to cojlege soon
after the Civil War. Young, untamed
Ivy League grads began to bring it
back to their home towns.
In the rugged communities of west-
ern Pennsylvania, the sport was seized
upon with zest. It was almost too good
to be true. Legal assault was to their
liking.
Sturdy youth of mill and mine
formed clubs. Soon, town teams came
into being, and challenges began to
ricochet.
The teams met in crude, uncoached
combat on open fields that weren't
always completely cleared of slag. At
first, for these lads, conflict was enough
compensation. They scrimmaged for
sheer joy.
But rivalries flamed. Victory became
vital to a town - at any cost, almost.
And, so professionalism began to
rear what then was considered by some
to be a rather ugly head. By the end
of the Nineteenth Century, there were
(continued on following pages)
This painting depicting the first Pro Football game in Latrobe, Penna.,
hangs in the Art Gallery at Pro Football's Hall of Fame at Canton, Ohio.
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17
NATIONAL PRO FOOTBALL
HALL
OF
FAME
CANTON OHIO
nine known pro teams in and around
Pittsburgh.
The first pro player?
the first
pro team?
the first pro game?
when?
and where?
and by
whom?
These are not just questions; they
are quarrels. Football buffs con-
front you with chips on their verbal
shoulders.
Historians don't agree. Research has
seemed to die on beachheads.
Joh
In the front row, third from right,
189
(Ed. Note: The Pro Football Hall
Son
but Connie Mack himself who (need
of Fame Library will provide the air-
(bei
Ohio, whose widow presented this
author.
sea-armor support these slogging
infantrymen of research have lacked
in the past. (See Page 61.)
Generally, the story of Latrobe, Pa.,
is accepted. It has been recognized
as fact for quite some time by the
National Football League.
In the summer of 1895, the YMCA
A
in Latrobe organized a team and chal-
lenged the Indians Athletic Associa-
tion in the neighboring community of
Jeannette.
The Latrobe manager then offered
$10 to a chunky 16-year-old college-
bound youth named John Brallier to
help. Brallier accepted
and there-
by became the first admitted pro. He
was worth every cent of the ten dollars
because Latrobe won, 6-0
and in-
vited him to come back the next year,
and to bring some other burlies with
him.
A
He did. And Jeannette hired some,
too - and Pro Football was on its way.
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THE FOUR ERAS OF FOOTBALL
Pro Football separates itself into four distinct eras created by wide
differences in playing conditions and many changes in the rules.
NATIONAL BOARD OF SELECTORS
The differences and changes have affected materially the full meaning
of statistics, and other standards by which players are evaluated.
A Hall of Fame candidate, therefore, is judged on the basis of how well
A National Board of Selectors passes upon Pro Football's Hall
he did under conditions and rules of his day, against players and teams
NATIONAL PRO FOOTBALL
of Fame candidates.
of his time.
HALL
OF
There are fourteen Selectors
one from each NFL city. He is
Selections, thus, will be made from the following eras of Pro Football:
FAME
chosen by pro football authorities of press-radio-TV in his area.
CANTON OHIO
Each has one vote. Thus, New York's millions cannot swamp
PRE 1920
1933 42
Green Bay's thousands (on or off the field!)
Pro Football's pioneers were rugged. There
This is when the most sweeping rules
The National Board of Selectors meet at least once each year
were some great performers, and a few out-
changes occurred. Forward passing was per-
face-to-face for discussion and selection. The Selectors set the ground
standing teams. Most of it, though, was semi-
mitted from any point behind line; action was
rules at each meeting - how many to select, by what majority, and
pro and under aliases. There was no league,
moved in from sidelines; posts were put on
so forth.
no organization, no reliable records.
goal line; etc.
The only restriction is that a player must be retired for three
years to be considered.
1920 32
1943 62
Order began to develop with formation of
Free substitution was allowed (on a one-year
the NFL in 1920 in Canton, Ohio. However,
trial basis) in 1943. It was altered a couple
players performed under trying conditions.
of times and seven years passed before it
The rules handicapped the offense consider-
was accepted permanently. Specialists now
ably.
can reach staggering statistical heights.
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NATIONAL PRO FOOTBALL
HALL
Five Hundred Eleven Years of Football
OF
FAME
NATIONAL BOARD
OF SELECTORS
LEWIS F. ATCHISON
Washington, D. C.
HERB GOOD
Philadelphia, Pa.
CHARLES JOHNSTON
Minneapolis,
Minn.
DAVEY O'BRIEN
Fort Worth, Texas
Columnist and Pro Football Editor, The Star.
Pro Football Editor, The Inquirer.
Sports Editor, The Star.
Radio-Television Announcer, Texas stations.
Pro Football observer for 33 years.
Has been covering football for 35 years.
Golden Anniversary Year as newspaperman; football
Quarterback, Texas Christian (1936-38), Philadelphia
Member, The National Press Club and The White
Past President, Philadelphia Sportswriters Ass'n,
writer since 1919.
Eagles (1939-40).
House Correspondents Ass'n.
and National Basketball Writers' Ass'n. Former
Past President, The Football Writers' Ass'n; Member,
Former NFL game official.
JIMMY CONZELMAN
St. Louis, Mo.
Governor, Footbll Writers' Ass'n.
Executive Committee since its founding.
Elected to College Football Hall of Fame in 1957.
National Advertising Executive (retired); author;
SAM GREENE
Detroit, Mich.
JACK McDONALD
San Francisco, Calif.
JACK SELL
Pittsburgh, Pa.
raconteur.
Sports Editor, The News.
Columnist, The News Call-Bulletin.
Pro Football Editor and Columnist, The Post-Gazette.
Fifty-first year in football.
Forty-ninth year of Sportswriting, 41 years on the
Thirty-seventh year covering West Coast Football.
Almost 50 years in sports as competitor and writer
Member of original Bears (the 1920 Staleys).
News; succeeded the late eminent H. G. Sals-
Winner of San Francisco Press Club Award for best
(often played against Steelers Owner Art Rooney
Coached two world championship teams - 1928
inger as Sports Editor in December, 1959.
sports story (1961).
in baseball, basketball, football.)
Providence Steam Rollers, 1947 Cardinals.
Father of noted columnist, Doc Greene.
Navy veteran of both World Wars.
Has seen all Steelers' games since organized.
ARTHUR DALEY
New York City, N. Y.
CHUCK HEATON
Cleveland, Ohio
PAUL MENTON
Baltimore, Md.
GEORGE STRICKLER
Chicago, III.
Columnist (syndicated), The Times.
Pro Football Editor, The Plain Dealer.
Sports Editor and Columnist, The Evening Sun (37
Pro Football Editor and Assistant Sports Editor,
Almost 40 years in the Times sports department.
Tenth season covering Cleveland Browns.
years).
The Tribune.
Pulitzer Prize Winner, 1956.
Served vital role in Hall of Fame establishment
Former NFL game official (1923-38).
Knute Rockne's first publicity director.
Author. Most recent work: "Pro Football's Hall of
by assisting in collection of exhibits and con-
Commissioner, Mason-Dixon Conference.
Former NFL publicity director.
Fame." Quadrangle Press.
tacting old pros.
Trustee, University of Baltimore.
Former General Manager, Green Bay Packers.
ART DALEY
Green Bay, Wisc.
BOB OATES
Los Angeles, Calif.
Sports Editor and Columnist, The Press-Gazette.
Pro Football Editor, The Herald-Examiner.
Pro football writer for nearly 30 years.
Twenty-fifth year in sportswriting; assigned to Los
Member, Wisconsin State Hall of Fame Committee.
Angeles Rams since they moved from Cleveland
Author of Green Bay Packers' Year Book.
(1946).
Author of several football books.
LEWIS F. ATCHISON
JIMMY CONZELMAN
ART DALEY
CHUCK HEATON
CHARLES JOHNSTON
PAUL MENTON
DAVEY O'BRIEN
GEORGE STRICKLER
ARTHUR DALEY
HERB GOOD
SAM GREENE
JACK McDONALD
BOB OATES
JACK SELL
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Canton Bulldogs of 1906, pictured above. They were all professional, and tough
enough to beat Massillon that year 10 to 5.
Things have changed in Canton since then there's a new look to football, industry,
streets, and homes. There is also a new look for savings, especially at Citizens
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JOE F. CARR
JIM THORPE
was the engineer of
heard a King say it best,
Organized Pro Football. The
long ago and far away.
little railroader put it on the
At the 1912 Olympics, Indian
right track for its ride from rags
Jim stood as decathlon and
to riches.
pentathlon champion before
He started as manager of
Gustav I of Sweden who
the Columbus Panhandles, a
proclaimed: "You, sir, are the
railroad yard team whose line-up
greatest athlete in the world"
had almost nobody but Nessers.
Authors rummage for better
Turning to newspaper work,
words, but the King's English
he became a force in Organized
is still best, adding one word:
Baseball. He was sure
C
Greatest ever!
Pro Football could be developed
No human has done so much
along the same lines.
so well in so many arenas
His urging led to formation
in track and field, he scored
of the NFL. In its second year,
more points than did whole
he took over as President.
nations
football was war to
His dogged faith had
34 Seasons
12 Seasons
him, his Carlisle Indians did
blinkers: not once did his eyes
1906-39
1915-26
all but win back the West
leave the rails which gleamed
baseball's big leagues beckoned.
ahead toward his Major League
But football was Jim Thorpe's
goal. Not once 'til death
favorite. And his name gave
shuttered them.
the Pros their admittance to
Too bad, you say, he's not
the national scene.
here to proudly survey results
Outside the arenas
of his devotion?
Yes, but
beyond the roaring crowds
actually he's already seen it.
Jim Thorpe wasn't always
Like he kept trying to tell
winner. Tragedies outnumbered
the others, Joe Carr saw it all
trophies. But though they
down the tracks; through
took away his tin, he never lost
the mist
a long time ago.
the title: Greatest-ever!
Somewhere, in somebody's
stained hands, Jim Thorpe's
medals lie moulding
but the
memory of this miracle
PHOTO
NICE
red man remains bright with
an eternal glisten.
Joe Carr's Columbus Panhandles. He's in top row, extreme left.
Greatest in the world - ever!
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27
Nothing Happens Until
GEORGE HALAS
Someone Gets an Idea
enters Pro Football's Hall
of Fame through many portals:
Player, or Coach, or Founder.
This finest of all football
lives began on the Illinois varsity
a half-century ago. Left End
Halas went on to Great Lakes
to play on the historic 1919
Rose Bowl winner.
He then organized the Staley
factory team in Decatur, III., and
entered it in the league he
helped to organize. The league,
the Bears, and George Halas
have been here ever since.
The factory team became
the Bears; their principal product,
45 Seasons
Championships (seven World,
Still Active
12 Western). Two teams were
unbeaten, untied; twice they
The idea of the National Professional Football Hall of Fame was born and
WOR 18 in a row.
nursed through infancy at The Repository. It grew to sturdy youth in the
But not alone as maker of
minds of Greater Cantonians and now The Repository is proud to see it
mighty teams has George Halas
been Pro Football's most
a robust adult, a reality that will attract tens of thousands each year as a
dominant, enduring force. He
national shrine.
has been The Architect.
Throughout the years to come, you'll continue to read all about the fine
So, welcome, to the Hall of
Hall of Fame and its activities in
30
Fame, George Halas. It's yours.
Player, Coach, Founder
come as you wish. We hail you
as them all!
THE CANTON REPOSITORY
George Halas' present occu-
For 148 Years A Dependable Institution
pation? What else?
Head Coach, Chicago Bears.
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73 to Oh! His players' shoulders provide a pedestal for George Halas follow-
ing the astonishing victory in the 1940 World Championship Game.
29
CURLY LAMBEAU
PETE HENRY
like George Halas holds
loved football like nobody,
many tickets to The Hall of Fame;
and the feeling was mutual.
Player, or Coach, or Founder.
Incredible combo of agility, bulk,
He gave to America its most
speed, he was football's most
colorful team-the Green Bay
talented tonnage.
Packers. When he put together
As two-way tackle, he was a
the Big Team in the Little Town
cannon-ball on the loose;
in 1919, Curly Lambeau
adding delirium when he took
should've been back at
the ball on thund'rous tackle-
Notre Dame as George Gipp's
around plays.
He must forever rate with
sophomore sub.
Curly Lambeau doesn't claim
the great kickers. His ponderous
to be the father of the
pendulum sent punts to the
forward pass, but he certainly
horizon. One sonic boom went
gave it a happy home up there
94 yards, came to rest in the
in Green Bay. He taught the
book, in which he also shares
Packers
and showed the
the record for the longest
world
what could be done
drop-kick - 50 yards.
11 Seasons
with it. His pass-minded Pack
1920-30
The All-American from
won six World Championships
Washington & Jefferson was the
(including three in a row for
34 Seasons
first big name signed by the
1919-53
an all-time record).
NFL. He joined Canton on the
His 32 consecutive years as
day the league was formed.
head coach has no near second
He got the headline.
from the past, no near threat
Pete Henry played nine years.
in the future.
Eventually, as every one knew,
Even in retirement, he breaks
he went back to his beloved
coaching records. The latest:
W. & J. to devote the rest of his
Most Hall-of-Famers Coached:
days developing character—
3, by Curly Lambeau
none, of course, the likes of his!
(Blood, Hubbard, Hutson).
Pete Henry is the happiest
thing that's happened to
Curly Lambeau now is a
Football!
squire in the winter at
Thousand Oaks, Calif. and in
the summer at Fish Creek, Wisc.
Founder, Coach, Manager and Left Halfback Curly Lambeau kneels in the center
of his first Green Bay Packers team - 1919.
Pete Henry swings his ponderous pendulum.
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JOHN V. McNALLY
laughingly loses his
biographers amidst his mischief.
None is exaggerated; fiction
flees from his sort of com-
petition.
Perhaps you know The
Vagabond halfback better by
his movie name, Johnny Blood
Movie name?
Enroute to
some forbidden pro ball, he
and a scholastic buddy saw a
marquee: "Blood and Sand."
That day, Blood and Sand took
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the field
And Blood ran on
and on.
For 15 astonishing seasons
he ran on - outlasted only by
Sam Baugh's 16. Cunning,
15 Seasons
reckless, he had adhesive
1925-39
hands for catching passes,
winged feet for delivering them.
Blood/McNally played for
Milwaukee, Duluth, Pottsville,
Green Bay, Pittsburgh, sparkling
wherever he went (he still does!)
At Pittsburgh, he coached
The National Professional Football Hall of Fame, Canton, Ohio.
Halfback Whizzer White, who led
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He set high standards. He
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competition. He realized the
NFL's need for NYC was no
greater than the city's need
for the league. Time and again,
35 Seasons
he pulled it together.
1925-59
Of course, he had some
storms of his own to weather
but he had to go them alone
because he didn't have a T. J.
to run to.
He left a many-towered
self-made monument; a football-
mad metropolis, a prospering
league, and most important,
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THE HALL OF
FAME PLAYERS
the right
we called
equipment
the plays
helps
Cleveland Browns' 1963 Roster
Pittsburgh Steelers' 1963 Roster
ALPHABETICAL
NUMERICAL
ALPHABETICAL
NUMERICAL
No.
Name
Pos.
Hgt.
Wgt.
Seasons
School
No. Name, Pos.
No.
Name
Pos.
Hgt.
Wgt.
Seasons
School
No. Name, Pos.
38
Baker, Frank
OHB
6-2
215
1
Toledo
13 Ryan, QB
73
Atkinson, Frank
T-G
6-3
240
1
Stanford
12 Nofsinger, QB
23
Benz, Larry
DHB
5-11
185
1
Northwestern
15 Ninowski, QB
85
Ballman, Gary
OHB
6-0
195
2
Michigan State
14 Nelsen, QB
81
Biodrowski, Dennis
DE
6-1
245
1
Memphis State
20 Fichtner, DHB
78
Baker, John
DE
6-6
270
6
North Carolina College
15 Brown, QB
71
Bohovich, Reed
oT
6-3
260
2
Lehigh
23 Benz, DHB
61
Berg, Roger
T
6-6
255
1
St. Thomas
23 Mack, E
83
Brewer, Johnny
OE
6-4
235
3
Mississippi
24 Franklin, DHB
71
Bradshaw, Charley
oT
6-6
255
6
Baylor
24 Bradshaw,H
32
Brown, Jim
FB
6-2
228
7
Syracuse
26 Renfro, OHB
24
Bradshaw, Jim
DHB
6-1
190
1
Chattanooga
25 Curry, HB
70
Brown, John
oT
6-2
248
2
Syracuse
30 Parrish, DHB
15
Brown, Ed
QB
6-2
210
10
San Francisco
26 Keys, HB
86
Collins, Gary
OE
6-4
208
2
Maryland
32 Brown, Jim, FB
86
Burrell, John
OE
6-3
190
2
Rice
27 Haley, HB
50
Costello, Vince
LB
6-0
228
7
Ohio University
35 Fiss, LB
41
Burnett, Len
DHB
6-0
190
2
Oregon
28 Thomas, DHB
42
Crespino, Bob
OE
6-4
225
3
Mississippi
36 Scales, OHB
40
Carpenter, Preston
OE
6-1
195
8
Arkansas
30 Tracy, OHB
63
Cvercko, Andy
OG
6-0
243
5
Northwestern
38 Baker, OHB
74
Cordileone, Lou
DT
6-0
250
4
Clemson
32 Womack, HB
20
Fichtner, Ross
DHB
6-0
185
4
Purdue
40 Shorter, DHB
25
Curry, Roy
OHB
6-1
195
1
Jackson State
35 Johnson, FB
35
Fiss, Galen
LB
6-0
227
8
Kansas
42 Crespino, OE
44
Daniel, Willie
DHB
5-11
185
3
Mississippi State
36 Russell, LB
24
Franklin, Bob
DHB
5-11
182
4
Mississippi
43 Webb, OHB
84
Dial, Buddy
OE
6-1
195
5
Rice
40 Carpenter, OE
72
Frost, Ken
DT
6-4
254
3
Tennessee
44 Shofner, DHB
46
Ferguson, Bob
FB
5-11
220
2
Ohio State
41 Burnett, DHB
79
Gain, Bob
DT
6-3
260
11
Kentucky
48 Green, OHB
43
Glass, Glenn
DHB
6-0
190
2
Tennessee
42 Hoak, OHB
80
Glass, Bill
DE
6-5
255
6
Baylor
50 Costello, LB
27
Haley, Dick
DHB
5-10
190
5
Pitt
43 Glass, DHB
64
Goosby, Tom
LB
6-0
235
2
Baldwin-Wallace
52 Lucci, LB
42
Hoak, Dick
OHB
5-10
190
3
Penn State
44 Daniel, DHB
48
Green, Ernie
OHB
6-2
205
1
Louisville
53 Morze, C
77
James, Dan
oT
6-4
250
4
Ohio State
46 Ferguson, FB
76
Groza, Lou
PK
6-3
250
13
Ohio State
54 Tidmore, LB
35
Johnson, John Henry
FB
6-2
215
9
Arizona St. (Tempe)
47 Simpson, DHB
66
Hickerson, Gene
G
6-3
248
6
Mississippi
56 Morrow, C
26
Keys, Brady
DHB
6-0
185
3
Colorado State
50 Reger, LB
h&b
82
Houston, Jim
DE
6-3
240
4
Ohio State
60 Wooten, G
53
Kirk, Ken
LB
6-2
225
5
Mississippi
51 Nutter, C
87
Hutchinson, Tom
OE
6-1
190
1
Kentucky
63 Cvercko, G
75
Krupa, Joe
DT
6-2
235
8
Purdue
53 Kirk, LB
69
Kanicki, Jim
DT
6-4
270
1
Michigan State
64 Goosby, LB
72
Lemek, Ray
OG
6-1
240
7
Notre Dame
56 Rowley, LB
88
Kreitling, Rich
OE
6-2
208
5
Illinois
66 Hickerson, G
23
Mack, Bill "Red"
OE
5-10
185
3
Notre Dame
61 Berg, T
52
Lucci, Mike
LB
6-2
223
2
Tennessee
69 Kanicki, DT
79
Michaels, Lou
DE-K
6-2
235
6
Kentucky
62 Sandusky, OG
85
McNeil, Clifton
OE
6-3
185
1
Grambling
70 Brown, John, oT
14
Nelsen, Bill
QB
6-0
195
1
U.S.C.
63 Perreault, OG
h&b
56
Morrow, John
OC
6-3
248
7
Michigan
71 Bohovich, oT
12
Nofsinger, Terry
QB
6-4
205
3
Utah
66 Pottios, LB
53
Morze, Frank
C
6-4
280
7
Boston College
72 Frost, DT
51
Nutter, Buzz
C
6-2
230
10
V. P. I.
67 Schmitz, LB
15
Ninowski, Jim
QB
6-1
207
6
Michigan State
75 Shoals, OT
63
Perreault, Pete
OG
6-2
240
1
Boston U.
68 Stehouwer, OG
Hamaker & Brechbill, Inc.,
78
Parker, Frank
DT
6-5
255
2
Oklahoma State
76 Groza, PK
66
Pottios, Myron
LB
6-2
240
2
Notre Dame
70 Stautner, DE-T
designed and produced this book.
30
Parrish, Bernie
DHB
5-11
195
5
Florida
77 Schafrath, oT
88
Powers, John
OE
6-2
210
2
Notre Dame
71 Bradshaw, oT
but the man inside
It was strictly a team victory
26
Renfro, Ray
OHB
6-1
192
12
North Texas State
78 Parker, DT
50
Reger, John
LB
6-1
230
9
Pitt
72 Lemek, OG
the uniform determines the final
13
Ryan, Frank
QB
6-3
200
6
Rice
79 Gain, DT
56
Rowley, Bob
LB
6-2
235
1
Virginia
73 Atkinson, T-G
score. At Hamaker & Brechbill
and now that we have raced
36
Scales, Charley
OHB
5-11
215
4
Indiana
80 Glass, DE
36
Russell, Andy
LB
6-3
210
1
Missouri
74 Cordileone, DT
our bench strength is sufficient
the clock and won, we can
77
Schafrath, Dick
oT
6-3
255
5
Ohio State
81 Biodrowski, DE
62
Sandusky, Mike
OG
6-1
230
7
Maryland
75 Krupa, DT
relax and enjoy the game
75
Shoals, Roger
oT
6-4
255
1
Maryland
82 Houston, DE
67
Schmitz, Bob
LB
6-1
230
3
Montana State
77 James, oT
to provide the right man for
44
Shofner, Jim
DHB
6-1
192
6
Texas Christian
83 Brewer, OE
47
Simpson, Jackie
DHB
5-11
185
7
Florida
78 Baker, DE
every commercial art job.
40
Shorter, Jim
DHB
5-11
186
2
Detroit
84 Wiggin, DE
70
Stautner, Ernie
DE-T
6-2
230
14
Boston College
79 Michaels, DE-K
54
Tidmore, Sam
LB
6-1
225
2
Ohio State
85 McNeil, OE
68
Stehouwer, Ron
OG
6-2
230
4
Colorado State
82 Tarasovic, LB-E
43
Webb, Ken
OHB
5-11
210
6
Presbyterian
86 Collins, OE
82
Tarasovic, George
LB-E
6-4
245
11
L. S. U.
84 Dial, OE
84
Wiggin, Paul
DE
6-3
245
7
Stanford
87 Hutchinson, OE
28
Thomas, Clendon
DHB
6-2
195
6
Oklahoma
85 Ballman, OHB
60
Wooten, John
G
6-3
250
5
Colorado
88 Kreitling, OE
30
Tracy, Tom
OHB
5-9
205
8
Tennessee
86 Burrell, OE
Hamaker-Brechbill, Inc.
32
Womack, Joe
OHB
5-9
210
2
Los Angeles State
88 Powers, OE
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600 TWELFTH STREET NORTH WEST
CANTON, OHIO
RED GRANGE
was the first Pro Football
explosion.
The Galloping Ghost of the
Illini captured the nation's
attention like no gridder ever.
He brought this spotlight
with him when he stepped
directly from Big Ten gridirons
into the Bears' line-up.
His pro debut on Thanksgiving
Day, 1925, sold out Wrigley
Field for football for the first
time
then the Polo Grounds
and around the country
went Red, the Bears and
Pro Football.
The Galloping Ghost's college
13 Seasons
reputation got a horse-whipping
1925-37
in headlines on the exhausting
coast-to-coast grind - not to
What makes a pro?
mention Red's aching back!
Careless historians fail to
recall Red Grange came back to
become one of the best of all
Bears. Always dangerous
on offense, he distinguished
himself on defense with two
World Championship teams.
After almost three decades,
he's still a Bear-on television.
Between telecasts, The Ghost
haunts Indian Lake Estates, Fla.
On the football field and in steelmaking,
producing stainless steel that is recognized
professionals set the standards. It's a com-
through industry for consistent quality and
bination of teamwork, skill, and pride in per-
dependable performance. These are stand-
formance that earns a player his spot in the
ards that professionals can be relied on to
Hall of Fame. The same characteristics are
maintain
in steelmaking and in football.
used as standards by the men who make
stainless steel at Jones & Laughlin. And like
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Red Grange's aching back gets some tender attention during the exhausting
the top professionals in football, the J&L steel-
STAINLESS AND STRIP DIVISION
1925-26 coast-to-coast tour.
Louisville, Ohio
Headquarters: Detroit, Mich.
makers earn their honors in competition
by
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if your goal is the
ERNIE NEVERS
lively look of
smart casualness, signal
is America's all-time
one-man team.
for Gay Gibson!
Few clubs have scored as
many points in one game
My
against the Bears as Ernie Nevers
did alone - 40!
Whenever there's an important
Few players perform as long
gathering, you can be sure
in a lifetime as Ernie Nevers
did in a single season-
Gay Gibson will be
1,713 minutes!
At Stanford, Coach Pop
on the scene! The line of
Warner compared him favorably
each dress follows so
to Jim Thorpe and described
Ernie Nevers as "the football
easily the relaxed, young-
player without a fault."
Ernie Nevers was all things
spirited mobility of the life
to all footballs. He did his
of the young modern (sizes
12 Seasons
team's passing, punting,
1926-37
place-kicking, and almost all
5 to 15, whatever her age).
the ball-carrying; he returned
punts and kickoffs; he called the
This two-piece Shetland
signals and was the captain
and, in time, the coach.
wool is one of the new autumn
His Duluth Eskimoes played
styles, from our always-
29 games in one season-
and he missed only 27 minutes!
current selection, in the Shop
A difficult record for a mere
spectator to match!
for Juniors, Second Floor.
Ernie Nevers is a public
relations consultant, and lives
Meet Gay Gibson only at
in Tiburon, Calif.
Stern and Mann's, in Canton.
ERNIE
NEVERS
Eskimos
MINN
Ernie Nevers and his fellow-travelers
\/w//
28 of 29 games on the road. Some-
times even Manager Ole Haugsrud suited up. Nevers is exactly in the middle
(above the S in Eskimos). Johnny Blood McNally is fourth from right.
Whe
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AND
Home Owned and Operated Since 1887
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CAL HUBBARD
BRONKO NAGURSKI
was the mountain that
is no mere name. It's
moved like a man. He played
an international way of saying
end or tackle, and some awed
"football."
opponents persist he played
Bronko Nagurski
born
both at one and the same time.
just over the Canadian border of
Mount Hubbard was discovered
Ukranian immigrants
in Louisiana at Centenary
Bronko Nagurski
who
by Bo McMillin. The compliment
became unanimous All-American
was returned a couple years
among the worshipping
later: Big Cal discovered Bo
Scandanavians of Minnesota
in Pennsylvania at Geneva.
Bronko Nagurski
in any
Both places, they produced
language, means tower of
startling upsets. Only referees
strength on defense, power
could stop them. Once they
on offense.
were penalized 305 yards!
Bronko Nagurski is the only
No doubt this turned Cal's eyes
name in all history to appear
to the book. He became an
on the honored lists for both
expressive authority.
10 Seasons
backfield men and linemen.
The title traveled with him
1927-36
9 Seasons
Bronko Nagurski was named
as a pro. Within five years, he
1930-37, 1943
All-Pro at fullback and at tackle!
was on four World Championship
Bronko Nagurski is a cause
clubs. He was with New York
of the Bears' awesome nickname:
for its first, and was one of
Monsters of the Midway. He
Green Bay's Ponderous
gained miles on attack, and
Pachyderms in their record
didn't budge an inch on defense.
three straight.
Bronko Nagurski was on four
His playing years ended at
World Championship teams.
10 when he became a baseball
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For the fourth, he climbed out of
umpire. He made All-Pro there,
six-years' retirement, and
too. He's American League
gleamed as brightly as ever.
Umpire-in-Charge.
Bronko Nagurski inspired this
one-sentence scout report from
Cal Hubbard lives in Milan,
Steve Owen: "He runs his
Mo., not far from where
own interference!"
Bo McMillin discovered the
mountain.
He now runs a service station
As a linebacker, Bronko Nagurski was a brick wall.
at International Falls, Minn.
Cal Hubbard (second from left) is honored at ceremonies as Green Bay's first
World Championship pennant is raised.
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THE MELBOURNE BROS.
MEL HEIN
CONSTRUCTION CO.
SINCE 1901
had a Pro Football franchise.
He was with the Giants for
15 years - an indelibly defiant
record for linemen. He also
General Contractors for the Pro
had a lease at center on the
All-Pro. Eight straight years!
Football Hall of Fame
At Washington State, Mel Hein
enjoyed no such permanency,
moving up and down the line
NORTH CANTON, OHIO
like a crack armored corps.
Thus, he was named on three
All-American teams as guard,
tackle, center.
Varsity or Pro, he was
A
MEMBER OF THE EAST CENTRAL OHIO CHAPTER
well-nigh unbreakable. In nearly
200 games he needed one
time-out (a broken nose).
Mel Hein was no part-time
15 Seasons
worker. Game after game, he
1931-45
was on offense and defense. In
a grinding attack, he had his
share of blocking; as linebacker,
DISTRICT NO. 27
he pioneered in., anti-pass patrol.
During his reign, the Giants
THE UNITED
won two World and seven
Eastern Championships.
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STEELWORKERS
OF AMERICA
Mel Hein now coaches the
line at Southern California, and
lives in Los Angeles.
Extends congratulations and
Mel Hein moves in for the kill.
best wishes to the National
Pro Football Hall of Fame
JOHN S. JOHNS, Director
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DUTCH CLARK
GEORGE P. MARSHALL
brought new dread to the
could rest upon this one
term triple-threat - and old
contribution to Pro Football:
black magic to ball-handling.
Its World Championship Game.
His all-around brilliance at
Until he burst upon the
little Colorado College, tucked
scene, titles weren't won; they
away in the Rockies, won him
were awarded. His plan created
All-American rating which was
two divisions and the big game.
resented somewhat by the big
George Marshall prodded
college boys.
the pros into livening rules to
Through clouds of doubt, he
allow passing anywhere behind
came down from the mountains
line, moving the ball in from
to mingle with the pros
sidelines, and so forth.
and promptly scaled new peaks
George Marshall also brought
of leadership and versatility.
an end to clubs making their
In an open field, his balance
own schedules; he got the
was unbelievable, his changes of
league as a whole to act.
pace and direction exciting.
His theatrical background
Last of the drop-kickers, he
8 Seasons
32 Seasons
impelled him to tidy up the
continued to score even while
1931-38
Still Active
presentations and borrow the
the ball was being sharpened
collegiate atmosphere.
to an impossible point.
As a field marshal, he could
Somewhere along the line all
have benefitted by his being
get the troops to do things
on the scene
which startled even themselves.
players, fans,
press-radio-TV, club owners
He quarterbacked World
And, of course, George P.
Championship teams at both
Marshall, too, has benefitted
Portsmouth and Detroit.
if only because he always
Earl (Dutch) Clark resides
revels in a good show
in suburban Detroit where he is
watching it or producing it.
a salesman and, naturally,
a Detroit Lions' fan.
Dutch Clark
"in an open field, his balance was unbelievable, his changes
George Marshall meets the press.
of pace and direction exciting."
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BERT BELL
FAMOUS FASHIONS
FOR MEN AT MAY'S
HATHAWAY
gave Pro Football the draft
Hickey Freeman
oms
(near-perfect equalizer) and
player benefit plan (best of
the growing
its kind).
Eagle Clothes
fashion
Bert Bell gave his life, too.
He spurned a serene existence
Scotsdale
family
among Philadelphia's Main Line
aristocracy to invade the Pro
J&F Cricketeer
Football arena.
He was Founder, President,
Edwin Clapp Shoes
Manager, Coach, Press Agent,
Bookkeeper, Cashier of the
Bostonian Shoes
Philadelphia Eagles - indeed,
he was the Eagles. He sold out
Jantzen
to become part-owner of the
Steelers. But, soon, other
McGregor
club-owners persuaded him to
Palm Beach
21 Seasons
become Commissioner.
1939-59
No administrator ever took
such rich experience to an
Glen Oaks
office. Ex-Player-Coach-Owner,
Bert Bell knew the needs, the
Countess Mara
RID?
R
tricks, problems, alibies of them
all. He was a czar who had been
Wembley Ties
a peasant; a dean who had
played hookey. He kept his
Mallory Hats
ear open to all; his phone was
by his bed.
MacPhergus
Bert Bell died, as he had
lived: at a football field.
His eyes closed on what must
have been a treasured sight
his two old teams - Steelers
We at May's are proud to include this famous maker of quality shirts in our growing
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and Eagles - battling in his
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Franklin Field, where half a
handling of stripes and colors has put verve and excitement into men's dress shirts. The
century before it had all begun
finest of fabrics and weaves go into the making of every Hathaway shirt: cottons, Dacron
for him as Penn's rich-boy
Polyester and cotton blends, British cotton broadcloth and cotton oxford cloth. Every
quarterback.
Bert Bell (extreme right) poses with coaches at rules meeting.
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DON HUTSON
set records for pass-
catching and scoring which only
legislation can wipe out.
He is a football yardstick.
DODGE
Each bright, new receiver is
WHAT DOES
HAVE GOING FOR IT?
hailed as "a second Hutson," and
later, perhaps, as "better than
Hutson." Then time turns the
page on that player, and Don is
left to await the next comparison
to come
and go.
Hero of Alabama's 1935 Rose
Bowl team, Hutson scored on
his first Packer play - an
80-yard pass conspiracy. For
11 years thereafter, Packer foes
couldn't tell when it would
PEOPLE!
11 Seasons
happen again
which it did
1935-45
often enough for him to become
pass-catching champion eight
times, scoring leader five times
(to TDs he added extra points,
field goals).
Hutson created pass patterns
and developed faking to
almost a federal offense. His
impossible catches were not
luck; he practiced fetching off-
People are going for Dodge like never before.
bar suspension. The girls especially like the
target tosses.
From October 1, 1962, through July 20, 1963,
fresh interiors
the ease of entry
the
The Packers won three World
Dodge has led every make in the business with
abundant Dodge room
the added comfort
and four Western championships
a whopping 67% sales increase, compared to
of chair-high seats. People are going for Dodge,
with him. Not until his final
the same period of the previous year (latest
because Dodge has so much going for people.
available figures). So we asked people, "Why
Why don't you "get going?" Go see the beautiful
season did they fail to finish
Dodge?" The replies came easy. Men go for the
new 1964 Dependables at your Dodge Dealers:
one-two
and then it was third.
youthful good looks
the hot performance
Compact Dodge Dart! Standard-size Dodge!
the excellent roadability and handling of torsion-
Big Dodge 880!
The pass-master is now an
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MOTORS CORPORATION
A shot-gun was the only defense against Don Hutson.
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SAMMY BAUGH
fragile-looking for the job,
survived more NFL years than
anybody - 16!
An all the more amazing
record because it included two-
way seasons and sixty-minute
games in the crunching days
of single and double wings.
Slingin' Sam (a baseball
nickname, no less!) introduced
himself from Texas Christian
by passing the College All-Stars
to their first victory over the
Pro Champions.
Year after year, Sammy Baugh
led all passers and punters.
From Willie Heston
Along the way, he set pass
16 Seasons
defense records.
and Jim Thorpe
1937-52
No passer ever had a finer
assortment, nor crisper shots
from stumbling stances when
to Lou Groza
under attack.
A leader of men, Sammy
and Jim Brown
Baugh remained one of the boys.
He never forgot it was a team
game; gratitude for his team-
mates grew with his greatness.
Plain Dealer Sports Pages
Sammy Baugh leaves his
ranch outside Rotan, Tex., only
tell Pro-Football's STORY
to help coach the backfield
at Oklahoma State.
Professional football has come a long way since the days of the
Massillon Tigers and the Canton Bulldogs and you can trace
every exciting growth step in the sports pages of The Plain
Sammy Baugh was no part-time specialist.
Dealer. For more than a half-century Plain Dealer editors have
genuinely liked pro-football and have reported this news with
enthusiasm. Like Mama Nesser, we have always believed that
"Football was born for everybody to enjoy."
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NATIONAL PRO FOOTBALL
HALL
OF
FAME
CANTON OHIO
Ohio's Pro Football
Started
In Massillon
Ohio's first pro football team sort of
"happened" in Massillon in 1903.
There had been good amateur teams
throughout the state for more than a
decade. (Dayton A. C. in 1889 was the
first.) These teams played nearby col-
leges and some Pennsylvania clubs.
A mythical Ohio State Championship
had become quite treasured. It gener-
ally bounced around among Youngstown,
Akron, Canton and Shelby.
Massillon had never had a team able
to even schedule these mighty outfits.
But on Sept. 3, 1903, in Massillon's
Hotel Sailer, a group of sports-minded
civic folk organized the Tigers. Towns-
people were solicited for funds to equip
the players.
At first, the Massillon Tigers were
strictly amateur. They lost their opening
game to Wooster College, 6-0. But soon
The Jim Brown of his day-Michigan's Willie Heston, who demanded $2,000
Buck Hall
Ted Nesser
Jack Ernst
Bob Diehn
to play one game! (He got $600.)
Powerful Canton Guard
Played everywhere - and forever.
Great Canton Tackle
One of the few Columbus non-Nessers.
The Canton Bulldogs and Massillon Tigers meet on the old Driving Park gridiron for the 1906 World Championship. Note fans atop the street-
cars. The building in the mid-background is Massillon State Hospital.
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a year round program
S
THE FIRST
PRO TEAMS
youth and adults of Canton
YEAR
TEAM
1892 Alleghenies A. A. (Pittsburgh)
1893 Pittsburgh Athletics
SINCE 1927
CANTON RECREATION DEPARTMENT
Ed Stewart
1894 Greensburg (Pa.) A. A.
Manager of Massillon's Tigers,
1895 Latrobe (Pa.) Athletic Club
first Ohio pro team.
Pittsburgh Duquesnes
Playgrounds
Swimming Pools
Tennis Courts
1896 Olympic A. C. (McKeesport, Pa.)
Baseball
Softball
Football
Fields
Adult
they were winning. Seven in a row-
Tiny Maxwell
1899 Indians Athletic Association
Recreation
Areas
Shuffleboard
Gymnasiums
including a vengeful victory over Wooster
Colorful stuttering giant of early
Ueannette, Pa.)
Basketball
Volleyball
Ice Skating
Coasting
and a surprisingly thorough trouncing of
Canton and Massillon teams who
1900 Homestead (Pa.) Steelers
Winter Sports
Social
Recreation
Dancing
became noted referee.
Dramatics
Clinics
Leadership and Instruction
the experienced Canton A. C.
Braddock (Pa.) Carnegies
Massillon hurled a defi at Akron's
1902 Pittsburgh Professionals
Classes
Athletics, defending Ohio champions. The
Steelton (Pa.) A. C.
"Make the best of your leisure time"
little town's challenge was derided, but
Philadelphia (Pa.) Nationals
Massillon persisted, and a game finally
Philadelphia (Pa.) Athletics
CALL YOUR RECREATION DEPARTMENT GL 6-4521
was set for Dec. 5, 1903.
Syracuse (N.Y.) Athletic Association
Amid charges that the Tigers were be-
Buffalo (N.Y.) Oakdales
ing bolstered by wandering Pennsylvania
New York (N.Y.) Knickerbockers
pros, Akron and Massillon met for the
Watertown (N.Y.) Red & Blacks
championship.
Ogdensburg (N.Y.) Athletic Club
The Tigers won, 12-0, in a rough con-
Auburn (N.Y.) Athletic Associations
test - and it was, indeed, a fact that
Corinth (N.Y.) Athletic Club
four pros from Pennsylvania were in their
Clayton (N.Y.) Athletic Club
line-up and aided considerably.
Orange (N.J.) Athletic Club
The following year six teams followed
1903 Franklin (Pa.) Stars
Massillon's break-through. The Akron
SUPERIOR
Massillon (Ohio) Tigers
MILK
Athletics, Shelby Indians, Canton Bull-
Superio
1904 Canton (Ohio) Bulldogs
dogs, Dover Canal Giants, Salem A. C.,
Shelby (Ohio) Blues
Superior
Forty-one
and Lorain openly paid some players, if
Ed Roseth
Akron (Ohio) Athletics (Indians)
not all. Toledo's Maroons followed in
Bulldog in a Fedora.
Dover (Ohio) Canals
1905, the Columbus Panhandles in 1906.
Salem (Ohio) Athletic Club
Years
Lorain (Ohio) Athletic Club
This is believed to be the Akron Indians and Toledo Maroons in 1909. Nose-guards on the
1905 Toledo (Ohio) Maroons
players can be seen in the Exhibition Rotunda at Pro Football's Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
1906 Columbus (Ohio) Panhandles
1908
Marion (Ohio) Athletic Club
Stark
1912 Youngstown (Ohio) Patricians
MILK
1913 Pine Village (Indiana) Athletic Club
Superior new
1914
Racine (Wisc.) Milkers
County's
Wabash (Ind.) Athletic Association
1915
Lima (Ohio)
1916 Cleveland (Ohio) Indians
VANILLA
QUALITY
Cases
Dayton (Ohio) Triangles
ICE
Finest
1917 Beloit (Wisc.) Iroquois
Cottage
Cheese
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NATIONA
BRUCE
Charlie Moran
Famous baseball umpire helped
organize the Massillon Tigers.
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Producers of gifts
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and souvenirs
bidding for big-name ex-col-
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legians. Michigan's mighty
Willie Heston got his demands
for leading museums,
up to $2,000 a game. Some
team managers talked of organ-
prominent historic
izing a league to control this
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bidding and other troublesome
sites and other
phases.
But it wasn't necessary.
Fans' enthusiasm began to die
noteworthy places of
down and almost completely
out because of the greed of a
Canton Bulldog
special interest.
few individuals. Pro Football
sank to a low ebb. It looked
Toledo Maroor
like it was going to stay there
until Jim Thorpe came along
in 1915.
Bob Shirring
Bruce quality gifts
The miracle red man brought
One of four Pittsburgh pros who
it back to roaring life.
came to Massillon late in 1903.
and souvenirs,
each one unique
First Ohio professional football team
Massillon Tigers.
with that added touch
of distinction,
HOW BIG
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the custom-designed
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doctor - the mind of a boy contemplates
endless situations that will demand his
talents when he's "grown up."
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a college education, for instance, helps a lot.
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a place in the hall of fame, but thanks
to life insurance, you can guarantee that
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Canton Sign Co.
Davis, Robert
ceramic bank
Abbott, Robert S.
Blanc, Ronald J.
Canton Sportswear, Inc.
Deal, George L.
Abbott, Walter C.
Blanco, Louis Realty
Canton Steel Fabricators
Deerwester, C.L.
Abdulla, Robert E.
Blasier, Clarence
Canton Sterilized Wiping Cloth
DeHoff, Harold
Academy Rubber Co.
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Bloom & Klein Co.
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Acierno, John
Blue Cross Civic Fund
Canton Supply Co.
Dennis, C. K.
Acker, V.
Bob's Diner
Canton Travelodge
Dependable Harris Paints, Inc.
Ackley, Ronald D.
Bober, David
Canton Welfare Fed. Employees
DeRoche, Robert
Hall of Fame
Acme Loan Co.
Bobby Shop for Children
Civic Fund
Detroit Lions
Adams Camera Shop
Boccuti Cleaners
Canton Wholesale Floral
Deuble, Donald E.
Adams Sign Co.
Bogedain, Dr. William
Canton Women's Bowling Assn.
Deuble, George H., Sr.
Addressograph-Multigraph Corp.
Bolgiano,
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Adelman's Truck Parts
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Cloverlane
Dyer Products Co.
Aten, Dr. E.
Buchman, John F., Jr.
Cobb, Mrs. Edward M.
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Atkins, Tom
Buckley, Edna A.
Cobbey, Shively
Eagle Baking Co.
Auld, Dr. Tom
Budget Plan Finance Co.
Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
East Ohio Gas Co.
Automatic Steel Products, Inc.
Buffo, Joseph
Coen Oil Co.
Ebden, William A.
Avenue Paint Co.
Bumpas, The Jim Agency
Coffee Cup
Eckard, Merle
1914 Youngstown Patricians
Azo Chemical Co.
Burnosky, Henry
Cohn, Irwin
Ecker & Sons Jewelers
Burris, Mrs. Margaret
Colaner, Donald R.
Economy Savings & Loan Co.
B-Line
Buxbaum Co.
Colaner, Robert P.
Edwards Motor Co.
B&P Motor Express, Inc.
Byers, Virgil J.
Colaner Tire Co.
Edwards, Thomas W., III
NATIONAL PRO FOOTBALL
Byrer, Lanny L.
Cole, Stan
Bacon, William E.
Eisenbrei, Richard C.
Baers of Canton
Byrne, J.
Collins, Douglas
HALL OF FAME
Electric Heating & Cooling Corp.
Bailey, Dale
-c-
Coltrin, C.E.
Electric Motor & Engineering Co.
C & Shoe Repair Service
Columbus Bar & Restaurant
Baker, D. R.
El Faye, Samuel
Cain, Michael H.
Comet Cleaners
Baker, B.
Elks Lodge No. 68
Caldwell, B.
Commercial Press
Baker, R. C.
Elliott, Mrs. Paul
Ball, Charles
Campro Co.
Compton, Richard K.
As specialists in the production
Ellis, Charles
Baltimore Colts
Candy Bowl
Conde, Alfonso
Elson, W. C.
of custom designed and decorated
Balzer Realty Co.
Canterbury-Craine Book Shop
Conley, Ann K.
Embro Mfg. Co.
Bankers Life & Cas. Co.
Canton Art Service
Conley, Arthur W.
Engine Improvement Co.
ceramic pieces, we are proud to
Baptist, Garry Lee
Canton Auto Club
Conley, M. Co.
Enterprise Aluminum Co.
Bardine, C. R.
Canton Auto Parts Co.
Conley, Patricia E.
Eppy's Chevrolet, Inc.
furnish gift items for the Hall of Fame
Canton Barrel & Bag, Inc.
Conley, Penny S.
Barkey, Oscar
Equitable Life Assurance
souvenir shop.
Barnett, Jack G.
Canton City Blue Print, Inc.
Continental Acceptance Corp.
Society of U. S.
Barnhart, Kenneth A.
Canton Coal Sales, Inc. &
Convoy, Inc.
Erlanger, Mr. & Mrs. Robert H.
Magnolia Mining
Cook, Frances
Barrett, Ray F.
Ernst Ernst
A trademark, insignia, emblem or
Canton Container Corp.
Cook, James T.
Bartels, R. E.
Esber, Joyce Ann
Barthelmeh, Paul D.
Canton Elevator & Mfg. Co.
Cook, Richard
Estes, Dr. Marion M.
symbol can be reproduced on such
Canton Engraving & Electrotype
Cook, William
Basner, Paul G.
Evans, Earl
Battista, Adeline
Co.
Correll, W. D.
Evans, Frank W.
pottery ware as figurines, money banks,
Country Fair Barbers
Beaber, William
Canton Floors, Inc.
Everett, Charles D.
paper weights and ashtrays.
Beacon Finance & Inv. Co.
Canton Flower Shop &
Country Fair Shoe Repair
Everhard Products, Inc.
Employees
Country Fair Shopping Center
Beal, Lloyd
Ewing Chevrolet, Inc.
Beaver Petroleum Co.
Canton Hardware Co.
Cowing Outdoor Advertising
Eynon, A. C. Co.
Business firms, clubs and lodges
Becherini, Miss Clara J.
Canton Ice & Cold Storage Co.
Cox & Forsythe Architects
Bedmarczyk, Raymond J.
Canton Ins. Agency, Inc.
Cozy, Carl
F Finance Co.
build good-will using these for special
Belden Brick Co.
Canton Junior Chamber of
Cramer, R.
Crawford, J.
Faigley, Joe
Belden Brick Co. Employees
Commerce
occasions and promotions. Such
Civic Fund
Canton Junior Chamber of
Crowl, Ray
Fame Penn Laundry & Cleaners
awards are always welcome
Commerce Auxiliary
Culp, Dave
Farnsworth, Mr. & Mrs.
Belden, Paul B., Sr.
Canton Junior Sorosis
Cummins Storage Co.
Walter M.
Bender's Tavern
Cunningham, Kenneth
Fasnacht, Robert
always appreciated.
Benson Typewriter Co.
Canton Laundry & Cleaning Co.
Cunningham, Ronald L.
Fawcett, Dick
Bentia, John
Canton Lions Club
Canton Mfg. & Canton Stoker
Curtis, Ward
Fawcett, Ralph
Beresford, Ann Shea
Canton Metal Alloys Co.
Cusack, P.
Feiman, Dr. Daniel T.
Berger, Harry S.
Cutler & Minor Realty Co.
Fellmeth, William H., Jr.
Berkman Ins. Agency
Canton National Bank
Ferraro's Bakery
Bernabei, Victor
Canton Paint & Wall Paper, Inc.
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Ferrell Construction Co.
Bernal, M.
Canton Plating Co., Inc.
Dagenhard, John
Fick, John E.
Bernosky, Ronald
Canton Printing Co.
Daianu, John A.
Filimon, Charles
Bertsch, Raymond M.
Canton Real Estate Board
Dallas Cowboys
Filkil, H. K. Construction Co.
Beshara, Dr. Edmund
Dandee Eastern Div.
Finefrock, C. 0. Co.
Biff's Steaks, Inc.
Danner Press of Canton, Inc.
STANFORD SALES, INC.
Bille, Glenn
Darr, Art
Biris Excellent Food
Dartmouth Pharmacy
CREATIVE MANUFACTURING POTTERS
Bison Corp.
David Bros. Wholesale Co.
Davis Cab
SEBRING, OHIO
Football's
These are the people whose gifts created Pro Football's
Hall of Fame-clubs, organizations, unions, civic groups
Greatest Team
of all sorts, and just plain individual citizens
56
57
DONORS continued
Fink, Albert Co.
Hannon Electric Co.
Kaven Co.
Fireplace Store
Harding, Mr. & Mrs. H. S.
Kehl, Herman Florist, Inc.
First Federal Savings & Loan
Hardware & Supply Co.
Kell, Andrew A.
First National Bank
Harig, E. J.
Kell, Mr. & Mrs. Richard R.
Fisher Auto Supply Co.
Harkey, Dr. J. Mace
Keller Stag
Fisher's Foods of Canton
Harman, Robert E.
Kempthorn, O.
Fisher's Sewing Machine Co.
Harmon, G. & Sons, Inc.
Kempthorn Motors, Inc.
Fitz, Karen E.
Harmon, Russell S., Jr.
Kennedy, Dr. K. W.
Fitz, Kathleen S.
Harold's Fruits & Vegetables
Salutes the pro football
Kennedy, Walter
Fitz, Dr. Mrs. Robert
Harrington, James
Kerr, Daniel
Fitz. William R.
Harris, T. K. Agency
Kerstetter, Charles
Five Points Restaurant Drive-In
Harrison Paint & Varnish Co.
Ketterer, John G.
Kroger
Flagg, Edgar J.
Hart, Edward R. Co.
Keywell Co., Inc.
Flagmeier, Evelyn A.
Hart, Ian Bruce, Sr.
Kienzle, Malcolm
Flanigin, W. B.
Harter Bank & Trust Co.
Kilgore, Robert A.
We are proud to
Flowers Welding & Machine Co.
Hartford Fire Insurance Co.
Kilgore, Robert J.
Formet-Clevenger Funeral Home
Hartman Shell Service Station
King, Art
be a part of
HALL of FAME
Forster, Harry D.
Hartville Rotary Club
King, R. G.
Frankham Brass & Bronze Co.
Harvard Clothing Co.
King, Dr. William
this publication commemorating
Franks, Howard
Hasler, William A.
Kippen, Dr. A. Arnold
Frantz Mfg. Co.
Hathaway, R. E.
Kiwanis Club of Canton
the dedication of the
Fraternal Order of Police Assoc.
Hawk, C. B.
Klass, William
Frease, George
Hawk, Jerry Letter Shop
Kling Motors, Inc.
Frease & Shorr Advertising
Hawk's
Klingstedt Bros. Co., Inc.
National Professional Football
Frease Realty Co.
Hays, Dr. James C.
Klingstedt, Harry 0.
Freco Chemical Co.
Heckman, Charles
Klippert, D. S.
Hall of Fame.
Frederick, Richard
Hegal, Carl M.
Knoch, A. A. & Sons, Inc.
Freedman Window Cleaning Co.
Heggy's Nut Shop
Kohl, Jean
Freudeman, Daniel
Heiser, Hubert
Kohler, W.
Henke, R. H.
Kolp, Charles & Sons
We are also proud of
Frieg's Restaurant
Friendly Furniture
Henry, Sgt. Clyde
Real Estate
Froehde, B. E. Agency
Herbruck, Karl
Konstand, George Insurance Co.
our reputation as
Froelick, L. V.
Herbruck, W. Gibbs
Koontz, Vernon
Frohme's Flowers
Herbst, Dr. Mark G.
Krabill, Robert A.
a quality printing house.
Frost, James B.
Herrington Paper Co.
Krach, Joseph
Fry Bros. Coal Co.
Higgins, Lester
Krahling, Bob
In addition to handling
Fry, Harold S. Agency, Inc.
Hill, Glenn W.
Kresge, S. S. Co.
Fulton Drugs
Hilscher-Clarke Electric Co.
Krichbaum, Dr. William T.
both offset and
FOOTBALL HALL OF
Furney, Donald
Himmelright, Paul
Krieg, Mrs. Charles W.
Himmelright, Robert
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Kreighbaum Funeral Home
Get your free
Hiner, Mildred Travel Service
Gallagher, John
Kuebel, Robert
letterpress printing,
Hinkle, Charles
Gamble's Shoe Store
Kula, S.
Hirschheimer, Mr. & Mrs.
Garman, Charles
Kull, Lew Florist
we offer complete bindery and
Milton
Garofalo, F.
Kutcher, Robert
Hoagland, Michael Lee
Gasser, John & Son Jewelers
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Hofsteter, Dr. Grace
typographical service.
Hall of Fame
Gauchat, Dr. Harry W.
Lajeunesse, V.J.
Holiday Inn Hotel
Geiger Agency Co.
Holmes-Deal Garden & Pet
Lake Erie Bottling Co.
Geltz's Flowers
Lakeland Lanes, Inc.
Supply
General Baking Co.
Home Beverage Co.
Lamb's Auto Supply Co.
We are equally proud
General Body Shop
Home Electric Co.
Langenbach, Mrs. Rosa J.
General Finishers Corp.
Lanzi, Oscar S.
of our long association
Home Savings & Loan Co.
General Motors Acceptance
LaPlante, Edward
SOUVENIR
Homer's, Inc
Corp.
Lattavo Bros., Inc.
Hook Jewelry
with the many discriminating
Gennett, Daniel Q.
Hoopes, E. S., Jr.
Lattavo, Gerald
Gennett, Michael
Hover Co. Char. Trust Fund
Latto, Richard
George, Lester
Hoover Co. Employees Civic
Laughlin Auto Sales
buyers of fine printing,
Gerber, Doyle
Fund
Laurenson Agency Co
Lauritzen, Dean G.
who have helped us
Gerber, Nancy
Hoover Co. Management Trust
Gerber, Paul E. & Doris V.
LaVerne's Mt. Vernon Market
Hoover, Dr. Thomas H.
Gibbons Grable Co.
Hoover, Mrs. Clarice S.
Lawrence-Dykes & Associates
maintain this reputation for
TUMBLER
Gibbs, Mrs. Alvin J.
Hoover, Mr. & Mrs. Richard S.
Lazich, Parry
Gibbs, Arthur E.
Hoover, Mr. & Mrs. W. Henry
LeMasters, F. F.
over half a century.
Gibbs, Theodore V.
Lemmon & Molnar Mkt.
Horn, Clayton G.
Gilbert, Richard G.
Hose, Herbert
Leonard Agency Co.
Gilhousen, Ralph
Hostetter, Walter
Leonard, Raymond
Gill, William
Howbet Grading & Paving
Leprechaun Inn
Gilmore, Paul
Letter Shop
Howenstine, J.E.
Giovanini, Paul
Lewis, Dustin
Hower, Fred A.
Globe Cartage Corp.
Lewis, Dr. Norman
Hub of Canton
Glotone Hour Cleaners
Lewiston, H. J.
Hune, Larry
Look for the Kroger newspaper advertisement
Golden Age Dist. Co. &
Liberal Loan Co.
The Caxton Press Inc.
Hursh Coal & Supply Co.
Employees
Hussar, Mr. & Mrs. Andr.
Lieber, Dr. Maurice
Lilenthal, W. B.
with full details on how you can get a Hall
Golden Pheasant Restaurant
Hyde, Paul
Goldsmith, Mrs. William
Lilly, Robert E., Jr.
Golembeski, Arthur
+1-
Lincoln Hardware Co
Canton, Ohio
of Fame souvenir tumbler free with Sugardale
Good, Merle W. Agency
I.B.M. Corp.
Linden Ave. Barber Shop
Good, William
Ideal-Kenyon Music Co.
Lindsay, James Agency
Gordon-Shaidnagle-Hollingen
Igelstroem Oberlin, Inc.
featured meat products. Offer expires
Livingston Furniture Co.
Graber Mills, Inc.
Industrial Tool Co., Inc.
Locker, Jos. A., Inc.
Grand Hotel
International Harvester Co.
Logan, Richard
September 21, 1963.
Greater Canton Old Timers
Iron & Steel Transport
Logan, Robert
Greater Old Timers Baseball
Irwin Steel Co.
Logan's Super Service
Baseball Associaton
Isaly Dairy Co.
Lombardi, Edward
Green Bay Packers
&
Lombardi, Herman J.
Green, John
& Motors, Inc.
Lombardi Shoe Service
54 YEARS OF SERVICE
Green's Music Store
Jack, Earl B. & Son
Lonas, Hal C.
Greenberger, Dr. Maurice L.
Jack & Tim's Restaurant
Long, Ed
Gregory Galvanizing & Metal
Jackson-Bayley Electric Co.
Los Angeles Rams
Processing, Inc.
Jacob, John Agency Co.
Lottman, Milton
1909-1963
Griesinger, James E.
Jacob, John Travel Agency
Louce, Ludwig L.
Sugardale
Grisen, Walter
Jacobs, Steve
Louisville Little Leopard
Grosse,
Jacobs-Waltner Funeral Home
Athletic Assn.
Grove Refrigeration & Air
Jakab, Emery C.
Louisville Rotary Club
Conditioning
Jaksic, Eli
Lowery, Omar
Grundy, James
James, Richard W.
Lucas, William
Guardabascio, Carmelee
Janson Industries
Luckner, John M.
Guest, Jim
Jenkins, Rex
Lukens, D.
Guest Realtors
Johnston, Bruce S.
Luntz Iron & Steel Co.
Gulling, Richard A.
Johnston, Donald
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Gummere Sales & Service
Joliet, Dr. John D.
McCallin's Pure Oil Service
Gursky, Mark
Jones, A. R.
McCauley, M. N.
Gussett, Jerry A.
Jones, Edgar W.
McCollam, C. H.
Gust, John
Jones, Richard J.
McConkey, Dr. A. W.
FOO
Guynup, C.
Jones, Robert H.
McCoy, Tom
Collector's Edition:
Joseph, Wayne E.
McCurdy Furnace Co.
PRO
12 ounce authentic Anchor
H & C Paper Sales
Julian, A. L.
McCuskey, Richard G.
CRADLE
H & Auto Parts Co.
-K-
McDonad's Drive In
OF
Hocking safety-edge tumbler
Hahn Co.
Kaiser, Herman
McDonnell, Mrs. Harold D.
in red, white and blue.
Haines Co.
Kamp, Fred
McElhenie, W. H.
Haines, Evelyn M.
Kaplan Service Station
McGonagle, D. K.
Hall, Kistler & Co.
Karam, Fred F., Inc.
McGregor, Norman C.
Halter, Jos. & Sons, Inc.
Karlosky, Karl A., Jr.
McKee, Herbert J.
Hambach, James D.
Karolyi, A.
McKinley Savings & Loan Co.
Hamburg Inn
Kasserman, Dr. Walter H.
McKinley Storage & Transfer Co.
Hamilton, Dr. lan
Kauffman Agency
McMillan Construction Co.
McQueen, Robert L.
Hamm, John
McQuilkin, R. P.
Hammerly, William P.
Hammond, Robert L.
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DONORS continued
McVay, Robert D.
National Cash Register Co.
Quality Dry Cleaners & Dryers
Schory Cement Block Co.
McVey, Dr. John R.
National Cigarette Service
Quality Wall Paper Co.
Schwitzgebel, Carl
Taylor, J. Cooper
NATIONAL PRO FOOTBALL
M-C-A Sign Co.
National Iron & Metal Co.
Quicci, Francis A., Jr.
Scoggan, Bill
Taylor, Mr. & Mrs. Earl
Machuga, Edward A.
Neff, John B.
Quicci, Mrs. Mary
Scott, Dr. John M.
Taylor, James A.
HALL
Mack Beverage Co.
Nelson, Hugh
Quinn, John
Screen Heating Transformers
Teis, Gerald E.
OF
Mack, Guy A.
Neuman, M.
Quinn, Paul
Scrimo, Joseph R.
Teis, Robert W.
Mack, Russell H.
New England Mutual Life Ins.
&
Sealtest Foods Civic Fund
Teis, Robert W., Jr.
FAME
Maeson, Allan
Co.
Rack Service, Inc.
Sears Roebuck & Co
Ted, Mr. Men's Wear
Maggiore, Shirley
New York Giants
Radio Akron, Inc.
Seesholtz, Dr. John R.
Terminix Company of Ohio
Maggiore Super Mkt.
Newkirk, W.
Rafeld, Jack
Seiple Lithograph Co.
Thoma Refreshment Co.
Mahoney Sash & Door Co.
Nicholas, Don
Raff, Edward
Seiple, Richard
Thomas, Mr. & Mrs. Elmer
Mahoning Hardware Co.
Nicholas, Robert L.
Raff, Richard D.
Sekeres Funeral Home
Thomas, Mrs. H. 0.
Mallette, William H.
Nicholson, David
Raff, Richard Jr.
Selinsky, Henry A., Inc.
Thomas, Dr. John M.
Malone, Michael
Nickles Bakery
Ramsayer, Dr. Ralph K.
Sell, George
Thompson, J.
Maloney Motor Co.
Nicola's Fine Foods & Beverages
Rand Hardware
Seran, Chester
Thompson, J. G.
Mandry, David J.
Nixdorf, Donald H.
Ransom, A. E.
Serra, Jacques D.
Thompson, John T.
Mandry, Joe
Noaker, Harold
Rapport's Women's Apparel
Service Tool & Supply
Thorley, Dwayne
Mandry, Odillia
Noaker, Mrs. L. G.
Raridan, John D.
Company
Three Sons Dry Cleaners
Manne, Kenneth A. Laboratories
Noebe, Karl R.
Ravine, Richard
Sexauer, Harold 0.
Tobey, Henry A.
Mansfield, John, Jr.
Norris, Wade
Ray Roofing
Shackle, Ronald
Tongue, David
Mansfield, John C.
North Canton B.P.O.E. #2029
Rebillot, John P.
Shaheen, Carl N.
Towel, William Motors, Inc.
Marchbank, Raymond, Jr.
North Canton Bldg. & Leasing
Redleski, Wm.
Sharff Glass, Inc.
Thurin. Mr. & Mrs. B. A.
Marconi, Ben
North Canton Electric Drain &
Reed, Cletus T. Funeral Home
Sharon Steel Corp.
Thurin, M. L.
LIBRARY
Marek, Martin
Sewer
Rees Plating Company
Sheil, Roy
Tifft, Dr. George
Market Ave. Realty Co.
North Canton Jr. Chamber of
Reeves, Paul
Sherwin-Williams Co.
Timken Roller Bearing Company
Markley, C. P. Co.
Commerce
Refrigeration Economics Co.
Shew, G. William, Insulation Co.
Tiny Towne
Markley, Herbert E.
North Canton Midget Football
Reinglass, Dr. Samuel S.
Shipley, Dr. Thomas B.
Towne Manor Motel
The Library being established at Pro Football's
Marks Tractor & Equipment Co.
League
Renkert, D.
Shirley Shoes
Transamerican Freight Lines,
Marks Waste Material Co.
North Canton Optimist Club
Renkert, David
Sirak, Stanford
Inc.
Hall of Fame will soon be a mecca for students,
Marshall, John
North Canton Tool Co.
Renz, William
Shulan Jewelers
Treen's Incorporated
Shumick, Cheryl
Tressel, Chester B.
authors, historians and just plain football buffs.
Martin, Curtis C.
Northeastern, Inc.
Reserve Printing Co., The
Martin's Pastry Shop, Inc.
Noyes, Proctor A.
Reti, Andrew J.
Shumick, Tony
Tri-City Office Supply Co.
Martin's Stationers
Rice Office Supply Co.
Shurman, Louie C.
Triner, Don
The intention is to collect at least one copy of
-0-
Martinat Wine Shop
Richard, Christopher J.
Shuttleworth, Wm., Jr.
Trirosis, Miss Lorena
Oberlin, Ralph, Jr.
Marx, W. N.
Office Equipment Co.
Richard, Mathew G.
Simpson, Calvin L.
Troup & Pluto Company
every publication concerning football (especially
Mary Ann Doughnut Shoppe
Ohio Battery & Ignition Co.
Richard, Robert A.
Simpson, Ray
Trumble, G. B.
Marzich, William
Ohio Bell Telephone Co.
Richey, Herchel M.
Simpson, Robert
Tschantz, James S.
Pro Football) since Gutenberg first went to Witten-
Maser, David
Sinclair, Dr. Thomas F., Jr.
Tschantz, John E.
Ohio China Wholesale Co.
Richmond, Robert L.
berg (or was it Heidelberg?)
Massillon Container Co.
Ohio Drilling Co.
Ricker Hardware, Inc.
Singer, Ronald L.
Tschantz, Dr. Robert E.
Massillon Drive In Hotel
Riddle, Wm. F.
Skolmutch, Paul
Tudor, Freeman
Ohio Ferro-Alloys Corp.
This search includes:
Massillon Savings & Loan
Ohio Nat'l. Life Ins. Co.
Ridgway, Cliff
Slaughter, Joe, Men's Wear
Tuttle, G. B.
Massillon Steel Casting Co
Riehl, G. E.
Sleep Shop
Ohio Optical Co.
-U-
Game Programs
Year Books
Mathers, Sgt. Clyde
Ohio Paper Products Co.
Riemenschneider, W. K.
Slutz, Capt. James
Umstattd, William E.
Mathie Coal & Supply
Ohio Power Co.
Rinehart, Richard R.
Smith, Kenneth C. Agency
Universal Food Service, Inc.
Scrapbooks
Ohio U-Drive-It Co.
Smith, Nelle E.
Magazines
Maxwell, Charles R
Risher. Rav
Union Metal Manufacturing Co.
May's Barber Shop
Olivieri, Fred
Robb, Roy E.
Smith, Richard
United States Army Reserve
Brochures
Photo Albums
Mayfield, B. R.
Onesto Hotel
Roberts, Edward H.
Smith, Warren G., Atty.
Unique Club of Stark Co.
Mead, George
Optimist Club of Canton
Robertson, Maebelle
Smuck, Harry
Urbach, H. J.
Biographies
Fiction
Mehaffies Supply Co.
Order of Ahepa
Robins Furniture Company
Souers, Loren, Jr.
Uth, Robert E.
Meighen, Bernard
Osmundsen, Otto A.
Roderick, Morgan
Sowd, Mr. and Mrs. William
Already the shelves include such collectors'
Melbourne Bros. Const. Co.
Otis Elevator Co.
Roemer, H.
Spahr Motor Trucking Co.
UNIONS
Melito, Joe C.
Spector, Irving
Otto, Sam
Rogers, Dr. Earl H.
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
items as the first note-book compiled by Knute
Menegay Machine & Tool Co.
Outlet Store
Rogers, Edward R.
Spiker, C. D. Funeral Home
Butcher Workmen of North
Mercier Tool & Die Co.
Overcasher, Ned
Rolli, Richard
Sponseller & Sponseller, Attys.
America Local 427
Rockne; one of Pop Warner's earliest instruction
Mergus Restaurant
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Roos, Adolph
Stafford, A. G. Co.
Bricklayers, Masons & Plasterers
Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner,
Rose, L. M.
Stahlheber's
International Union of Amer-
books; four different biographies of Jim Thorpe;
Smith, Inc.
Pacific Finance Loans
Ross Odorless Cleaners
Standard Housing Corp.
ica Local 6
Merson, Victor H.
Paisley, Miss Harriet G.
Papas, Gust
Rosenberry, Maurice
Standard Oil Co.
Brotherhood of Painters, Decor-
the autobiography of Bill Edwards; rules books from
Merwin, Donald K.
Ross, David M.
Standard Plumbing & Heating
ators and Paperhangers of
Mestel, Harry
Paper Products Corp.
Rossetti, John
Co.
America Glaziers Local 938
the 1890s; and programs from almost 2,000 dif-
Metropolitan Brick, Inc.
Parisian Co.
Rossi, Anthony Studio
Standard Pool Cleaner Company
Brotherhood of Painters, Decor-
Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.
Partridge. S. C.
Rosso, Anthony
Standard Printing Co.
ators and Paperhangers of
ferent games from as far back as 1910.
Meyers Lake Park
Patterson, M. E. Agency
Rotary Club of Canton
Stark Ceramics, Inc.
America Local 89
Michalk, Craig S.
Patterson, Marjorie
Rowinski, Robert
Stark County Animal Hospital
General Truck Drivers Union
Students and authors will be encouraged to use
Michalk, Timothy K.
Patterson & Randle Amoco
Royhar, Inc.
Stark County Milk Producers
Local 92
Michel, Charles H.
Service
Rumrill, Robert N.
Association
Greater Canton AFL-CIO Council
the research facilities.
Middlebranch Lions Club
Patton, William E.
Russ, John A., III
Stark County Western Saddle
Hotel & Restaurant Employees'
Milano, Jules Floral Shop
Paul, Paul Agency
Russ, Raymond J., II
Horse Assn.
and Bartenders' International
Millar Juvenile Shoe Store
Peoples Drug Store
Ryan, John R.
Stark Distributing Co.
Union Local 839
Miller, A. B.
Peoples Furniture Co.
Rybolt, Robert M.
Stark, William
International Association of
Miller, Fred W.
Peoples-Merchants Trust Co.
State Metals & Steel Co., Inc.
Bridge and Structural Iron
THEATER
Miller. R.
Peppard, Don
State Window Cleaning Co.
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co.
Sampson, H. L.
Workers Local 662
Miller Sales Co.
Staudt, Elmer R. Agency
Scheideman, Ed S.
International Association of
Minit Man Car Wash
Perfection Launderers &
Stearn, Jack B.
Schellhase, Mr. & Mrs. Elmer
Fire Fighters Local 249
Football movies - new and old - will be shown
Minnesota Vikings
Cleaners
Steel Specialties, Inc.
Schellhase, David T.
International Association of
Mitchell, David T.
Perretta, Frank
Steele, Maude
Schellhase, E. Robt., Atty
Heat and Frost Insulators &
Mitchell, Helen
Peters Candy & Icing Flower Co.
Steele, Ralph L. Agency
daily in The Hall of Fame Theater. It is directly
Peters, Russ & Associates
Schellhase, William R.
Asbestos Workers Union
Mitchell, S. Clem
Steele, Mr. W. W., Jr.
Schellhase, William R., II
Local
84
beneath The Hall on the ground level of the V-
Modern Method Laundry
Peterson, Dr. Charles G.
Steffy, Leo
Schlemmer Buick, Inc.
International Brotherhood of
Modern Motor Sales
Peterson, Melvin
Stein, Donald
Peterson, Norman H.
Schmid, Mrs. Martin H.
Boiler Makers, Iron Ship
Building.
Modern Pattern Works
Stein, Edward
Schneider, Dale
Builders, Blacksmiths, Forg-
Moffat, Ruth
Philadelphia Eagles
Steineck's Bakery
Phillips; John H.
Schneider, O. E.
ers & Helpers Local 1081
On week-days, the showings will be every hour
Mollet, S. J.
Steiner, Don
Schneider, Robert R.
International Brotherhood of
Mollet, S. J., III
Philmore, Herman
Stern & Mann Co.
Physicians Pharmacy
Schory & Schellhase Coal &
Boiler Makers, Iron Ship
Stevens, Carl
on the hour from 10 A.M. until 10 P.M. On Sundays,
Monarch Rubber Co.
Ice Co.
Builders, Blacksmiths, Forg-
Moncrief, Don
Piatt, Robert
Stilwill, Dr. Maurice E.
ers & Helpers Safe Workers
the hours will be 1 to 9 P.M.
Pierce, E. Lee
Schrag, D. L.
Mondok Custom Tailoring
Stocker, A. E. Company
Pierson, A.
Schreiber, Earl
Lodge 1191 Diebold Inc.
Montgomery, Donald
Stockon, Lee Incorporated
Pines, The
Schreiber, Robert
International Brotherhood of
The Hall of Fame film collection dates back to
Monumental Life Ins. Co.
Stoddard, L.
Moore, Mary E.
Pittsburgh Paint & Glass Co.
Schuman Drug Company
Electrical Workers Local 1985
Ston, Emma Spann
Schupbach, Dean E.
International Brotherhood of
1925, but the search is continuing.
Moots, Dr. Mark F.
Pittsburgh Steelers
Stratton, Dr. Paul E.
Moran, Gertrude Millinery
Plaza Barber Shop
St. Louis Football Cardinals
Streb, Robert C.
Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill
St. Regis Paper Company
Workers of the United States
Miles of footage have been reeled in from the
Harvey
Plaza Lanes, Inc.
Streza, John
Morris,
Safron, John Agency
and Canada Local 460
Morris Lincoln Mercury, Inc.
Pocock, George R.
Strong, G. Gordon
International Molders & Foundry
pro teams, individual movie enthusiasts and collec-
Pocock, Ken
Samblanet, Dr. H. L.
Morris Steel Co., Inc.
Studer's Sporting Goods
Poet, Mrs. Blanche B.
Samoila, Ray
Workers Union of North Amer-
Morris Loan Co.
Sturrett, Joseph A.
Sanders, Harold
ica
Local
52
tors, television companies, sports producers, news-
Morrow, Harry M.
Polsky Real Estate Agency
Sugardale Provision Company
Poor & Company
Sandstrom, Thure A.
Sugardale Provision Company
International Printing Press-
Morton's of Massillon
men's and Assistants' Union
reel outfits, Hollywood.
Mt. Union College Coaching
Pope, Louis
San Francisco 49ers
Civic Fund
Satow, H.
Summers Furniture Shoppe
of North America Local 241
Staff
Porterfield, William A.
Moushey, William K.
Summit, William A.
International Union of Barbers,
Included are annual league and team highlights,
Potter, Donald
Saver, Robert C.
Pressler, Dr. C. L.
Saunders Cartage, Inc.
Sumser, Jack
Hairdressers & Cosmetologists
Mravec, Joseph G.
Prestier, Gerald J.
Scaglinne,
J.
Local 329
world championship games, special historical films
Muckley, Dr. James M.
Sun Finance & Loan Company
Mulligan, J.T.
Presto Press
Schauer, Tom
Sundberg, W.
Operative Plasterers' & Cement
Scheetz, AI Agency
Masons' International Assoc-
compiled by different clubs, and other thrilling
Preyer, Mrs. Clara G.
Sun Life Assurance Company
Murray, Ronald
Price Cut Stone
Schirack, Dr. Frank & Mrs.
of
Canada
iation of the United States &
documentary reels.
Murray's, Arthur School of
Dancing
Price, Harley C.
Schlabach, R. M.
Superior Dairy, Incorporated
Canada Local 109
Price, Harry W., Jr.
Schloneger, Harry J.
Superior Provision Company
Postal Workers Welfare
Shows will be changed weekly. The schedule
Murutes. Jenny
Schmucker, Nelson E. & Ruby E.
Association
Mutual of Omaha
Pride Furniture Co.
Suyster, Ray
Schnake, Cliff
Swab, Glenn E.
Stark Tri County Building
Primack, Leon M.
will be published in advance. (It is urged that you
Muzzy, James B.
Printz, Álbert C.
Schneck, William D.
Swallen, Lawhun, Clark &
Trades Council
Myers, Howard B.
Schneeberger & Son Funeral
Paulson
United Association of Journey-
Myers, Mary Esther
Pritz, Mrs. L. G.
make reservations for the theater because its seat-
Pucci Distributing Company
Home
Swallow, C. R.
men & Apprentices Local 94
Myrick, Fred E. Co.
Schneider Lumber Co.
Swallow, George N.
United Automobile, Aircraft &
Pucci, Leo
ing capacity is limited to 125.)
Pugazon, Joe
Schoeneman, Earl
Swift, Richard
Agricultural Implement Work-
Pure Oil Service Station
Scholnik, Edward N. Agency
Symes & Son Florists
ers of America Ford Local 542
Schoner, Harold
United Automobile, Aircraft &
Agricultural Implement Work-
60
ers of America Hercules
Local 161
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DONORS continued
United Glass and Ceramics
Williams, Don E. Funeral Home
FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME
Workers of North America
Williams, Ed. Lumber Co.
East Sparta Local 45
Williams, John H. F.
United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum
Williams, Ralph, Incorporated
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and Plastic Workers of Amer-
Williams, Randy L.
ica Local 550
Williamson, Plumbing
PLUMBING
HEATING
VENTILATING
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS
United Steel Workers of
Wilson, Elvin
America AFL-CIO
Wilson, Ray (Builder)
installed by
Golden Lodge Local 1123
Wilson Transfer Company
United Steel Workers of
Wilson Rubber Company
America
Wingerter, R. G.
Local 1046 United Steel
Winters, Jack & Anne
THE A. C. EYNON COMPANY, INC.
Workers of America
Winzler, H. P.
Local 1590 United Steel
Wipperman, C. James
MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS
ENGINEERS
Workers of America
Wise, Carl
Local 2327 United Steel
Wise, Reuben Z., Jr.
Workers of America
Wiseman's Service
Local 2345 United Steel
Whitticar, Ralph Funeral Home
during their diamond
75th
Workers of America
Wood, James 0.
anniversary
year
Local 3446 United Steel
Woodling, George V.
Workers of America
Worley School Junior Police
Local 3610 United Steel
Wright, Donald
Sheet metal sub-contractor
Workers of America
Wright, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L.
Local 3613 United Steel
Wueitz, Don E.
Workers of America
Wyandt, John J.
THE CRAMER HEATING & VENTILATING CORPORATION
Local 4396 United Steel
Wynn, Dr. John D.
Workers of America
-Y-
1646 WESTFIELD AVE. S.W., NORTH CANTON 9, OHIO
Local 5113 United Steel
Yant, Karl W.
Workers of America
Yant, Richard K.
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Local 5228 United Steel
Yant, William F.
Workers of America
Yohe Supply Company, The
Temperature insulation sub-contractor
Local 5260 United Steel
Yost, Bob Tire Mart
Workers of America
Young, A. W.
Local 5439 United Steel
Young, Robert A.
THE CLARK ASBESTOS COMPANY
Workers of America
Young, William T.
Local 5537 United Steel
Young-White Trucks, Inc.
1893 E. 55th ST., CLEVELAND 3, OHIO P. O. BOX 108, AKRON 9, OHIO
Workers of America
Youngstown Cartage Co.
Local 5658 United Steel
-2-
Workers of America
Zaharie, Andrew G.
Utility Workers Union of
Zahn, Norman D.
America Loocal 116
Temperature control system sub-contractor
Zaiser, Ray W. Company
-V-
Zeitz, Thomas A.
Vail, Charles W.
Zernechel, AI R.
JOHNSON SERVICE COMPANY
Vail, R. F.
Ziegler Tire & Supply Co.
VanAbel, John P.
Zink, Gary
2708 MOGADORE ROAD, AKRON, OHIO MILWAUKEE 1, WISCONSIN
VanAlman, Norman
Zink Insurance Company
VanHorn, Jack
Zwick, Leander, Jr.
VanOrman, William C.
Zaina, John
Varavvas, Tony
Zwischa, Frank A.
KOHLER OF KOHLER - PLUMBING FIXTURES
Vaughn, Ray W. Ins. Agency
Shoe Repairing
Vaught, 0.0.
THE HARDWARE AND SUPPLY COMPANY
Veg, Dr. Andrew
Vicary, The C. N. Company
4435 LINCOLN WAY, EAST, MASSILLON, OHIO
Vignos, James
475-535 SOUTH HIGH ST., AKRON 11, OHIO
Villa Capri
Vodrey, Joseph K.
Vogel, John
ADVERTISERS
Voltz, Clarance C.
Volzer, Chic
AAA Canton Auto Club
-W-
Alliance Manufacturing Company, The
WCNS-WCNO Radio Station
Ashland Oil Products
WHOF Radio Station
Wade, Mrs. George
Belden Brick Company, The
Wagner, Frank A.
Bender's Tavern
Wagner, Jos. P.
E. W. Bliss Company, The
Wagner, K. E.
Wajtowiez, C.
Bruce Manufacturing Company
HILSCHER
Walker, George 0.
Canton Recreation Department, The
Walkers, Incorporated
Canton Repository, The
Wallace Food Products
Walter, Delmar A.
Caxton Press, The
Walters' Agency Incorporated
Chrysler Motors Corp.-Dodge Division
CLARKE
Walther, Henry
Citizens Savings & Loan Co.
Waltz, The Camera Man, Inc.
Climalene Co., The
Warnock, Ray F.
Washburn, Marilyn
Coca-Cola Bottling Co., The
Washington Redskins
Cumberland Mountain Stone Co.
ELECTRIC COMPANY
Wasson, Dr. Paul E.
Danner Press of Canton, The
BELDEN
Wasson, Dr. William G.
Waterloo Drive In
Downtowner Motor Inn
Wayman, John F.
East Ohio Gas Co., The
Weaver, Dr. Howard B.
Weber Dental Mfg. Co.
Eynon, A. C. Co., The
Weber, Duane C.
Greisinger & Broers Co.
Contractors & Engineers
Weimer, R.
Hamaker & Brechbill, Inc.
THE BEST OF
Welch's Funeral Service
Hilscher-Clarke Electric Co.
Canton, Ohio
Welch, William
Wells, Harold F.
Home Savings & Loan Company
EVERYTHING IN
Welsh, Leo A.
Hoover Co., The
Welshimer, Ralph H.
Wentz, Mr. & Mrs. Burke
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
Wern Advertising Agency
Kroger Co., The
Wernet, R. D.
May Co., The
Wessler, William
Electrical Contractors
Melbourn Brothers Construction Co.
Western Southern Life
Insurance Company
Mergus Restaurant
Wetherell, W. 0.
Ohio Power
for your
Wharton Électric Co.
Onesto Hotel
Whitacre Engineering Co.
BRICK
White Star Trucking Co.
Plain Dealer, The
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Whitmer-Jackson Co.
Seiple Lithograph Co.
Whitticar Funeral Home
Wildman, Smith E.
Stanford Sales, Inc.
Wilkie, Raymond
Stern & Mann Co.
Wilkin, J, R., Builder
J. P. Stevens & Co., Inc.
Wilkins, F. Stuart
Wilkof Structural Steel Corp.
Sugardale Provision Co.
Wille, George C. & Company
Superior Dairy Co.
Willen, Milton L., M.D.
Topp's Chalet
Williams Asphalt Paving Co.
Tschantz N. J., Agency
United Steelworkers of America
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AD SPECIALTIES
ENNESSEE QUARTZITE
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CALENDARS
Wilbur Kauffman
WAS USED IN THIS *BUILDING
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
Ray Keim
Hugh Kennedy
-Joseph Joubert
BUSINESS GIFTS
James Kinder
Wayne King
Sheet M
Toil, Time, Talent
Sigfried Koehler
Phillip Kolleth
the craftsmen, the laborers, the artisans who built
George Krause
The House for Heroes
Peter Krebs
Wayne Kroah
L
Donald Lab
Paul Landis
F
Harold Lanning
A
James C. Abbott
Appr. Electrician
Sager Farkas
Truck Driver
Louis Larson
P. 0. Leach
Wilbur Altmore
Truck Driver
Donald Farnsworth
Yardman
B
Vince Farrell
Floor Mechanic
Richard E. Leach
M. C. Leuthold
Heating
C. K. Baker
Journeyman Electrician
Louis Fernandez
Brickmason
ATIONAL PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME
James Liotti
William Baughman
Laborer
Frank Ferrara
Batch Man
Harold Baughner
Carpenter
Edward Fite
Cement Finisher
M
Gene Barton
Truck Driver & Laborer
Larry Fraley
Painter
Clarence Mang
Pat Barton
Truck Driver & Laborer
Charles Frank
Carpenter
Keith Mattern
Paul Baum
Truck Driver
Blair Froelich
Carpenter
Don Maurer
AI Beamer
Ceiling Mechanic
Antonio Frustaci
Grinder
James Mazzetti
Hershal McKee
James Beavers
Art Glazier
G
WE MINE AND FABRICATE
Henry Bennett
Steam Fitter
William Geitgey
Millman
work for
Bill McKnight
Jack Mensch
D. Bernardon
Terrazzo Mechanic
Tom George
Glazier's Appr.
Charles Metz
Donald Betz
Yard Foreman
William George
Ceiling Mechanic
Sawed panels
John Boiano
Erector
Thomas Gephart
William D. Boxwell
Truck Driver
William Geschwind
Floor Mechanic
you round
Harold Mischler
Truck Driver
John Mohr
Lawrence Mohr
Wilbur Boyd
Laborer
Merrill Gingerich
Erector's Helper
Thin wall
H. Peter Brahm
Art Glazier
Paul Glass
the clock!
Louie Mohr
Brick
Layout Man
Dewaine Moncrief
Paul Brahm
Art Glazier
Dick Glutting
Glazier
Carl L. Moore
Flooring
Edward J. Braum
Millman
Larry Greening
Carpenter's Appr.
James Moran
Robert Brendlen
Steam Fitter
Joe Gromit
Millman
Mark Morena
Fireplaces
Paul Brinkman
Iron Worker
Gary Guist
Painter
Jeff Morgan
Carl Brown
Steam Fitter
H
Neil Morgan
Roger Bulger
Truck Driver
Robert Haffner
Erector
Patios
Joseph Mosser
George Burger
Installer
Richard Hall
Welder
William Muster
Jack Burnett
Laborer
Alan S. Hanft
Draftsman
Polished items
Wilfred Burns
Brickmason
Joe Hann
Steam Shovel Operator
N
T. R. Burris
Machine Operator
Pete Haritas
Glazier
GRIESINGER
Louis Narduzzi
A
Fortunato Businelli
Terrazzo Mechanic
Robert Harriman
Sheet Metal Journeyman
Bernard Neice
C
Duane Harrington
Pipe Coverer
Edwin Nelson
Walter Caldwell
Painter
Mel Harsh
Pipe Coverer
Larry Cale
Truck Driver
Edward Hartzell
Plasterer
& BROERS CO.
P
Robert Palmer
Carmine Cicci
Carpenter
Richard Hause
Iron Worker's Helper
Truck Driver
Robert Hemmingson
Roofer
DIVISION OF S. J. BROERS CO.
Roy C. Patterson
Donald R. Clapper
Leonard Pearch
NEW HOME AND BUILDING CAN
Norman Clugston, Jr
Truck Driver
Everett Henson
Truck Driver & Laborer
Neal Perdue
Clarence Conway
Yard Man
Duane Herdlitk
Sheet Metal Journeyman
Everett Perks
EYE CATCHING AND OUTSTAND-
Fred Cosgrave
Cement Finisher
James Herstine
Iron Worker
Russ Peterson
C
WHEN YOU BUILD WITH
Larry Cramer
Sheet Metal Journeyman
Alexander Hever
Erector
Edward H. Phillips
Lee Cramer
Appr. Sheet Metal Worker
Paul Hinderer
Steam Fitter
Louis F. Phillips
Gordon Cross
Floor Mechanic
UMBERLAND STONE
Richard Hohler Appr. Sheet Metal Worker
James D. Postlewaite
Everett Croston
Grinder
F. D. Hoopes
Timekeeper
where quality tells and service sells
William Poyser
Plumbing
Jack Crowder
Floor Mechanic
Robert Horn
Carpenter's Appr.
Traian Preda
D
Donald Hostetler
Carpenter
Robert Putman
In
Ernest Danhauer
Carpenter
Ronald House
Plasterer
Write or phone
Fred Dayton
Truck Driver
Orie Howard
Terrazzo Helper
Dick Quinn
Money Dennis
Laborer
I
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Luigi DeSpirt
Terrazzo Mechanic
Wayne Irwin
Truck Driver
showroom facilities
Roy Radcliffe
PRICE, Sales
MARY FASOLO, Secretary
Roy Diekmann
Millman
J
at 2 CONVENIENT LOCATIONS
Mel Rainsberger
RANDOLPH, Manager
CLIFFORD BAER, Owner
George DeGantonio
Truck
Driver
&
Laborer
Dale James
Erector
Clarence Ramsey
C
James Domer
Millman'
Lee Jenkins
Grinder
Clarence Rankin
UMBERLAND MOUNTAIN
Robert Dovgan
Plumber
Cecil Johnson
Laborer
NORTH CANTON:
Clarence Register
James Draner
Journeyman Electrician
Lloyd Dale Johnson
Truck Driver
Plaster Tender
414 Sutton Ave.
455-8022
Richard Reicosky
Edward Duffie
Charles Jones
Brickmason
Raymond Reno
STONE COMPANY
Richard Dunlap
Lather
Clarence Jones
Brickmason
AKRON:
Dominic Rex
Bul
John A. Dunn
Steam Fitter
Thomas Jones
Mechanic
Edward Richards
RAB ORCHARD, TENNESSEE
Fred Dycus
Iron Worker
Jim Jordan
Glazier
227 W. Exchange 434-6103
John Richards
E
James Rickenrode
Pete Eaglowski
Floor Mechanic
Charles Rigdon
Phone 615-484-6000
Leland Edgein
Painter
Walter F. Risher
Rennie Edgein
Painter
Albert Rosa
Perry Evans
Carpenter
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WORKERS continued
we
combine
Donald Roudebush
Laborer
quality with quantity!
William Roudebush
Laborer
Mike Ryan
Truck Driver
S
Bernard Sampsel
Iron Worker
'THINK'
Harold Sampsel
Iron Worker
FOUR COLOR
William Savage
Steam Fitter
Jerald Schneider
Foreman
of 'HOME' when you think of Canton
Carl Schrader
Loader Operator
Lloyd Schrader
Bulldozer Operator
Harry Schoenfield
Glazier
'HOME'
WEB
Andrew L. Schweyer
Roofer
John Scopelite
Batch Man
MAGAZINES
Guido Seiga
Terrazzo Mechanic
OF PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL
Don Sevier
Glazier
Royal Sheehan
Glazier
OF FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME
OFFSET
CIRCULARS
Carl D. Shelton
Sheet
Metal
Journeyman
QUOTE JIM THORPE-
Donald Shine
Iron Worker
OF 25th PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.
Leroy Shine
Iron Worker
"This is the best place
Lloyd Shine
Iron Worker
PRINTING
CATALOGS
to eat Indian food"
John Simone
Sheet
Metal
Journeyman
Carl Smith
Iron Worker
SCHOOL
Robert Snyder
Dispatcher
Elbert Steele
Pipe Coverer
Don Stock
Iron Worker
WORK-
James Stokes
Truck Driver & Laborer
Woodrow Stutz
Carpenter
Ted Summer
Letterer
BOOKS
Ron Summers
Erector
Dale Schweitzer
Erector
Chester Sypitkowski Sheet Metal Jou yman
T
Danner Press of Canton
Charles Tarver
Truck Driver & Laborer
offers complete facilities and
James Tatton
Superintendent
experience-in-depth in Web offset
Charles Texter
Millman
printing - one, two, three
Richard Thomas
Carpenter
Ken Thompson
Lather
or four colors.
Neal Thompson
Erector
Now in our fifteenth year of Web offset
Ralph Thompson
Lather
John Toy
Plumber
work, Danner Press offers a central location
William Toy
Plumber
THE
with convenient access to both east coast
John Treacher
Yardman
and west coast markets. Our facilities include plate-making,
George Tubbs
Painter
Howard Tuber
'HOME'
side-wire, saddle-stitch or perfect binding equipment,
Truck Driver
David Tucker
complete Dick-strip mailing facilities, wrapping and
Laborer
John Tyburk
Sheet Metal Journeyman
mailing departments and rail siding.
V
Peter J. Vasil
Truck Driver
OF HOME SAVINGS
For printing that combines quality with quantity, our
complete service organization is at your disposal. F
Erwin Veigel
Sheet Metal Journeyman
William Vesley
Brickmason
& LOAN COMPANY
detailed information without obligation, please call
Amadeus Violand
Superintendent
either our New York or Canton office.
W
Ken Wagner
Glazier
The "HOME" prides itself in being large
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Myron Walters
Journeyman Electrician
enough to serve you, but small enough to
Jack Wells
Cement Finisher
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give your every request personal attention.
Dean Whaley
Ceiling Mechanic
John Williams
Steam Fitter
For low-cost home loans, tailored to fit
Raymond Wiltshire
Iron Worker
your budget, see the "HOME". For insured
ol
Charles Wright
Bulldozer Operator
savings accounts with highest rate of inter-
Gerald Wright
Steam Shovel Operator
est available in this area, see the "HOME"
In Downtown Canton
315 Tuscarawas West
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BENDER'S
NATIONAL PRO FOOTBALL
HALL
A Member of Park & Shop
DANNER PRESS
OF
TAVERN
FAME
CANTON OHIO
HOURS: Mon. 9:00 to 2:30 6:30 to 8:00; Tues.
OF CANTON, INC.
thru Thurs. 9:00 to 2:30; Friday 9:00 to 5:30
1250 CAMDEN AVE. S.W.
CANTON 6, OHIO
137 COURT AVE. S.W.
TELEPHONE: 454-5141
TELEPHONE GL 3-8424
Canton's oldest and finest
New York office: 550 5th Avenue
Phone JU/6-8155
restaurant since 1902.
KNOWN FROM COAST TO COAST
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