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How A Cincinnati Shoe Company Helped Form The Original Bengals

How A Cincinnati Shoe Company Helped Form The Original Bengals

Model Shoes Professional Football Team Became Bengals In 1937

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Leo Sack, star of the Models - Cincinnati Post 10/15/1936

Amateur and semi-professional football was a pretty big deal in the 1930s through the 1950s in greater Cincinnati. Dozens and dozens of restaurants, taverns, and small companies fielded teams in leagues such as the Greater Cincinnati Football League and the Lowe and Campbell League.

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