Canton Bulldogs
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| Founded | 1905 |
| Folded | 1926 |
| Based in | Canton, Ohio United States |
| Home field | Wright Field |
| League | Ohio League (1905-1919) National Football League (1920-23, 1925-26) |
| Team History | Canton Bulldogs (1920-1923, 1925-1926) |
| Team Colors | Maroon, White |
| Head coaches | Cap Edwards (1923, 1925) Guy Chamberlin (1924) LeRoy Andrews (1927) |
| Owner(s) | Sam Deutsch (1923-25) Herb Brandt (1925-27) |
| NFL Championship wins | 1922, 1923 |
| Other League Championship wins | 1916, 1917, 1919 |
The Canton Bulldogs were a professional American football team based in Canton, Ohio, in the National Football League from 1920 to 1923 and 1925 to 1926. The Bulldogs won the 1922 and 1923 NFL championships. In 1924, Sam Deutsch, the owner of the team in Cleveland called the Indians, bought the Canton Bulldogs and took the team nickname and players to his Cleveland franchise as the Cleveland Bulldogs. He offered to sell the Canton franchise back to Canton to play in the 1924 season, but there were no buyers so he "mothballed" the Canton club. The Canton team was re-established in 1925, and the NFL considers the 1925–1926 Canton Bulldogs to be the same team as the 1920–1923 incarnation.
Jim Thorpe was Canton's best player. In 1921–1923, the Bulldogs played 25 straight games without a defeat (including 3 ties), which as of 2008 remains an NFL record. As a result of the Bulldogs' early success along with the league being founded in the city, the Pro Football Hall of Fame is located in Canton. [1]
| Year | League | W | L | T | Finish | Coach | Outcome |
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| 1905 | Ohio | ||||||
| 1906 | Ohio | ||||||
| 1907 | Ohio | ||||||
| 1908 | Ohio | ||||||
| 1909 | Ohio | ||||||
| 1910 | Ohio | ||||||
| 1911 | Ohio | ||||||
| 1912 | Ohio | ||||||
| 1913 | Ohio | ||||||
| 1914 | Ohio | ||||||
| 1915 | Ohio | ||||||
| 1916 | Ohio | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1st | Champions | |
| 1917 | Ohio | 1st | Champions | ||||
| 1918 | Ohio | ||||||
| 1919 | Ohio | 1st | Champions | ||||
| 1920 | NFL | 7 | 4 | 2 | 8th | Jim Thorpe | |
| 1921 | NFL | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4th | Cap Edwards | |
| 1922 | NFL | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1st | Guy Chamberlin | Champions |
| 1923 | NFL | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1st | Guy Chamberlin | Champions |
| 1924 | did not play | ||||||
| 1925 | NFL | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11th | Harry Robb | |
| 1926 | NFL | 1 | 9 | 3 | 20th | Harry Robb, Pete Henry | |
| Totals | 38 | 19 | 11 | ||||
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