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The
Brooklyn Dodgers
were an
American football
team that played in the
All-America Football Conference
(AAFC) from
1946
to
1948
. The team is unrelated to the
Brooklyn Dodgers
that played in the
National Football League
from 1930 to 1943. The team folded prior to the 1949 season and was merged with the
New York Yankees
to form the
Brooklyn-New York Yankees
.
Team history
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The Brooklyn Dodgers of the new AAFC held their first training camp in the summer 1946 out west in
central
Oregon
in the small town of
Bend
.
[3]
Led by head coach
Mal Stevens
, some 62 members of the team assembled in Bend in the middle of July of that year.
[4]
[5]
[6]
The team played two preseason games in the
Pacific Northwest
, the first in
Portland
against the
Chicago Rockets
at
Multnomah Stadium
on August 18,
[7]
[8]
[9]
[10]
and the following Saturday night in
Spokane
against the
New York Yankees
at
Gonzaga Stadium
.
[5]
[11]
[12]
On august 30, 1946 they played they're 1 and only official preseason game at the Akron rubber bowl against the Cleveland Browns
The star of the Dodgers was passing halfback
Glenn Dobbs
, an
All-American
at the
University of Tulsa
.
[5]
Season records
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Season records
Season
|
W
|
L
|
T
|
Finish
|
Playoff results
|
Brooklyn Dodgers
|
1946
|
3
|
10
|
1
|
2nd AAFC East
|
--
|
1947
|
3
|
10
|
1
|
3rd AAFC East
|
--
|
1948
|
2
|
12
|
0
|
4th AAFC East
|
--
|
Brooklyn-New York Yankees
|
1949
|
8
|
4
|
0
|
3rd AAFC
|
Lost semi-final
|
Totals
|
16
|
36
|
2
|
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References
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"Dodgers to Train"
.
Harrisburg Telegraph
. Pennsylvania. April 20, 1946. p. 6.
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"Car lights guide Dodgers to field"
.
Bend Bulletin
. Oregon. July 15, 1946. p. 1.
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a
b
c
"Brooklyn Footballers Arrive at Bend Field"
.
Albany Democrat Herald
. Oregon. July 16, 1946. p. 8.
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"Underdog black team victor in Brooklyn Dodger battle before large crowd in Bend"
.
Bend Bulletin
. Oregon. August 3, 1946. p. 2.
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"Dodgers to face Chicago Rockets"
.
Bend Bulletin
. Oregon. United Press. August 17, 1946. p. 2.
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"Dodger-Rocket clash is first action by American loop"
.
Eugene Register-Guard
. Oregon. Associated Press. August 18, 1946. p. 19.
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"Dodgers, Chicago play 14-14 tie at Portland"
.
Eugene Register-Guard
. Oregon. August 19, 1946. p. 5.
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"Dodgers, Rockets tie at 14 to 14"
.
Bend Bulletin
. Oregon. United Press. August 19, 1946. p. 3.
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"Top pro teams in game tonight"
.
Spokesman-Review
. Spokane, Washington. August 24, 1946. p. 9.
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"Yankees winners; may return here"
.
Spokane Daily Chronicle
. Washington. August 26, 1946. p. 15.
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