Ironton Tanks
Semi-professional American football team 1919-1930 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ironton Tanks were a semi-professional football team organized in 1919 in Ironton, Ohio.
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Founded | 1919; 105 years ago (1919) |
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Folded | 1930; 94 years ago (1930) |
Based in | Ironton, Ohio, United States |
League | Independent |
Team history | Ironton Tanks (1919–1930) |
Team colors | Scarlet Red, Gold, White |
Nickname(s) | Big Red The Big Red Machine |
Head coaches | Earle Louis "Greasy" Neale (1930) |
Home field(s) | Beechwood Stadium (1919–1926) Tank Stadium (1926–1930) |
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Their historical marker gives the story of the Tanks origin: "Semi-professional football began in Ironton in 1893 with a team known as the Irontonians. The Ironton Tanks, founded in 1919, was a combination of two Ironton cross-town rival football clubs known as the Irish Town Rags and the Lombards."[1] Their name reflected both the town's deep roots in the iron industry and the desire of returning soldiers from World War I to run over their opponents.[2]