Who Were The Pullman Thorns?

The Pullman Thorns otherwise known as the Chicago Pullman Original Thorns was an independent professional football team in 1920. They played all their games Chicago, Illinois (some home and some on the road). Their first game was home at the Pullman Athletic Field in Chicago against Chicago Calumets. The Thorns won 21 to nothing and played the Whiting Red Crowns the following week in a 7-0 win for the Thorns. The third game was home against the Toledo Broadway Tigers in a 42-0 victory. The following game was against Chicago Opal A.A. at home in which the score is forgotten in history and no outcome is known. The Thorns at home won 54-0 against the Fort Wayne Pyramids the next week. The following week the Thorns went up against the Hammond Pros of the APFA (later to be the NFL) at Pullman Athletic Field in a final score of 13-14, Hammond Pros victory. The following week at home again was against the Chicago Cornell A.C. in a 13-6 victory for the Thorns. Next week the Thorns played on the road against the Chicago Logan Square A.C.. The Thorns lost 7-28 in that matchup. The next game at home was against the Chicago Hegewisch A.A. in a final score of 6-0. The following matchup against the Forest Park Tigers was played at a neutral site, at Dexter Park Pavilion. The Thorns won 7-0 against the Tigers. A few weeks later the Thorns at home played the Rock Island Independents of the APFA and lost 7-14. The very last game in the Thorns history they played the Chicago Boosters at Dexter Park Pavilion. The Thorns lost 14-0 with 3500 in attendance in their very last game.