Pro Football Historian: OVFL

Monday, January 23, 2023

Who Were The Middletown Merchants?

The Middletown Merchants were one of five professional football teams to play in the Ohio Professional Football League in 1941. On Sunday October 5, 1941 The Middletown Merchants faced off against the Dayton Merchants which resulted in a 6-0 win. The following Sunday the Middletown Merchants were defeated by the Cincinnati Pepsi-Colas 13 to nothing. The following week the Middletown Merchants were defeated 0-6 by the Dayton Dakotas. On Sunday October 26, 1941 in Middletown, Ohio the Middletown Merchants faced off against the Columbus Avondales, the Middletown Merchants would win 7 to nothing. On Sunday November 9, 1941 the Middletown Merchants would face off against the Dayton Merchants in a 0-0 tie. The following week the Middletown Merchants traveled to Cincinnati in which the Merchants would be defeated 8-0 at Carthage Fairgrounds. In the last week of the season and ultimately last week of games for the league the Middletown Merchants would be defeated 13-0 by the Dayton Dakotas at Sucher's Park. The Merchants went 3-3-1 which resulted in third place in the league.

Sources

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/

https://www.profootballarchives.com/index.html

https://americanfootballdatabase.fandom.com/wiki/Football_Wiki

https://www.gridiron-uniforms.com/GUD/controller/controller.php?action=main

https://www.profootballhof.com/hall-of-famers/

Monday, December 12, 2022

Who Were The Cincinnati Pepsi-Colas?

The Cincinnati Pepsi-Colas were a professional football team that played in the Ohio Professional Football League. The league and team lasted just one season. The team played seven games and won every single one of them. The first game was played October 12, 1941 against the Middletown Merchants in a 13-0 victory. The following week on October 19, 1941 against the Dayton Merchants in a 26-0 victory. A week later Cincinnati played a home game against the Merchants in a rematch of the previous week in 38-0 victory at the Carthage Fairgrounds. The next game for the Pepsi-Colas was against the Columbus Avondales in 25-0 victory at Red Bird Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. Cincinnati then played two home games against the Middletown Merchants (8-0) and the Columbus Avondlaes (32-0) in shutout victories. The last game was a 33-0 victory over the Dayton Merchants on November 30, 1941. They ultimately were the champions of the league and the league and team did not return the following season.