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Airplane
An airplane or aeroplane (informally plane) is a powered, fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, propeller or rocket engine.
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Alexis Thompson
Alexis Thompson (May 20, 1914 – December 20, 1954) was an owner of the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Philadelphia-Pittsburgh Steagles.
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All-America Football Conference
The All-America Football Conference (AAFC) was a professional American football league that challenged the established National Football League (NFL) from 1946 to 1949.
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American football
American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.
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American Football League (1926)
The first American Football League (AFL), sometimes called AFL I, AFLG, or the Grange League, was a professional American football league that operated in 1926.
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AP Poll
The Associated Press (AP Poll) provides weekly rankings of the top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I college sports: football, men's basketball and women's basketball.
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Arch Ward
Arch Ward (December 27, 1896 in Irwin, Illinois – July 9, 1955) was the sports editor for the Chicago Tribune and personal friend of the owner, Robert R. McCormick.
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Athletic director
An athletic director (commonly "athletics director" or "AD") is an administrator at many clubs or institutions, like colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, who oversees the work of coaches and related staff involved in athletic programs.
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Bert Bell
De Benneville "Bert" Bell (February 25, 1895 – October 11, 1959) was the National Football League (NFL) commissioner from 1945 until his death in 1959.
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Brooklyn Lions / Horsemen (1926)
The Brooklyn Lions were a National Football League team that played in the 1926 NFL season.
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Business
Business is the activity of making one's living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (goods and services).
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Chicago
Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.
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Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tronc, Inc., formerly Tribune Publishing.
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Cleveland Bulldogs
The Cleveland Bulldogs were a team that played in Cleveland, Ohio in the National Football League.
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College football
College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities.
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College Football Hall of Fame
The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football.
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Commissioner of Baseball
The Commissioner of Baseball is the chief executive of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the associated Minor League Baseball (MiLB) – a constellation of leagues and clubs known as organized baseball.
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Dan Topping
Daniel Reid Topping (June 11, 1912 – May 18, 1974) was a part owner and president of the New York Yankees baseball team from 1945 to 1964.
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Davenport Central High School
Davenport Central High School is a four-year comprehensive high school located in Davenport, Iowa.
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Davenport, Iowa
Davenport is the county seat of Scott County in Iowa and is located along the Mississippi River on the eastern border of the state.
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Dickinson System
The Dickinson System was a mathematical point formula that awarded national championships in college football.
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Don Miller (American football)
Don "Midnight" Miller (March 29, 1902 – July 28, 1979) was an American football player and coach.
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Dubuque, Iowa
Dubuque is the county seat of Dubuque County, Iowa, United States, located along the Mississippi River.
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Duquesne Dukes
The Duquesne Dukes are the athletic teams of Duquesne University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Duquesne Dukes football
The Duquesne Dukes football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Duquesne University located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
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Duquesne University
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit is a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Festival of Palms Bowl
The Festival of Palms Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game held New Year's Day in Miami, Florida.
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Fielding H. Yost
Fielding Harris Yost (April 30, 1871 – August 20, 1946) was an American football player, coach and college athletics administrator.
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Four Horsemen (American football)
The Four Horsemen of Notre Dame comprised a group of American football players at the University of Notre Dame under coach Knute Rockne.
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Frank Leahy
Francis William Leahy (August 27, 1908 – June 21, 1973) was an American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and professional sports executive.
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Fritz Crisler
Herbert Orin "Fritz" Crisler (January 12, 1899 – August 19, 1982) was an American college football coach who is best known as "the father of two-platoon football," an innovation in which separate units of players were used for offense and defense.
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Fullback (gridiron football)
A fullback (FB) is a position in the offensive backfield in American and Canadian football, and is one of the two running back positions along with the halfback.
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George Halas
George Stanley Halas Sr. (February 2, 1895October 31, 1983), nicknamed "Papa Bear" and "Mr.
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Grantland Rice
Henry Grantland Rice (November 1, 1880July 13, 1954) was an early 20th-century American sportswriter known for his elegant prose.
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Harry Stuhldreher
Harry Augustus Stuhldreher (October 14, 1901 – January 26, 1965) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator.
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Hartford Blues
The Hartford Blues of the National Football League played only in the 1926 NFL season, with a record of 3–7.
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History of the Cleveland Rams
The professional American football team now known as the Los Angeles Rams was established in Cleveland as the Cleveland Rams, and played there from 1936 to 1945.
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Jim Crowley
James Harold Crowley (September 10, 1902 – January 15, 1986) was an American football player and coach.
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Kenesaw Mountain Landis (November 20, 1866 – November 25, 1944) was an American jurist who served as a federal judge from 1905 to 1922 and as the first Commissioner of Baseball from 1920 until his death.
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Knute Rockne
Knute Kenneth Rockne (March 4, 1888 – March 31, 1931) was a Norwegian-American football player and coach at the University of Notre Dame.
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Loras College
Loras College is a four-year Catholic diocesan college in Dubuque, Iowa, with an enrollment of approximately 1,600 students.
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Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization, the oldest of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.
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National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC).
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Nickname
A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place, or thing, for affection or ridicule.
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Notre Dame Fighting Irish
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are the athletic teams that represent the University of Notre Dame.
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Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team is the intercollegiate football team representing the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana.
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Orange Bowl
The Orange Bowl, officially the Capital One Orange Bowl for sponsorship purposes, is an annual American college football bowl game played at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
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Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football franchise based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Quarterback
A quarterback (commonly abbreviated "QB") is a position in American and Canadian football.
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Rock Island Independents
The Rock Island Independents were a professional American football team based in Rock Island, Illinois.
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Stanford Cardinal football
The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division.
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Steagles
The Steagles were the team created by the temporary merger of two National Football League (NFL) teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles, during the 1943 season.
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University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac (or simply Notre Dame or ND) is a private, non-profit Catholic research university in the community of Notre Dame, Indiana, near the city of South Bend, in the United States.
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1925 college football season
The 1925 NCAA football season was the last season before attempts were made to recognize a national champion in college football.
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1925 Rose Bowl
The 1925 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game.
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1926 college football season
The 1926 NCAA football season was the first in which an attempt was made to recognize a national champion after the season.
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1927 college football season
The 1927 NCAA football season ended with the Illini of the University of Illinois (7-0-1) being recognized as champion under the Dickinson System.
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1927 Duquesne Dukes football team
The 1927 Duquesne Dukes football team represented Duquesne University during the 1927 college football season.
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1928 college football season
The 1928 NCAA football season have both the USC Trojans and the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado claim national championships.
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1929 college football season
The 1929 NCAA football season saw a number of unbeaten and untied teams.
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1930 college football season
The 1930 NCAA football season saw Notre Dame repeat as national champion under the Dickinson System, and a post-season Rose Bowl matchup between two unbeaten (9-0) teams, Washington State and Alabama, ranked #2 and #3, respectively.
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1931 college football season
The 1931 NCAA football season saw the USC Trojans win the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy as national champion under the Dickinson System.
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1932 college football season
The 1932 NCAA football season saw the Michigan Wolverines win the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy as national champion under the Dickinson System.
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1933 college football season
The 1933 NCAA football season saw the Michigan Wolverines repeat as winners of the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy as national champion under the Dickinson System.
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1934 college football season
The 1934 NCAA football season saw the addition of not one, but two New Year's Day football games to rival the venerable Rose Bowl.
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1934 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
The 1934 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1934 college football season.
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1935 college football season
The 1935 NCAA football season was the last one before the Associated Press writers' poll was used in selecting the national champion.
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1935 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
The 1935 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1935 college football season.
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1936 college football season
The 1936 NCAA football season was the first in which the Associated Press writers' poll selected a national champion.
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1936 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
The 1936 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1936 college football season.
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1937 college football season
The 1937 NCAA football season ended with the Panthers of the University of Pittsburgh being named the nation’s #1 team (and "mythical national champion") by 30 of the 33 voters in the Associated Press writers' poll.
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1937 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
The 1937 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1937 college football season.
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1938 college football season
The 1938 NCAA football season ended with the Horned Frogs of Texas Christian University (TCU) being named the nation’s #1 team by 55 of the 77 voters in the final Associated Press writers' poll in early December.
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1938 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
The 1938 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1938 college football season.
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1939 college football season
The 1939 NCAA football season concluded with the Aggies of The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (Texas A&M) being named as the national champions by the voters in the Associated Press writers' poll.
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1939 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
The 1939 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1939 college football season.
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1940 college football season
The 1940 NCAA football season ended with the Gophers of the University of Minnesota being named the nation’s #1 team and national champion by the AP Poll, and the Stanford University Indians in second, with the two teams receiving 65 and 44 first place votes respectively.
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1940 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
The 1940 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1940 college football season.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Layden
