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Before The League is a documentary series on the history of professional American football that ultimately became the NFL. The series debuted at the Pro Football Hall of Fame on October 27, 2015. The film is broken into a six parts which tell the story of the evolution from rugby to the formation and creation of the American Professional Football Association in 1920. The series aired on Time Warner Cable SportsChannel on November 17 and 18, 2015.

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rdfs:label	Before the League (en)
rdfs:comment	Before The League is a documentary series on the history of professional American football that ultimately became the NFL. The series debuted at the Pro Football Hall of Fame on October 27, 2015. The film is broken into a six parts which tell the story of the evolution from rugby to the formation and creation of the American Professional Football Association in 1920. The series aired on Time Warner Cable SportsChannel on November 17 and 18, 2015. (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Canton, Ohio Canton Bulldogs Pro Football Hall of Fame Pudge Heffelfinger Rochester Jeffersons Dayton, Ohio Dayton Triangles 2010s American documentary television series 2015 American television series debuts Television series about the history of the United States Columbus Panhandles Massillon Tigers Chuck Campbell Emmy Awards Fritz Pollard Green Bay Packers NFL Theodore Roosevelt Leo Lyons (American football) Soccer Stark County, Ohio Walter Camp Wild west Documentary film African American Akron Pros America American football Floyd Little National Football League television series Rugby football 2015 American television series endings History of American football Ironton Tanks Jack Cusack Jeffrey J. Miller Charles Follis Jim Thorpe Joe Carr College Portsmouth Spartans Time Warner Cable SportsChannel Milwaukee Badgers Narrator National Football League Oorang Indians Red Grange Shelby Blues Working class Yale Ohio League New York Pro Football League Western Pennsylvania Professional Football Circuit Buffalo All-Americans
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ShortSummary	1800.0 (second) American Football is described as being akin to the “wild west” with teams, coaches and players exploiting loopholes in the rules. Company teams like the Columbus Panhandles, made up of working men who played football during their lunch breaks, and the original Green Bay Packers, formed as a way to advertise the Acme Packing Plant, were created to support local industry. Opportunity gave way to exploitation as ringers flooded the sport, eager to make their mark and their fortune. (en) The power of celebrity to bring fans, attention and money to the game is seen with the addition by Jack Cusack of Olympic powerhouse Jim Thorpe to the Canton Bulldogs. While rule changes like the elimination of restrictions to the forward pass helped strike a balance between offensive and defensive plays. (en) From the beginning, money and competition led to historic scandals between teams like the Canton Bulldogs and the Massillon Tigers, with accusations of cheating. Brutality on the field led to the intervention of President Theodore Roosevelt, putting an end to some of the game’s most dangerous elements like the flying wedge. But coaches and players persisted in shaping rules to their advantage. (en) Once again, Stark County, Ohio is pivotal in guiding the future of football with the first ever owners meeting held to in Canton, Ohio to form a new league. Dayton, Ohio claims the first-ever NFL game and Fritz Pollard makes history becoming the first African American coach of an NFL team, leading the Akron Pros to the first league title. (en) The arrival of players like Red Grange effectively ends the sandlot era of football, pushing teams to compete for permanent rosters. The promise of increased revenue through expansion, directly threatens the small town team originally at the core of football’s identify. The Oorang Indians are a momentary exception and the smallest NFL franchise on record while small town teams like Portsmouth Spartans, Ironton Tanks and Dayton Triangles can’t compare with the success of the Green Bay Packers. (en)
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cinematography	Rick Davis, Bryan Levin (en)
company	Before The League, LLC (en)
country	United States (en)
director	Jason Pheister (en)
editor	Bryan Levin (en)
executive producer	Jason Pheister, Alison Momeyer (en)
genre	Documentary film
language	English (en)
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narrated	Chuck Campbell (en)
network	Time Warner Cable SportsChannel
num episodes	6 (xsd:integer)
num seasons	1 (xsd:integer)
theme music composer	Ben Devine (en)
title	Business (en) Legends (en)

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