By Darin Our journey back in time to the pre-World War II professional football teams takes us to Western New York near the southern shores of Lake Ontario in Rochester. John Steffenhagen, a football historian and great-grandson of the Rochester Jeffersons franchise owner and a founding father of the NFL, Leo Lyons. The charismatic Lyons challenged some of the greatest athletes in the world and proved that he and his Jeff's belonged on the same field. Please sit back and enjoy this truly remarkable story of the Rochester Jeffersons and their recently rediscovered legacy, hidden away for decades in cardboard boxes. Visit John's website at RochesterJeffersons.org.
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