I took this photo in the summer of 1921 during a visit to downtown Canton, Ohio and their football preservation project called the Eleven moment in Pro Football History. The mural on the side of a building depicts images of Jim Thorpe and Ralph Hay as founders of the NFL in 1920. Though there is some debate ofver this statement they are credited with organizing the important meeting of Septmber 17, 1920 that started the APFA.
APFA Founders Mural
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