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Duluth Kelleys | Duluth Eskimos

July 28, 1923 - Duluth Kelleys / Duluth Eskimos franchise forms and plays in the League from 1923 through 1927 when they were sold and moved to Orange, New Jersey. (See July 27 entries of this series). They were originally called the Kelley Duluths named after the Kelley-Duluth Hardware Store as the team was put together with the help of the store's owner M. C. Gebert. Three years later they changed their name to the Duluth Eskimos. The teams played very few home games due mainly to fact of the harsh early winters that settle in upper Minnesota. As a matter of fact the team played only one home game over their final two seasons. The Duluth franchise was one of the first ever NFL teams to use a logo. As we talked about briefly in yesterday's July 27 History Headlines, the Eskimos mostly road schedule eventually caught up to them financially and their rights and roster were given to the new Orange Tornadoes franchise in 1929.


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Duluth Eskimos

July 28, 1923 - Duluth Kelleys/Eskimos franchise forms and plays in the League from 1923 through 1927 when they were sold and moved to Orange, New Jersey. (See July 27 entries of this series). They were originally called the Kelley Duluths named after the Kelley-Duluth Hardware Store as the team was put together with the help of the store's owner M. C. Gebert. Three years later they changed their name to the Duluth Eskimos. The teams played very few home games due mainly to fact of the harsh early winters that settle in upper Minnesota. As a matter of fact the team played only one home game over their final two seasons. The Duluth franchise was one of the first ever NFL teams to use a logo. As we talked about briefly in yesterday's July 27 History Headlines, the Eskimos mostly road schedule eventually caught up to them financially and their rights and roster were given to the new Orange Tornadoes franchise in 1929.

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