NFL at 100: Photos from the 1930s
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As the National Football League celebrates its first century, check out these photos from the 1930s.
Packers vs Giants
In this Nov. 20, 1938, file photo, Green Bay Packers halfback Cecil Isbell (17) gains 10-yards against the New York Giants during the first quarter of a professional football game at the Polo Grounds in New York. (AP Photo)
Glen Presnell
This is a 1931 file photo showing Glen Presnell of the Portsmouth Spartans football team. The 1930 season was played with 11 clubs, including the Portsmouth Spartans _ who became the Detroit Lions in 1934. (AP Photo/File)
Chicago vs. Washington
FILE - In this Dec. 12, 1937, file photo, Washington Redskins quarterback Sammy Baugh (33) is brought down after a gain, by the Chicago Bears during an NFL football Championship game on a frozen Wrigley Field in Chicago. The Redskins won 28-21. (AP Photo/File)
Byron "Whizzer" White
FILE - This is a Sept. 22, 1938, file photo showing Pittsburgh Pirates football player Byron "Whizzer" White, posed at the De Witt Clinton High School field in the Bronx, N.Y. White might be best known as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice, but he also made a mark on the gridiron. He led the NFL in rushing as a rookie in 1938 with the Pirates. (AP Photo)
Football at Ebbetts Field
FILE - In this Nov. 10, 1935, file photo, Brooklyn Dodgers' Ralph Kerchavel (26) bats away a pass for an unidentified Pittsburgh Pirates player, second from right, that was caught by Pirates' Jim Levey, left, who carried the ball in for a touchdown at Ebbetts Field in Brooklyn, N.Y. The Pirates defeated the Dodgers 16-7. The NFL saw its biggest influx of teams for the decade in 1933, with the additions of the Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Pirates (later the Steelers) and Cincinnati Reds. (AP Photo/Murray Becker, File)
Red Grange
FILE - This is a Sept. 13, 1930, file photo showing Chicago Bears professional football players Red Grange, left, and Bronko Nagurski. Nagurski was a powerful and dominant fullback who began his career with the Bears in 1930 and played nine seasons with Chicago. He was one of nine players in the 1930s to be inducted in the first Pro Football Hall of Fame class in 1963, joining Red Grange, Don Hutson, Johnny Blood, Ernie Nevers, Cal Hubbard, Mel Hein, Dutch Clark and Sammy Baugh. (AP Photo/File)
Green Bay Packers
FILE - In this Nov. 20, 1938, file photo, Green Bay Packers Ed Jankowski (7), far right, runs after taking the handoff from Cecil Isbell (17) on a reverse as New York Giants Ken Lunday (5) reaches out on an attempted tackle, at the Polo Grounds in New York. The Giants defeated the Packers 15-3. Jankowski is following teammate and blocker Henry Bruder (5). The Giants player in the foreground is Jim Lee Howell (21). The Packers won four titles in the 1930s, including the first two of the decade _ capping a run of three straight _ when they finished with the league's best record. Green Bay also won in 1936 and '39. (AP Photo/File)
Earl "Curley" Lambeau
FILE - This is a 1937 file photo showing Green Bay Packers football coach Earl "Curley" Lambeau. Curly Lambeau won four NFL titles in the decade as the Packers were the league's powerhouse. (AP Photo/File)
Bert Bell and the NFL Draft
FILE - In this July 26, 1939, file photo, Philadelphia Eagles owner and head coach Bert Bell talks to his squad as his son, Bert Bell Jr. sits on a players lap, in Philadelphia. Bell, who later became the league's commissioner, created the NFL draft as a way to assist teams who couldn't attract top talent in the free-for-all system that had been in place. (AP Photo/File)
Washington vs. Cleveland
FILE - In this Nov. 21, 1937, file photo, Washington Redskins' Cliff Battles, left, carries the ball against the Cleveland Rams in the third quarter of a football game at Cleveland Stadium. (AP Photo/Cleveland Plain Dealer)/The Plain Dealer via AP)
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