TABLE OF CONTENTS Washington Redhawks 9 From Very Good to Very Bad 15 Super Bowl Success 24 Looking for a Leader 37 Transitions and Tragedies 43 GRIDIRON GREATS Precision Passer 11 Total Embarrassment 18 The Little General 23 Big Bad John 28 The Transformer 32 Hogging the Glory 41 Team Stats 47 Websites 47 Index 48
redskins washington George Marshall and quarterback Sammy Baugh WASHINGTON REDHAWKS the early 1930s professional football was a relatively minor sport Several teams played their games in Major League Baseball parks Often they took the same name as the baseball team They felt it gave them more legitimacy In 1932 businessman George Marshall founded a National Football League NFL team in Boston The team played in the same stadium as the Boston Braves So he named it the Boston Braves The team finished just 4 4 2 Marshall wanted his team to improve He decided that it would play Indian football It had the reputation for being wide-open and exciting It was especially known for lots of passing and trick plays The NFL had even had an all-American Indian team the 11 in
