Norb Sacksteder

Norb Sacksteder
Date of birth	September 25, 1895(1895-09-25)
Place of birth	Dayton, Ohio, United States
Date of death	June 19, 1986(1986-06-19) (aged 90)
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	173 pounds (78 kg)
Position(s)	Halfback Fullback Quarterback
College	Christian Brothers University University of Dayton
Jersey Number	4[1]
Career highlights
Awards	Won 1922 NFL Championship
Statistics	Pro Football Reference NFL.com DatabaseFootball
Teams
1914-1920 1917 1920 1921 1922 1925	Dayton Triangles Detroit Heralds Detroit Heralds Detroit Tigers Canton Bulldogs Canton Bulldogs

Norbert N. Sacksteder (September 25, 1895 – June 19, 1986) was a professional football player during the early years of the National Football League with the Dayton Triangles, Detroit Heralds, Detroit Tigers and the Canton Bulldogs. Sacksteder was a part of the Bulldogs' 1922 NFL championship team. He was considered one of the greatest breakaway runners of his time.^[2]

College

Before he joined the NFL, Sacksteder was a basketball standout at the University of Dayton, then called St. Marys Institute. In the fall of 1913, Norb helped form a football team under the school's name, the St. Marys Cadets. The team's first year posted a 7-0 record. St. Mary's then won the Dayton city championship and then defeated the Cincinnati Celts 27-0 at Redland Park in Cincinnati.

Professional football

After college, Sacksteder played exclusively for the Dayton Triangles. In 1917 though he played for the Detroit Heralds.^[3] In 1917, at the outbreak of American's involvement in World War I, he joined the United States Army. In 1918 Norb, under coach Greasy Neale, defeated the Hammond Pros 23-0 in Sacksteder's only known game that season. He may have been on leave from the service or perhaps simply retired for the remainder of the season.^[4]

The Triangles would later become a founder of the NFL, then called the American Professional Football Association. On October 3, 1920, The Triangles defeated the Columbus Panhandles 14-0 at Triangle Park in the first game between two NFL teams. Norb was in the line-up for Dayton during that historic game.^[5]

Notes

1. ^ http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~maxymuk/home/ongoing/canton.html
2. ^ http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Lets_Play_Two.pdf
3. ^ http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Canton_Wins_Again.pdf
4. ^ http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Articles/A_War_Year.pdf
5. ^ http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/12-01-392.pdf

References

• Dayton Played a Role in the Founding of the NFL
• A War Year: 1918
• Let's Play Two: 1913

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Name	Sacksteder, Norb
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Date of birth	September 25, 1895
Place of birth	Dayton, Ohio, United States
Date of death	June 19, 1986
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