A coal town's glory. A league's betrayal. A story that refuses to die. In 1925, the Pottsville Maroons stormed the National Football League, beating the mighty Chicago Cardinals and even defeating Notre Dame's legendary Four Horsemen before a roaring crowd in Philadelphia. For one brief, shining season, a team of coal miners and small-town athletes stood at the pinnacle of American football. And then the NFL took it all away.
Accused of breaking territorial rules, the Maroons were suspended, their championship stripped and handed to the Cardinals. But Pottsville never accepted the verdict. For nearly a century, its people have carried the story like a torch - retelling it in taverns, schools, and homes, refusing to let their champions be forgotten. IMMORTAL! The 1925 Pottsville Maroons is the unforgettable true story of grit, injustice, and pride that outlived the league itself.
The NFL may have taken the title. Pottsville never gave it back.
A coal town's glory. A league's betrayal. A story that refuses to die. In 1925, the Pottsville Maroons stormed the National Football League, beating the mighty Chicago Cardinals and even defeating Notre Dame's legendary Four Horsemen before a roaring crowd in Philadelphia. For one brief, shining season, a team of coal miners and small-town athletes stood at the pinnacle of American football. And then the NFL took it all away.
Accused of breaking territorial rules, the Maroons were suspended, their championship stripped and handed to the Cardinals. But Pottsville never accepted the verdict. For nearly a century, its people have carried the story like a torch - retelling it in taverns, schools, and homes, refusing to let their champions be forgotten. IMMORTAL! The 1925 Pottsville Maroons is the unforgettable true story of grit, injustice, and pride that outlived the league itself.
The NFL may have taken the title. Pottsville never gave it back.