Norb Sacksteder Explained

Norb Sacksteder
Birth Date:25 September 1895
Birth Place:Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
Height Ft:5
Height In:9
Weight Lbs:173
Position:Halfback, Fullback, Quarterback
College:Christian Brothers University, University of Dayton
Number:4[1]
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Pfr:SackNo20
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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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ongoing Research Project: Canton Bulldogs . 2009-04-15 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052701/http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~maxymuk/home/ongoing/canton.html . dead .
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 2010-12-01 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101126223933/http://profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Lets_Play_Two.pdf . 2010-11-26 .
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-03-30 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130617101934/http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Canton_Wins_Again.pdf . 2013-06-17 .
  4. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-03-31 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120311103147/http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Articles/A_War_Year.pdf . 2012-03-11 .
  5. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-04-06 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121022100131/http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/12-01-392.pdf . 2012-10-22 .