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Seasons 1918-1926 (9 seasons)

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The Pros were established by local businessman Paul Parduhn and Dr. Alva Young. Young, a boxing promoter and owner of a racing stable, also served as doctor/trainer (and part-owner) for a semi-pro football team operated by the Hammond Clabby Athletic Association from 1915–17. In 1918, Young presided over a new team known as the "Hammond All-Stars" and played against many of the teams that would form the backbone of the American Professional Football Association (including the Racine Cardinals, Detroit Heralds, Rock Island Independents, Minneapolis Marines, Cleveland Tigers, Canton Bulldogs, and Toledo Maroons); Young attended the historic meeting in Canton, Ohio at which the APFA was formed in 1920. (It is said that a game between Hammond and Canton, played Thanksgiving Day 1919 and drawing some 12,000 spectators in Chicago, convinced team owners that a league would be viable.)

In 1919, the team starred George Halas at wide receiver; Halas left for the Decatur Staleys – the future Chicago Bears – the following year, remaining with that franchise as a player, coach and owner until his death in 1983.

Despite the name, the Pros were little more than a semi-professional outfit; most of the players were locals who had full-time jobs and couldn't practice much, and thus were simply no match for most other NFL squads. Nor did they really represent Hammond, as the town's stadium (A. Murray Turner Field) was built for baseball and seated only a few thousand. The Pros would play only one regular-season NFL game in Hammond, a 7-0 loss to the Dayton Triangles in 1923; instead, Cubs Park in Chicago served as their unofficial "home" stadium. Nevertheless, Young kept the team going in the NFL for seven years and 34 games, with a combined record of 5-26-4. The Pros might have lasted even longer, but after winning the 1926 battle with the American Football League, the NFL decided to scale down to 12 teams, getting rid of many of the smaller franchises, including the Pros.

Of the nine African-American players in the league during those years, six played for the Pros, including the first African-American head coach in the NFL, Fritz Pollard, and the successful music producer Mayo Williams.

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Year	Season	League	Team	W	L	T	Pct	GB	Standings	Playoffs	Coach	Attendance	Stadium	Berth	Champ
1926	1926	NFL	Hammond Pros	0	4	0	.000		21st	Missed Postseason	Doc Young		Turner Field
1925	1925	NFL	Hammond Pros	1	4	0	.200		14th	Missed Postseason	Fritz Pollard (0-1-0) Doc Young (1-3-0)		Turner Field
1924	1924	NFL	Hammond Pros	2	2	1	.500		10th	Missed Postseason	Wally Hess		Turner Field
1923	1923	NFL	Hammond Pros	1	5	1	.214		15th	Missed Postseason	Wally Hess		Turner Field
1922	1922	NFL	Hammond Pros	0	5	1	.083		18th	Missed Postseason	Wally Hess		Turner Field
1921	1921	NFL	Hammond Pros	1	3	1	.300		13th	Missed Postseason	Max Hicks		Turner Field
1920	1920	NFL	Hammond Pros	2	5	0	.286		11th	Missed Postseason	Hank Gillo		Turner Field
1919	1919	indep.	Hammond Pros				.000			Missed Postseason			Turner Field
1918	1918	indep.	Hammond All-Stars				.000			Missed Postseason			Turner Field

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