ETO Autumn 1943
Date | Venue | Winners | Runners-Up | ||
10.10.1943 | Podhs | Ball Toters | |||
17.10.1943 | Elm Park, Reading | Red Tornado | 14 | Gremlins | 0 |
24.10.1943 | Wellingborough | Engineering Bulldozers | 0 | Ball Toters | 0 |
31.10.1943 | Elm Park, Reading | Skytrain | 0 | Red Tornado | 0 |
28.11.1943 | Oxford University | Army Blues | 0 | Army Greens | 0 |
05.12.1943 | White City Stadium | Central Base Pirates | 8 | 8th Air Force Commandos | 0 |
12.12.1943 | St. Helen’s Stadium, Swansea | 101st Screaming Eagles | 6 | Invaders | 6 |
Report
The Autumn 1943 European Theater of Operations (ETO) Football Championshp, among American soldiers in World war II, is notable for the appearance of the Bulldozers, an African-American Engineering team. The Championship was a series of “Turkey Bowl” style games, named after Thanksgiving, around which most games were played.
References
Bibliography
[1] Foglio, Massimo & Ford, Mark L. (2017) Touchdown in Europe – How American Football Came to the Old Continent. pg. 47-82. Published by the author.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Todd Zboyan, Sondra Maher, Rick Kelley & Tim Leadingham.
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