Gary Elks

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Emerson High School Field (1920)
Gleason Park (1920-1923)

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The Gary Elks were an Independent American football team that played four seasons. From 1920 to 1923.

1920

They 1920 season was their first season. They started the season with a 40–0 win over Forest Park Othello A.C. The win followed with 4 more wins until there was a 0–0 tie against the Chicago Thorn Tornadoes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/1920gary.html|title=1920 Gary Elks - Pro Football Archives|website=www.profootballarchives.com}} They played their next game against the Hammond Pros, an APFA team. They won the game 7 to 6. They played their first six games at Emerson High School Field, before they moved to Gleason Park. They finished the season with a 8-0-1 record.

1921

They opened the 1921 season with wins against the Evanston Washington Parks, Morocco Independents, Chicago Staym-Foresters, and Chicago Thorn-Tornadoes before losing their first ever game against Chicago Amos A.A.{{Cite web|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/1921garye.html|title=1921 Gary Elks - Pro Football Archives|website=www.profootballarchives.com}} They had three more wins before losing to the APFA Chicago Cardinals. They won the week prior against the Hammond Pros, who they beat the year before. The next week they lost their third game of the season to the Chicago Morris Supremes.

1922

In 1922 they had a 6-2-1 record.{{Cite web|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/1922garye.html|title=1922 Gary Elks - Pro Football Archives|website=www.profootballarchives.com}} They had scheduled to play 4 games against NFL opponents but only played two; they played two games against the Hammond Pros, who they had played in prior years. They won one of the games against the Pros, winning it 9-6 after losing 15-0 the prior game. They played all but one of their games at Gleason Park.

1923

1923 was their last season. They had a 2-2-2 record excluding the game against the Waukegan Elks where no records were found.{{Cite web|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/1923gary.html|title=1923 Gary Elks - Pro Football Archives|website=www.profootballarchives.com}} They had scheduled 3 games against NFL opponents but only played one; a 7–6 loss against the Cleveland Indians.

References

Category:American football teams established in 1920

Category:American football teams disestablished in 1923