football town before the Redskins were born "There was always a tremendous amount of fans," Pomfrey said in a room filled with historic helmets, jerseys and other memorabilia.
authentic cheap jerseys "They were self supported back then."The Redskins knew that, and came here early, and often."1937, they played the first exhibition game, George
cheap jerseys Preston Marshall brought them," Pomfrey said. Owner George Marshall, a graduate of Randoph Macon in Ashland, brought them back here the next year, too. The exhibition games continued here into the ’60s, when Pomfrey caught a game as a young man.But pro football in Richmond pre dated the Redskins."The first pro team paid team, so to speak was the Richmond Arrows that started in, I guess, 1922," Pomfrey said. "They played their games at old
cheap jerseys china Hotchkiss Field."Richmond teams would also play in old Byrd Park and, of course, City Stadium, which may wind up hosting theRedskins again. Our teams played largely in the Dixie league and fed into the Chicago Bears
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