These teams are fictional American (or Canadian) football teams found in the works of Harry Turtledove. These were generally referenced quickly, with the text identifying their home town, mascot, and occasional player of note, or even less information.
Southern Victory[]
Los Angeles Dons[]
The Los Angeles Dons were part of the professional West Coast Football League in the 1930s. Chester Martin became a fan of the Dons after he moved to Los Angeles in the 1920s.[1] Soon after the Second Great War broke out, a quarter of the squad received conscription notices and the rest of the team made arrangements to travel home from Portland, Oregon where they had been scheduled to play the Portland Wolves.[2]
Literary Comment[]
The Los Angeles Dons team of OTL was not established until 1946.
Philadelphia Barrels[]
The Philadelphia Barrels were the professional football team of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the capital city of the United States. The on-field exploits of Lou Gehrig made the team popular at the national level.
Portland Columbias[]
The Portland Columbias were a professional football team from Portland, Oregon, in the United States. They played the visiting Los Angeles Dons in early 1942 after President Al Smith declared football essential to the country's morale.[3]
Portland Wolves[]
The Portland Wolves were a professional football team from Portland, Oregon. At the outbreak of the Second Great War, they were scheduled to play the Los Angeles Dons but the game was cancelled when a quarter of the Dons received conscription notices.[4]
Seattle Sharks[]
The Seattle Sharks was a football team that played in the West Coast Football league in the United States in the mid-1930s. They were rivals of the Los Angeles Dons.[5]
Worldwar[]
Edmonton Eskimos[]
The Edmonton Eskimos were Edmonton's main football club in the mid 1960s. David Goldfarb, a recent immigrant to Canada from Great Britain, was surprised how different the sport was from British football.[6]
Literary comment[]
At the Point of Divergence in 1942, the most recent iteration of the Edmonton Eskimos had been defunct since 1939. The name was not used again in OTL until 1949.
References[]
- ↑ The Victorious Opposition, pg. 206, pb.
- ↑ Return Engagement, pg. 52, hc.
- ↑ Return Engagement, pg. 613, tpb.
- ↑ Return Engagement, pg. 52, hc.
- ↑ The Victorious Opposition, pg. 206, pb.
- ↑ Aftershocks, chapter 9.
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