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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