Alvah Andrew "Doc" Young was a founder of the National Football League.
12 Facts About Doc Young
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Doc Young was the owner of NFL's Hammond Pros from 1920 until 1926.
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Doc Young was a respected medical doctor and sports trainer.
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Doc Young received his medical degree from Indiana University's Medical School in Indianapolis in 1905.
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Doc Young then established a general practice in Hammond, Indiana and married a woman from England, Lillian Fallowes Young.
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Doc Young would assist the police, by serving as the leading authority on gunshot wounds.
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Doc Young played semi-pro baseball and was a lightweight wrestler in his youth.
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Doc Young he promoted amateur and semi-pro boxing matches in Hammond.
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On September 17,1920, Dr Doc Young represented Hammond at a meeting of the nation's leading pro football team managers held in Canton, Ohio, for the purpose of creating the American Professional Football Association.
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In Green Bay, Doc Young got into an argument with Curly Lambeau over the kind of football the league would use.
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Meanwhile, Doc Young continued to practice medicine on both people and horses.
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Doc Young died of pneumonia while working late, attending a sick horse in the summer of 1942.