Scioto County Motors Co. Advertisement for Studebaker President Automobiles

ID: 905 ~ Source: Portsmouth Daily Times (15 December 1926), Historic Portsmouth Newspaper Collection, Center for Public History, Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio. ~ Date: 1926
This file appears in: Stanton and McMahon's Smoke House: The Beginnings of Semi-Professional Football in Portsmouth, Ohio

In 1926, W.R. Fundenberg, owner of the Scioto Motor Company, a local Studebaker auto-dealer, was the primary sponsor of Portsmouth's semi-professional football team. Jack Creasy was chosen as captain of the new team, which took the name of the Studebaker Presidents. Jack Walters of the Hurth Hotel served as business manager, handling contracts and booking games. In 1927, the Presidents were re-organized as the Portsmouth Shoe-Steels, the predecessor of the Portsmouth Spartans, who became the Detroit Lions in 1934.

This file appears in: Stanton and McMahon's Smoke House: The Beginnings of Semi-Professional Football in Portsmouth, Ohio