As of 2025, no player from the 1920 Hammond Pros roster has been enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
[1] The All-Stars disbanded, and three teams were created from those players: the Chicago Tigers, the Decatur Staleys, and the Pros.
At that meeting, held at Bulldogs owner Ralph Hay's Hupmobile showroom in Canton, representatives of the Rock Island Independents, the Muncie Flyers, the Decatur Staleys, the Racine Cardinals, the Massillon Tigers, and the Hammond Pros agreed to join the league.
Representatives of the Buffalo All-Americans and Rochester Jeffersons could not attend the meeting but sent letters to Hay asking to be included in the league.
[5] Team representatives changed the league's name slightly to the American Professional Football Association and elected officers, installing Jim Thorpe as president.
[5][6][7] Under the new league structure, teams created their schedules dynamically as the season progressed, so there were no minimum or maximum number of games needed to be played.
October 10, 1920, at Douglas Park The Pros started their season with a game against the Rock Island Independents.
[14] Running backs Fred Chicken, Ray Kuehl, and Gerald Mansfield accounting for four touchdowns throughout the game.
[citation needed] Hammond started to purposely injure their opponents during the game because they realized the Independents were a much greater team.
[citation needed] November 7, 1920, in Chicago, Illinois The Pros next challenged the Pullman Thorns, a non-APFA team.
[18] The Pros were the first team to score when Gilo had a 20-yard rushing touchdown in the first quarter; the extra point was missed, however.
[citation needed] The score would stay 6–0 until Smeltzer of the Elks caught a pass from Leverette in the fourth quarter.
[citation needed] In the final quarter, Halas scored a 26-yard receiving touchdown, and the game ended 28–7.
[citation needed] November 25, 1920, at DePaul Field In their final game of the 1920 season, the Pros played the Chicago Boosters, a non-APFA team.