Pre Federal League History

1790

Boardman area is settled by Elijah Boardman, who owns land at Rt 7 and 224 intersection.

1805

Canton founded

1808

Wooster was established in 1808 and named after David Wooster, a general in the American Revolutionary War.

1831

The Community of North Canton first began as the Village of New Berlin. Residents were primarily of German descent.

1869

First college football game played. Rutgers vs Princeton.

The game was filmed by Thomas Edison and is now the property of NFL Films.

1898

New Philadelphia football begins around 1898.

1902

First Rose Bowl game played.

1903

The Wright brothers make their first powered flight in the Wright Flyer.

1908

The Hoover Company begins manufacturing vacuum cleaners.

1914

World War I begins in Eurpoe.

1917

United States enters World War I.

1918

All football games in area are cancelled from Oct 19 to Nov 16 due to Spanish flu.

Boardman did not field a football team in 1918.

McKinley High School built on Market Street (across from current library).

New Berlin changed its name to North Canton during World War I.

1920

First radio broadcast from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - KDKA

Canton Bulldogs - first professional football team was established.

1924

North Canton's Coach Bixler leads the first Hoover football team to a 4-5 season.

1926

Plain Local Schools opens Middlebranch High School.

1927

Austintown Fitch fields first-ever varsity squad. They only play one game this year.

Wooster's high school team is called the "Generals" for the first time.

1928

New Philadelphia is called the "Quakers" for the first time - used to be just "red and black".

Quaker Stadium in New Philadelphia has it's first game on 9/29, a New Philly loss to Wooster, 6-0.

1930

Jackson Center School established and fields varsity squad that same year.

1931

Empire State Building opens.

1932

Canton Township School (future Canton South) begins in 1932, formed from a consolidate of North Industry & Waco HS's.

Amelia Earhart flies across Atlantic Ocean.

1933

Hoover Dam is constructed to hold back the Colorado River.

1935

Canton Township fields a varsity football program for the first time.

1936

Canton Lehman High School begins play with a full varsity squad.

1937

Former Canton Central High School demolished to make room for Timken High School.

Dover's Crater Field opens on September 24th.

Hartville does not field a football team this season.

Golden Gate Bridge completed.

1938

Boardman plays first home game under lights on 11/04/1938 - defeating East Palestine, 45-0.

Fawcett Stadium is dedicated on September 17th, as McKinley defeats Lehman, 48-6.

1939

Timken High School opens, using only a JV squad in it's first season.

New stadium opened at Massillon - eventually called Paul Brown Tiger Stadium.

Greentown High School opens.

Nazi Germany invades Poland; World War II begins.

1940

Timken High School fields a varsity football program for the first time.

The Akron Rubber Bowl is dedicated in a high school game where Massillon defeats Alliance, 40-0.

1941

North Canton Hoover wins the Stark County Class B Championship with a 6-2-1 record.

The current Boardman Stadium is built and dedicated on November 15th were the Spartans defeat Sebring, 21-0.

Japan launches attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th.

1943

Canton Township School does not field a team this year.

1944

Canton Lincoln High School fields a varsity football program for the first time.

D-Day: Allied forced land at Normandy on June 6th.

1945

North Canton High School joins the Metro League.

German forces surrender to Allied forces on May 7th.

Japan surrenders to Allied forces on August 15th.

1946

Louisville's stadium gets lights for the first time.

1947

North Canton opens Memorial Stadium.

North Canton wins the Metropolitan League Championship with a 9-0-1 record.

Polaroid Camera invented.

1948

Louisville changes it's nickname from the Blue Raiders to the Leopards.

Canton Township School becomes known as Canton South High School for the first time.

Canton Central Catholic's current building on West Tuscarawas opens.

1950

North Canton wins the Metropolitan League Championship with a 7-2 record.

Following the end of the season, Boardman drops out of Tri-County Conference to join Steel Valley Conference.

Korean War begins on June 25th. It was the first significant armed conflict of the Cold War.

Dunkin Donuts opens for business.

1951

North Canton departs the Metro League at season's end.

1952

Colonel Sanders opens Kentucky Fried Chicken (known today as KFC) in Corbin, KY.

1953

Korean conflict ended in a cease-fire agreement which continues to this day.

Denny's is founded by Harold Butler in Lakewood, CA.

1954

Sandy Valley High School is formed by the merger of East Sparta and Waynesburg High. Fields a varsity team in first year.

United States take over advisory role in Vietnam from the French who leave Vietnam after their defeat at Diem Bi en Po.

Glen Bell opens Taco Tia (known today as Taco Bell) in San Bernardino, CA.

Maurice and Dice McDonald open their hamburger joint "McDonald's", also in San Bernardino, CA.

Burger King founded by James Mctomore & Dave Edgerton in Miami, FL.

1955

The Ohio Turnpike opens.

1956

Green Local School District opens new high school and renames itself from Greensburg to Green.

Perry fields a JV football team for the first time, and winds up playing a couple of varsity games, too.

1957

Perry fields a full season of varsity football games.

North Canton and Greentown School Districts merge. A new, consolidated school is built, called Hoover High.

Hartville and Uniontown High Schools merge to become a new Hartville High School.

Glenwood High School opens, replacing Middlebranch as the high school in Plain Local.

Soviets launch Sputnik; "space race" begins.

First nuclear power plant goes into service.

1958

2-point conversion used for first time in Ohio high school football.

The consolidated Hartville High Schools is renamed Lake High School before the school year.

Marlington High School is formed by Marlboro's absorbtion of Lexington & Washington Township students.

Alliance won the state AP title.

Pizza Hut founded in Wichita, KS.

1959

Timken joines the new Inter-City Conference.

Alaska and Hawaii become states.

1960

Fairless High Schools is formed by the merger of Beach City, Brewster and Navarre High Schools.

Hardee's and Domino's Pizza open for business.

1961

Hoover withdraws from the Metro League after the season, citing travel reasons.

1962

The Inter-City Conference is disbanded at end of season.

McKinley serves a one-year suspension for violating OHSAA rules.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens to the general public on September 9th.

John Glenn orbits the Earth.

1963

I-77 opens through Stark County.

1964

First ever Arby's restaurants opens on July 23rd in Boardman.

1965

The first US. combat troops arrive in Vietnam on March 8th, as 3,500 Marines land at China Beach to defend the

American air base at Da Nang. They join 23,000 American military advisers already in Vietnam.

Medicaid and Medicare enacted.

Hoover Vikings Football

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Pre Federal League History (1790-1964)