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1912 Akron Indians season

American football team season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ4559445 ↗
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The 1912 Akron Indians season was their fifth season in existence. The team played in the Ohio League and posted a 7–3 record.

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References

Pro Football Archives: Akron Indians 1912

PFRA Research. "Elyria Out of Nowhere" (PDF). Coffin Corner. Professional Football Researchers Association: 1–4. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 11, 2012.

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This entry incorporates text from “1912 Akron Indians season” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.