Miroslav+Schweinsteiger

Miroslav Schweinsteiger was born in the city of Gelsenkirchen, Germany in the year 1872. He grows up as a son of a wealthy boot making father. His father, mother, and four siblings died when their house caught on fire, only Miroslav survived. He decides to migrate from Germany in 1890 as the economy was dropping significantly. He reaches the United States and decides to call Baltimore his "home". There he works as a newspaper deliver man for the //Baltimore Sun.// He gets paid extremely little and is forced to live in a public park. Life is very hard on him as an immigrant completely alone in a foreign country. He has this struggling life for 2 years. He then decides to move to New York to work as a carpenter until one dark night while walking on a bridge he encounters a complete stranger. This stranger is about to kill himself by throwing himself off the bridge. Miroslav with his convincing way of speaking is able to save the strangers life by making him realzie that life is worth way too much. It turns out to be that this stranger was the son of a deceased affluent coat making company called London Fog. The stranger by the name, Charlie Walcott, was about to commit suicide becasue he did not know what to do with all the money he had just inherited. Charlie in thanks to Miroslav, buys him a mansion in New York and all the money he wants. They send each other letters constantly and remain close friends. Many years later, Charlie expresses his desire to retire from working, asking Miroslav for advice. Miroslav, an avid sports man, is able to persuade Charlie to sell his company( in order to retire) and invest it in making a new football franchise and joining the developing American Professional Football Association. Charlie agrees to this risky idea as he believes it will be more relaxing and can bring happiness to the state of Illinois. Miroslav fights very hard for the introduction of football in the United States as many people from the press believd it would be a failure. Eventually, the league is formed and Miroslav is named Executive Vice President by the owner, Charlie. They decide to name the team the Decatur Staleys(one of 11 teams). Miroslav is the main advocate for the team and the league as he spreads the popularity of the sport across America. He travels with the team to places like Rochester,Buffalo, Akron, Detroit, and Cleveland. He lives this football oriented life (expanding the league) and lives in the beautiful city of New Orleans in the offseason. He dies in New Orleans in the year 1931 of a sudden heart attack as one of the main arteries in his body was clogged becasue of too many hot dogs in his system from football games. [] (history of Decatur Staleys) [] (history of American Professional Football Association) []) (London Fog) [] (heart attack causes)




 * ~ Team ||~ W ||~ L ||~ T ||~ PCT ||~ PF ||~ PA ||
 * Akron Pros || 8 || 0 || 3 || 1.000 || 151 || 7 ||
 * Decatur Staleys || 10 || 1 || 2 || .909 || 164 || 21 ||
 * Buffalo All Americans || 9 || 1 || 1 || .900 || 258 || 32 ||
 * Chicago Cardinals || 6 || 2 || 2 || .750 || 115 || 43 ||
 * Rock Island Independents || 6 || 2 || 2 || .750 || 201 || 49 ||
 * Dayton Triangles || 5 || 2 || 2 || .714 || 150 || 54 ||
 * Rochester Jeffersons || 6 || 3 || 2 || .667 || 156 || 57 ||
 * Canton Bulldogs || 7 || 4 || 2 || .636 || 208 || 57 ||
 * Detroit Heralds || 2 || 3 || 3 || .400 || 53 || 82 ||
 * Cleveland Tigers || 2 || 4 || 2 || .333 || 28 || 46 ||
 * ChicagoTigers || 2 || 5 || 1 || .286 || 49 || 63 ||
 * Hammond Pros || 2 || 5 || 0 || .286 || 41 || 154 ||
 * Columbus Panhandles || 2 || 6 || 2 || .250 || 41 || 121 ||
 * Muncie Flyers || 0 || 1 || 0 || .000 || 0 || 45 ||