Editing Akron Pros (section)

===Origins===
[[File:Akron indians football 1908.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The 1908 Akron Indians.]]
[[File:Akron ohio 1910.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Akron Pros in 1910.]]

Before 1908, several semi-pro and amateur teams dominated the Akron football scene. The most dominant of these was a team known as the [[Akron East Ends]]. The East Ends' dominance of Ohio football went unmatched until the [[Massillon Tigers]] paid several ringers from the recently disbanded [[Pittsburgh Stars]] to defeat the East Ends in 1903.<ref>Carroll (n.d.), p. 4</ref>

The Akron Indians date as far back as 1908.<ref>{{Cite web | last=Crippen | first=Ken | date=July 4, 2011 | url=http://www.leatherheadsofthegridiron.com/?p=92 | title=Building a Champion: 1920 Akron Pros | publisher=Leahterheads of the Gridiron | access-date=August 31, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202233334/http://www.leatherheadsofthegridiron.com/?p=92 | archive-date=December 2, 2013 | url-status=usurped }}</ref> The early Indians teams went on to win [[Ohio League]] championships in 1908, 1909, 1913 and 1914.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Braunwart |first1=Bob |last2=Carroll |first2=Bob |year=1981 |url=http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/03-07-068.pdf |title=The Ohio League |journal=The Coffin Corner |volume=3 |issue=7 |access-date=September 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822043543/http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/03-07-068.pdf |archive-date=August 22, 2014 }}</ref> The team was always referred to as the Indians by the fans. From 1908 to 1913, the Indians had a reputation of playing more of a style of football seen at the [[college football|college]] level than that of the early athletic clubs. For example, the Indians preferred passing the ball as opposed to running.