366:. Massillon residents reportedly attempted to persuade Shiring to move to their town during and after his time Tigers, however he returned to Pennsylvania in 1907. That season, he became the player-coach for the Pittsburgh Lyceum football team. Throughout his career, Shiring refused to wear
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Athletic Club, where he took up the center position. In 1901, Shiring was hired by the Homestead Library & Athletic Club to fill in for the injured
392:. The Canton Bulldogs–Massillon Tigers betting scandal was the first major scandal in professional football. It was the first known case of professional gamblers attempting to fix a professional sport. It refers to an allegation made by a Massillon newspaper charging the Bulldogs' coach,
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Shiring of Massillon had been solicited to throw the first game by East. Maxwell and Shiring then reported the offer to the Tigers' manager and the scandal ended before it began. The scandal was blamed for ruining professional football in
417:, charged that an actual attempt was made to bribe some of the Tiger players and that Wallace had been involved. His accusation was that an attempt had been made to bribe some Massillion players before the first game. According to Stewart,
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of conspiring to fix a two-game championship series between the two clubs. When the Tigers won the second and final game of a championship series and were named pro football's champions, Wallace was accused of throwing the game for Canton.
461:, in addition to being the elected Wilmerding's tax collector in 1903. He also opened a business, working in the insurance and real estate fields. He fathered nine children and remained close to his home in Wilmerding.
358:. He played for the Tigers until 1907 and served as a team captain for three of his four seasons in Massillon. A photograph of Shiring, as the Massillon captain, is currently hanging inside of the
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628:. October 31, 1910. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
610:. October 27, 1910. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
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On July 23, 1957 Shiring died in a
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915:"Sporting Notes". The Worcester Spy. November 15, 1901.
840:"Blondy Wallace and the Biggest Football Scandal Ever"
744:"Blondy Wallace and the Biggest Football Scandal Ever"
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488:. Watersound, FL: The Ringer. p. 61.
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520:Smith, Chester L. (July 25, 1957).
622:"Pittsburgh Lyceum Loses to Akron"
449:Shiring later spent 50 years as a
234:3Ă— Captain of the Massillon Tigers
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867:"Glamourless Gridirons: 1907-09"
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267:W. Pennsylvania Football Circuit
671:Jacobs, Susan (July 11, 2007).
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303:first National Football League
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360:Pro Football Hall of Fame
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673:"'She Lived Wilmerding'"
455:Wilmerding, Pennsylvania
348:New York Baseball Giants
291:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
257:National Football League
58:Place of death
39:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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717:Oxford University Press
678:Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
46:Date of death
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860:on September 28, 2014.
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484:Ficery, Gregg (2022).
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924:. September 27, 1901.
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888:Carroll, Bob (1980).
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137:East Pittsburgh A.A.
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66:Career information
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818:"Ohio Tiger Trap"
576:"Ohio Tiger Trap"
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847:PFRA Annual
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401:Walter East
372:shin guards
356:Ohio League
72:Position(s)
22:Bob Shiring
933:Categories
810:References
459:magistrate
444:Wilmerding
442:to nearby
269:champion (
259:champion (
145:Lalus A.C.
84:US college
206:1907–1910
186:1903–1906
113:As player
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287:football
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