WILMINGTON CLIPPERS
PRO FOOTBALL TEAM
The Wilmington Clippers,
a pro football team, appeared in 1937, was owned by
Lammont “Brud” duPont.
Some team members were Walt Masters, Tony Sata,
Mike Lorenz, Buddy rogers,
Jim Wooley, George Venerosa, Bob Masters, Sis
Andrusking, Tod Goodwin,
Roger Mass. Leo Ratomess, Joe Superka, Tony Kurma.
In 1940 the AFA team,
Clippers, defeated the National Football League, Philadelphia
Eagles, 16 to 14. Walt
Masters was player coach.
The team did not play
between 1943 to 1945 because of WW II.
1938 Clipper team won the
Dixie League championship and again in 1941 won the
American Association
championship.
The Wilmington Clippers of
1937, now in the Atlantic Coast League, disbanded after
the 1949 season. At one
time this Clipper team was a farm team of the Washington
Red Skins,
An abstract from
Philadelphia Daily News, Friday 8 September, 1967, The Wilmington
Morning News, Saturday,
29 November, 1941 and Wilmington Morning News, Friday,
July 22, 1983 by Harrison
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