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“Never before has the Eskimos’
story been told
with such drama and detail. A great read!”
— Hall-of-Fame Minnesota Vikings
Coach Bud Grant
The Team that Saved the NFL
Written by Duluth News Tribune columnist Chuck
Frederick, Leatherheads of the North tells the fascinating
story of Nevers and the Eskimos and their notorious exploits
on and off the field, from the early years sponsored by Kelley-Duluth
Hardware through their storied 1926-1927 barnstorming season
and beyond.
The true story behind Leatherheads
starring George Clooney, Rene Zellweger
& John Krasinski of TV’s The Office
(in theatres December 2007;
scroll down to discover more).
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(Image from www.clooneystudio.com.)
Writer, director, and star of Leatherheads
George Clooney seen on the North Carolina movie set in February
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Hollywood’s comic take on the Duluth Eskimos
Leatherheads starring George Clooney
& Rene Zellweger
(in theatres April 2008)
In December 2007, Hollywood
is sheduled to release Leatherheads, a romantic comedy
starring George Clooney, Renée Zellweger, and John
Krasinski (TV’s The Office) loosely based on
the 1926–1927 Eskimos. The names have been changed (“Duluth
Bulldogs”), but the movie essentially tells the story
of Eskimos’ owner Ole Haugsrud bringing Ernie Nevers
from Stanford to Duluth at a time when professional football
wasn’t very, well, professional—a move that was
credited as saving the troubled NFL in the 1920s.
Clooney plays Dodge Connelly, player-coach of the Bulldogs,
who convinces college great and World War I hero Carter Rutherford
(Krasinski) to play for Duluth. Lexie Littleton (Zellweger)
is a Chicago reporter who finds herself in a love triangle
with Connelly and Rutherford.
Discover where history and Hollywood collide here.
Discover more about the movie here
and here.
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Scroll down to discover more and to
order Leatherheads of the North online.


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Meet the Author:
Chuck Frederick will be signing copies of his book at the
following dates & locations:
Twin Ports:
• Saturday, April 5 • 1 - 2 p.m. • Northern
Lights, Canal park
• Sunday, April 6 • 1 - 2 p.m. • Barnes
& Noble • Miller Hill Mall, Duluth
• Saturday, April 12 • 12 - 1 p.m. • Bookstore
at Fitger’s • Fitger’s Complex, Duluth
• Sunday, April 13 • 1 - 2 p.m. • Waldenbooks
• Miller Hill Mall, Duluth
Twin Cities:
• TBA
The Kelley-Duluth & Duluth Eskimos Teams:
• Both the Kelley-Duluth team and the Eskimos featured
Duluth’s Wally Gilbert, the Duluth Denfeld High graduate
and famed Brooklyn Dodgers’ third baseman, who once
drop-kicked a 61-yard field goal for Kelley-Duluth.
• The Kelley team and the Eskimos both boasted the Rooney
brothers—Joe, Bill, and Cobb—of Hibbing, Minnesota.
In 1924 and 1927 all three brothers played for Duluth—the
only times three brothers played on one NFL team the same
season.
• The 1925 Kelley-Duluth team featured Bobby Marshall,
the second black man to ever play in the NFL. Marshall played
college ball at the University of Minnesota and, when he played
for Duluth, strapped washboards under his uniform to protect
his ribs.
• The 1924 Duluth-Kelley team beat Green Bay the only
time the Packers played in Duluth (the Eskimos never beat
the Pack).
• The Eskimos sent three players to the Professional
Football Hall of Fame: Ernie Nevers, Walt Kiesling, &
Johnny “Blood” McNally.
• The Eskimos were reportedly the first NFL team to
hold preseason training camp—in Two Harbors, Minnesota.
• The Eskimos were the first NFL team to sport a logo
on their uniforms.
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• The 1926-27 Eskimos team traveled 17,000 miles playing
14 regular-season games and 15 non-league games in 4 months—but
played at home only once!
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• During the Eskimos’ 29-game “road trip,”
Nevers played all but 29 of a possible 1,740 minutes the Eskimos
were on the field.
• The 1926-27 Eskimos played with a roster of only 16
players and often took the field with just 13 players.
• The 1926-27 Eskimos took two showers after games—the
first with their uniforms on (no time for laundry!).
Order your copy
of Leatherheads of the North today!
Just $14.95 plus shipping and handling
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