Professional sports history Football Duluth in the NFL Year W L T Finish Kelleys 1923 4 3 0 7th 1924 5 1 0 4th 1925 0 3 0 16th Eskimos 1926 6 5 3 8th 1927 1 8 0 11th Duluth fielded a National Football League team called the Kelleys (officially the Kelley Duluths after the Kelley-Duluth Hardware Store) from 1923 to 1925. It also fielded the Eskimos (officially Ernie Nevers' Eskimos after the early NFL great, their star player) from 1926 to 1927. The Eskimos were then sold and became the Orange Tornadoes (Orange, New Jersey). This bit of history became the basis for the 2008 George Clooney/Renée Zellweger movie, Leatherheads.
Professional sports history Football Duluth in the NFL Year W L T Finish Kelleys 1923 4 3 0 7th 1924 5 1 0 4th 1925 0 3 0 16th Eskimos 1926 6 5 3 8th 1927 1 8 0 11th Duluth fielded a National Football League team called the Kelleys (officially the Kelley Duluths after the Kelley-Duluth Hardware Store) from 1923 to 1925. It also fielded the Eskimos (officially Ernie Nevers' Eskimos after the early NFL great, their star player) from 1926 to 1927. The Eskimos were then sold and became the Orange Tornadoes (Orange New Jersey). This bit of history became the basis for the 2008 George Clooney/Renée Zellweger movie, Leatherheads.