On September 17th representatives of 13 Midwestern football teams meet at Ralph Hay's Hupmobile showroom in Canton, Ohio. The meeting is to form an organized league so that the area can have a champion as well as to help with ticket sales.

The group decides to form the American Professional Football Association. All a team has to do to join is pay the $100 membership fee.

George Halas who is a player-coach of the Decatur Staleys is among the driving forces of this meeting that would give birth to what is now the NFL. In the first year of the newly formed league the Decatur Staleys shutout 10 of their 13 opponents posting at 10-1-2 overall record.

Included in the season was a 6-0 win over the Chicago Tigers on Thanksgiving. The win would give the Staleys the right to play in Cubs Park in 1921.

The team lost only once to the rival Chicago Cardinals 7-6. However, the team finishes second to the Akron Pros who finished 8-0-3.

In the team's first year of existence each player was paid the staggering amount of $1,900 for the season.