Help identifying Decatur Illinois Staley's Team 1920's

[Tao_Moko]

The photo came from my Great Grandmother and pictures a football team from Decatur Illinois with my Great Grandfather, Carl Davis, and his team. The date on the picture is 1921 and my Grandfather was employed at Staleys. I do not see the necessary players that are listed for the Staley's/Bears so wondering if anyone can help identify what team this might be.

[Tao_Moko]

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Any help would be appreciated.

[patricka]

My guess is that after the team moved to Chicago in 1921 and became the Chicago Staleys (and later the Bears) that the company continued to maintain a football team in Decatur and that is what your picture is.

The Staley company had various different sports teams throughout its history.

[Tao_Moko]

I called my Mother to ask her if she had anymore info on the picture and she said that Carl Davis(my Grandfather) used to go to St. Louis every year to try out for the "baseball team". He also owned a bar in Macon and was known as a pretty tough boxer/fighter and had won the attention of the ballplayers as a "scrapper" the way he played. Carl was not a very big guy(pictured to the left of the guy with the mascot) but apparently a well rounded athlete and bar fighter. I wish he had lived long enough for me to pick his brain for stories.