What year was the first professional football game on Thanksgiving Day?
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Answer: 1920
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The first professional football games played on Thanksgiving Day occurred on November 25, 1920. Six games were played that day, with the Akron Pros beating the Canton Bulldogs 7-0, the Decatur Staleys blanking the Chicago Tigers 6-0, Elyria Athletics tied Columbus Panhandles 0-0, Dayton Triangles bested the Detroit Heralds 28-0, Chicago Boosters steamrolling Hammond Pros 27-0, and All-Tonawanday came out on top against Rochester Jeffersons 14-3. The very first football game occurred in 1869 in a match between the Young America Cricket Club and the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia. Princeton and Yale would play an annual football game on Thanksgiving Day between 1876 and 1881.
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