He immediately knew, that bengals was the perfect name for his squad But he never could have imagined that eight decades later, his football team nickname would remain in the queen city Ad for bengal stove line. And if you’re wondering how the original 1937 bengals team got their name, it appears it came from original bengals coach (and founder) hal pennington’s mother’s stove According to pennington, he didn’t like the original fan suggestions for a name, including the cincinnati elephants. As they prepare for the biggest game of their season, we take a look at the historic roots of the team from cincinnati and where they got their name from.
The nfl has 32 teams, each with a unique story about how it came to be Fan contests chose some names, while others had ties to former professional sports teams. So, i’ve just found out that the bengals were named after a previous football team in cincinnati that was itself named after a stove 樂 i thought there must be an exotic story here about some mad. Pennington named the team after the bengal stove in his mother’s kitchen “the tiger in the picture was so animated it inspired me, i figured bengals would be a good name for the team.
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