Birth of stripes helmet

[George Cantstandya]

(06-01-2023, 03:59 PM)WeezyBengal Wrote: Fun fact - Bengals were actually named after a stove. Yes, a stove.

Back in the day they were trying to come up with a name for the franchise. Person that was in charge of it was at his kitchen on day, trying to come up with the name. He looked over and saw an old Bengals branded stove and went with it. The rest is history.

The Cincinnati stoves.

Another fun fact.  The 1937 Bengals, their first season and the team sort of named after the stove, only won 2 games.   In 2019 the Bengals only won 2 games which got them the number 1 pick and allowed them to draft Joe Burrow in 2020.  The only other time the current Bengals only won 2 games was the 2002 season which also got them the number one draft pick and they drafted Carson Palmer in 2003.  Weird...