The St. Louis Veterans were a professional American football

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 team based in St. Louis, Missouri

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 in 1932. The team was founded by Bud Yates, the general manager

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 of the St. Louis Gunners

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The St. Louis Gunners, were an independent professional football team based in St. Louis, Missouri, who played the last three games of the 1934 National Football League season, replacing the Cincinnati Reds on the league schedule after the Reds' league membership was suspended...

, who would play in the National Football League

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 in 1934

1934 NFL season

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. In 1932, Yates figured that since one professional football team could make a good showing in St. Louis, he would add another. The team was sponsored by a group representing disabled American deterans from World War I

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. Garland Grange

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, the younger brother of Red Grange

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 was named the team's head coach. Meanwhile, Joe Lintzenich

Joe Lintzenich

Joseph Francis Lintzenich was a professional American football player for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He also played for the St. Louis Gunners in 1932, prior to the club's entry into the NFL. Prior to that he was an assistant coach, under Garland Grange, for the St. Louis...

, a teammate of Garland's from the Chicago Bears

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, was hired as his assistant. Yates then signed several players from the Gunners, the Portsmouth Spartans and Memphis Tigers to his roster.

The Veterans folded after playing in only 5 games and posting a 2-2-1 record. Yates returned to the St. Louis Gunners, while Garland Grange headed to coach the Memphis Tigers.