North students visit Pro Football Hall of Fame

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Neighbors | Submitted.The entire fourth grade class from Poland North Elementary school visited the Pro Football Hall of Fame Feb. 24. The sudents toured the facilty and learned intersting facts about the NFL.

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Neighbors | Submitted .Poland North fourth-graders, from left, (front) Dominic DiNunzio, Jacob Duran, Amelia D'Angelo, Michael Masucci, Michael Diaz, (center) Marlie Kluchar, Billy Orr, Ramanpreet Singh, (back) Dominic Nocera and Nick Sabrin enjoyed visiting the Football Hall of Fame Feb. 24.

Did you know that George Hallas saw his Chicago football team as being stronger and bigger than the city’s baseball team and decided to name it the Bears?

Fun facts, history and the impact of the NFL was part of the experience for fourth-grade students at Poland North Elementary on their Feb. 24 field trip to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton.

The students had a blast touring the facility and learning how NFL teams acquired their nicknames. They learned that in the early years, many professional teams had the same name as the baseball team. Hallas was the first person to break this trend.