8 facts about Columbus sports history

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🏈 The NFL's headquarters were downtown from 1927-1939, at 16 E. Broad St.

☝️ The Columbus Panhandles played in the league's first official game on Oct. 3, 1920, a road matchup against the Dayton Triangles.

🏃‍♀️ The Columbus Pacesetters were a founding team of the National Women's Football League in 1974 — and the only one to keep playing until the league folded in 1988.

🏀 The Columbus Quest won back-to-back championships in the '90s, the only two titles ever awarded by the short-lived women's American Basketball League.

🥊 Boxer Buster Douglas is from Columbus and trained locally before his legendary upset of Mike Tyson in 1990.

🏟️ Historic Crew Stadium was the country's first soccer-specific stadium when it opened in 1999.

🏒 Before the Blue Jackets, the minor-league Columbus Chill sold out 83 straight games at the Ohio Expo Center from 1992-94, setting a league record that stood for over a decade.

⚾ Lou Berliner Sports Park is reportedly the country's largest ball diamond complex, with 31 baseball and softball fields.