Ironton Tanks
| Ironton Tanks | |||
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| General information | |||
| Founded | 1919 | ||
| Folded | 1930 | ||
| Stadium | Beechwood Stadium (1919–1926) Tank Stadium (1926–1930) | ||
| Headquartered | Ironton, Ohio, United States | ||
| Colors | Scarlet Red, Gold, White | ||
| Personnel | |||
| Head coach | Earle Louis "Greasy" Neale (1930) | ||
| Nicknames | |||
| Big Red The Big Red Machine | |||
| Team history | |||
Ironton Tanks (1919–1930) | |||
| League / conference affiliations | |||
| Independent | |||
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The Ironton Tanks were a semi-professional football team organized in 1919 in Ironton, Ohio.
Their historical marker gives the story of the Tanks origin: "Semi-professional football began in Ironton in 1893 with a team known as the Irontonians. The Ironton Tanks, founded in 1919, was a combination of two Ironton cross-town rival football clubs known as the Irish Town Rags and the Lombards." Their name reflected both the town's deep roots in the iron industry and the desire of returning soldiers from World War I to run over their opponents.