Boston Braves (Redskins) Team History
Boston Braves Team Formation
The city of Boston, Massachusetts, was awarded an NFL franchise on July 9, 1932, under the ownership of George Preston Marshall, Vincent Bendix, Jay O’Brien, and Dorland Doyle. They were given the nucleus of the defunct Newark Tornadoes which folded after the 1930 season and was sold back to the NFL; although none of the members of the 1930 Newark Tornadoes roster remained by the 1932 Boston Braves roster.
The team originated as the Boston Braves, based in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1932, under the ownership of George Preston Marshall. At the time the team played in Braves Field, home of the Boston Braves baseball team in the National League.
Established
1932
City
Boston – Washington D.C.
League History
1932 – Present / National Football League
Team History
1937 – Present / Washington Redskins
1933 – 1936 / Boston Redskins
1932 / Boston Braves
Nickname
Braves – Initially, the new team took the same name as their landlords, the Boston Braves, one of the two local baseball teams at the time.
Championship
Super Bowl 3
1991, 1987, 1982
NFL Championship 2
1942, 1937
Stadium
2000 – Present / FedEx Field
1997 – 1999 / Jack Kent Cooke Stadium
1969 – 1996 / RFK Stadium
1961 – 1968 / D.C. Stadium
1937 – 1960 / Griffith Stadium
*Boston*
1933 – 1936 / Fenway Park
1932 / Braves Field
Owner
1999 – Present / Daniel Snyder
1997 – 1999 / Jack Kent Cooke foundation
1985 – 1997 / Jack Kent Cooke
1974 – 1985 / Jack Kent Cooke and Edward Bennett Williams
1969 – 1974 / Edward Bennett Williams
1932 – 1969 / George Preston Marshall
Retired Number
33 Sammy Baugh
Mascot
*Blue is this team’s history