The Tonawanda Kardex of the National Football League played one season in the league, 1921. The NFL record book lists the team as only "Tonawanda Kardex", however, other sources also give the team the nickname "Lumbermen" as well. The team was based in Tonawanda, New York. According to NFL.com the offical name of the team is the Lumbermen. They played at Lumbermen Stadium in Tonawanda, NY. NFL logo For other uses of the abbreviation NFL, see NFL (disambiguation). ... See also: 1920 in sports, 1922 in sports and the list of years in sports. Football (American) Chicago Staleys later the Chicago Bears win the 1921 American Professional Football Association title. ... A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things real name (for example, Nick is short for Nicholas). ... The name Tonawanda as a location confuses even the people who live in other and even nearby Western New York communities. ...