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For more than half a century, generations of hockey enthusiasts in northeast Iowa have given their allegiance to the Waterloo Black color Hawks. Few recognize that decades prior to the Black Hawks appeared, a long overlooked golf club captivated Waterloo during the late 1920s, playing before crowds even larger than those who come to the rink today, and beating groups from Chicago, the Twin Cities, and Canada. Sponsored and given by the Becker-Chapman North american Legion Post, a modern-day newspaper report known, "Hockey's popularity eclipses every other winter sport; the game needed such a foothold that the city would be lost without its regular hockey matches now." The Legion Team: Neglected Hockey in Waterloo, 1927-1930, seeks to revive the memories of this overlooked era, describing every game the Becker-Chapman squad played during four winters. However, beyond the wins, deficits, and game details; the runners who emerged to the Cedar Valley for the chance to play, their opponents, and Waterloo of that era, come to life.
