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Roeluf Bergsma 1904 - 1994

Roeluf Bergsma was born on April 27, 1904, and died at age 90 years old on August 4, 1994. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Roeluf Bergsma.
Roeluf Bergsma
zip code 34624
April 27, 1904
August 4, 1994
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  • 04/27
    1904

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    April 27, 1904
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  • 08/4
    1994

    Death

    August 4, 1994
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    Roeluf Bergsma lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
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In 1904, in the year that Roeluf Bergsma was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1920, at the age of 16 years old, Roeluf was alive when the National Football League, first called the American Professional Football Association, was created. College football was more popular than pro football and rising player salaries were bankrupting league owners. In response, owners created the NFL, using the pro baseball association as a model. Eleven teams were formed: the Akron Pros, Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Indians, Dayton Triangles, Decatur Staleys, Hammond Pros, Massillon Tigers, Muncie Flyers, Racine Cardinals, Rochester Jeffersons and Rock Island Independents.
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