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1930 as the Portsmouth Spartans. Poor revenues, in part due to playing in a small town and in part due to the Great Depression, led to financial problems for the team. The Spartans were bought by George Richards, the owner of radio station WJR, in 1934 and moved to Detroit and renamed the Lions.

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