At that meeting, held at Bulldogs owner Ralph Hay's Hupmobile showroom in Canton, representatives of the Rock Island Independents, the Muncie Flyers, the Decatur Staleys, the Racine Cardinals, the Massillon Tigers, the Chicago Cardinals, and the Hammond Pros agreed to join the league.
In 1912, Hupp would be one of two automakers pioneering the use of all-steel bodies, joining BSA in the UK.
On September 17, 1920 at Ralph Hay's Hupmobile dealership in Canton, the charter members of the future NFL formally established the new league.
Automobile Gallery The collection in this gallery includes Harmon Elliott’s first car, a 1909 Hupmobile, and the 1936 Austin he carried aboard his yacht “Harmonelle” when in Florida.
The Greyhound Bus Museum is located in Hibbing, Minnesota, where Carl Wickman and Andrew "Bus Andy" Anderson started their first bus service in 1914 transporting fellow miners in a 1914 Hupmobile.