Pre-Season
On Monday, September 6, 1937, the Redskins played their first Washington-area game following their move from Boston. Washington beat an American Legion All-Star team by a score of 50-0 in front of 1,000 at McCurdy Field in Frederick, Maryland.
In the 1937 NFL Draft, the Redskins selected Sammy Baugh with the sixth overall pick. Baugh would go on to play sixteen seasons with the Redskins, before retiring in 1952. Baugh would be named to the NFL 1940s All-Decade Team and the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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