Filmmaker shines light on Dayton Triangles and first NFL game 100 years later

By Don Thrasher, Contributing Writer Dayton Daily News

One thing to know about filmmaker Allen Farst is he’s a go-getter. As a teenager, that drive earned him a spot as quarterback for the Vandalia Butler High School football team. Most recently his ambition has served him well as the director of the award-winning documentary, “Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man.”Before Farst had secured a distributor for that film about the longtime keyboardist for the Rolling Stones, the tenacious filmmaker had already confirmed his next project: “Triangle Park.” The documentary is about the local team that participated in the first National Football League game, which actually took place at Triangle Park in Dayton on Oct. 3, 1920. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE