Ernest Alonzo Nevers,nicknamed "Big Dog",was an American football and baseball player and football coach. Widely regarded as one of the best football players in the first half of the 20th century,he played as a fullback and was a triple-threat man known for his talents in running,passing,and kicking. He was inducted with the inaugural classes of inductees into both the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963. He was also named in 1969 to the NFL 1920s All-Decade Team.
Morris Hiram "Red" Badgro was an American football and baseball player. He played as an end in the National Football League (NFL). He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1981.
Walter Andrew Kiesling was an American football guard who spent 36 years as a player,coach,and aide with National Football League (NFL) teams. He was posthumously inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1966 and was named to the NFL 1920s All-Decade Team in 1969.
Alfred Earle "Greasy" Neale was an American football and baseball player and coach.
William Roy "Link" Lyman,also sometimes known as Roy Lyman,was an American football player and coach.
Earl Harry "Dutch" Clark,sometimes also known as "the Flying Dutchman" and "the Old Master",was an American football player and coach,basketball player and coach,and university athletic director. He gained his greatest acclaim as a football player and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame with its inaugural class in 1951 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame with its inaugural class in 1963. He was also named in 1969 to the NFL 1930s All-Decade Team and was the first player to have his jersey retired by the Detroit Lions.
Berlin Guy "Champ" Chamberlin,sometimes misspelled Guy Chamberlain,was an American professional football player and coach. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1962 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1965. He was also named in 1969 to the NFL 1920s All-Decade Team.
James Gleason Dunn Conzelman was an American football player and coach,baseball executive,and advertising executive. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1964 and was selected in 1969 as a quarterback on the National Football League 1920s All-Decade Team.
Wilbur Francis "Pete" Henry was an American football player,coach,and athletic administrator. He was a charter inductee into both the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963.
John Leo "Paddy" Driscoll was an American football and baseball player and football coach. A triple-threat man in football,he was regarded as the best drop kicker and one of the best overall players in the early years of the National Football League (NFL). He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1965 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1974.
George Cafego was an American football player and coach of football and baseball. He played college football at the University of Tennessee,earning varsity letters 1937–1939,and professionally in the National Football League (NFL) with the Brooklyn Dodgers,Washington Redskins,and Boston Yanks. He served as the head baseball coach at the University of Wyoming in 1950 and at his alma mater,Tennessee,from 1958 to 1962. Cafego was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1969.
William Glenn Killinger was an American football,basketball,and baseball player,coach,and college athletics administrator from Harrisburg,Pennsylvania. He graduated Harrisburg Technical High School and then lettered in three sports at Pennsylvania State University,where he was an All-American in football in 1921. Killinger then played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Canton Bulldogs and the New York Giants and for Philadelphia Quakers of the first American Football League in 1926. Killinger served as the head football coach at Dickinson College (1922),Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1927–1931),Moravian College (1933),West Chester University,and with the North Carolina Pre-Flight School (1944),compiling a career college football head coaching record of 176–72–16. He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1971.
Harry Duplein Robb was an American football player and coach during the 1920s.
The Gilberton Catamounts,sometimes called the Gilberton Cadamounts and the Gilberton Duck Streeters,were a 1920s-era professional football team based in Gilberton,Pennsylvania. However,the team played many of its home games in nearby Mahanoy City because Gilberton's home field,Stoddard Field,was usually flooded. The borough got its "Ducktown" nickname mainly because of persistent flooding.
Arthur Andrew "Bunny" Corcoran was a professional football and baseball player. He was a tailback with the Canton Bulldogs,Cleveland Indians,Akron Pros and the Buffalo All-Americans of the National Football League (NFL) and the Frankford Yellow Jackets and the Canton Bulldogs of the Ohio League. In 1915,he appeared in one Major League Baseball game for the Philadelphia Athletics.
Stanley Rankin Robb was an American football lineman and end who played one season in the National Football League (NFL) for the Canton Bulldogs. A native of Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania,he attended Peabody High School and Mercersburg Academy,after which he played college football for the Centre Praying Colonels (1920) and West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats (1921). Robb began his professional football career in 1922,splitting the year between the Holmesburg Athletic Club and Philadelphia Quakers. He played the 1923 season with the Clifton Heights Orange &Black before joining the Pottsville Maroons for their Anthracite League championship year in 1924. Robb joined the Canton Bulldogs,coached by his brother Harry,in 1926,playing what would be his only three games in the NFL while scoring one touchdown. He later returned to Clifton Heights to finish his career.
Frank G. McCormick was an American football player and coach. He was the first South Dakotan to play professional football. He played from 1920 to 1921 with the Akron Pros and the Cincinnati Celts of the American Professional Football Association (AFCA)—the league changed its name to the National Football League (NFL) in 1922. Originally a guard,Frank was made a wingback by the Pros. He won an AFPA championship with Akron in 1920.
Douglas Park is a public park located at 18th Avenue and 10th Street in Rock Island,Illinois. A former National Football League venue,Douglas Park was the site of the first-ever National Football League game on September 26,1920. The Rock Island neighborhood that is today called Douglas Park dates back to the 1830s,with the athletic park being constructed in 1904 to 1905 and utilized for football beginning in 1907.
Noel Charles Jenke was an American professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played for three different teams during the 1971 through 1974 seasons. Before playing professional football,Jenke was a minor league baseball player in the Boston Red Sox organization.
Jerald Joseph Jones was an American football and baseball player and coach. He played professional football in the first years of the National Football League (NFL),from 1920 to 1924,with the Decatur/Chicago Staleys—now known as the Chicago Bears,the Rock Island Independents,the Toledo Maroons and the Cleveland Bulldogs. Prior to his professional career,Jones played at college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He was also a member of the Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team in 1918.
