NFL 1920s All-Decade Team

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This is a list of all NFL players who had outstanding performances throughout the 1920s and have been compiled onto this fantasy group. The team was selected by voters of the Pro Football Hall of Fame retroactively in 1969 to mark the league's 50th anniversary.

Pro Football Hall of Fame list

All information can be Referenced at the Hall of Fame website [1]
PositionPlayerTeam(s)YearsHall of Fame Class
Quarterback Jimmy Conzelman Decatur Staleys 19201964
Rock Island Independents 1921–1922
Milwaukee Badgers 1922–1924
Detroit Panthers 1925–1926
Providence Steam Roller 1927–1930
Chicago Cardinals 1940–1942, 1946–1948
John "Paddy" Driscoll Hammond Pros 19191965
Decatur Staleys/Chicago Bears1920, 1926–1929
Chicago Cardinals1920–1925
Halfback Harold “Red” Grange Chicago Bears 1925, 1929–19341963
New York Yankees (AFL) 1926
New York Yankees 1927
Joe Guyon Canton Bulldogs 1919–19201966
Cleveland Indians 1921
Oorang Indians 1922–1923
Rock Island Independents1924
Kansas City Cowboys 1924–1925
New York Giants 1927
Earl “Curly” Lambeau Green Bay Packers 1919–19491963
Chicago Cardinals1950–1951
Washington Redskins 1952–1953
Jim Thorpe Canton Bulldogs1915–1917, 1919–1920, 19261963
Cleveland Indians1921
Oorang Indians1922–1923
Rock Island Independents1924
New York Giants1925
Chicago Cardinals1928
Fullback Ernie Nevers Duluth Eskimos 1926–19271963
Chicago Cardinals1929–1931
End Guy Chamberlin Canton Bulldogs1919, 1922–19231965
Decatur/Chicago Staleys1920–1921
Cleveland Bulldogs 1924
Frankford Yellow Jackets 1925–1926
Chicago Cardinals1927–1928
Lavern Dilweg Milwaukee Badgers1926Not Inducted
Green Bay Packers1927–1934
George Halas Decatur/Chicago Staleys-Chicago Bears1920–19831963
Tackle Ed Healey Rock Island Independents1920–19221964
Chicago Bears1922–1927
Wilbur “Pete” Henry Canton Bulldogs1920–1923, 1925–19261963
New York Giants1927
Pottsville Maroons 1927–1928
Cal Hubbard New York Giants1927–1928, 19361963
Green Bay Packers1929–1933, 1935
Pittsburgh Pirates 1934
Steve Owen Kansas City Cowboys1924–19251966
Cleveland Bulldogs1925
New York Giants1926–1953
Guard Heartley "Hunk" Anderson Chicago Bears1922, 1923–1925Not Inducted
Cleveland Bulldogs1923
Walt Kiesling Duluth Eskimos1926–19271966
Pottsville Maroons1926
Chicago Cardinals1929–1933
Chicago Bears1934
Green Bay Packers1935–1936
Pittsburgh Pirates1937–1939
Mike Michalske New York Yankees (AFL)19261964
New York Yankees1927–1928
Green Bay Packers1929–1935, 1937
Center George Trafton Decatur/Chicago Staleys
Chicago Bears
1920–1921
1922–1932
1964

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References

  1. "NFL's All Decade Team of the 1920s". ProFootballHallofFame.com. Retrieved 19 January 2013.