The Brooklyn Dodgers were an American football team that played in the National Football League from 1930 to 1943,and in 1944 as the Brooklyn Tigers. The team played its home games at Ebbets Field of the baseball National League's team,the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1945,because of financial difficulties and the increasing scarcity of major league-level players because of the war-time defense requirements at the height of World War II,the team was merged with the Boston Yanks and were known as the Yanks for that season.
George Stanley Halas Sr.,nicknamed "Papa Bear" and "Mr. Everything",was an American professional football player,coach,and team owner. He was the founder and owner of the National Football League's Chicago Bears,and served as his own head coach on four occasions. He was also lesser-known as a Major League Baseball player for the New York Yankees.
Ernest Alonzo Nevers,sometimes known by the nickname "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.
Robert Calvin Hubbard was an American professional football player and Major League Baseball (MLB) umpire. After playing college football at Centenary College and Geneva College,Hubbard played in the National Football League (NFL) between 1927 and 1936 for the New York Giants,Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Pirates,playing the bulk of his career with the Packers. Hubbard is credited as being one of the inventors of the football position of linebacker.
Benjamin Friedman was an American football player and coach,and athletic administrator.
Melvin Jack Hein,sometimes known as "Old Indestructible",was an American football player and coach. In the era of one-platoon football,he played as a center and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963 as part of the first class of inductees. He was also named to the National Football League (NFL) 50th,75th,and 100th Anniversary All-Time Teams.
Alfred Earle "Greasy" Neale was an American football and baseball player and coach.
Alphonse Emil "Tuffy" Leemans was an American football fullback and halfback who played on both offense and defense. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1978 and was named in 1969 to the NFL 1930s All-Decade Team.
William Roy "Link" Lyman,also sometimes known as Roy Lyman,was an American football player and coach.
Joseph Lee Stydahar,sometimes listed as Joseph Leo Stydahar,and sometimes known by the nickname "Jumbo Joe",was an American professioinall football player and coach. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1972.
Elmer Clinton "Gloomy Gus" Henderson was an American football coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Southern California (1919–1924),the University of Tulsa (1925–1935),and Occidental College (1940–1942),compiling a career college football record of 126–42–7. Henderson's career winning percentage of .865 at USC is the best of any Trojans football coach,and his 70 wins with the Tulsa Golden Hurricane remain a team record. In between his stints at Tulsa and Occidental,Henderson moved to the professional ranks,helming the Los Angeles Bulldogs of the American Football League in 1937 and the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) in 1939. Henderson also coached basketball and baseball at USC,each for two seasons.
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 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.
Raymond Paul Flaherty was an American football player and coach in the National Football League,and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was part of three NFL Championship teams,one as a player and two as a head coach.
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 Joseph "Bo" Molenda was an American football player,primarily a fullback,who played for the University of Michigan and nine seasons in the NFL. He played for two Big Ten Conference championship teams and four NFL championship teams and later became a football coach.
Elmer Kenneth Strong was an American football halfback and fullback who also played minor league baseball. Considered one of the greatest all-around players in the early decades of the game,he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1957 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967 and was named to the NFL 1930s All-Decade Team.
The Los Angeles Wildcats was a traveling team of the first American Football League that was not based in its nominal home city but in Chicago,Illinois. Coached by Jim Clark,the team was designed to be a showcase for University of Washington star back George “Wildcat”Wilson. Compared to most traveling teams in professional football,the Wildcats were successful,compiling a 6–6–2 record in the only season of the team's –and the league's –existence.
