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Kenosha is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the seat of Kenosha County. Per the 2020 census, the population was 99,986 which made it the fourth-largest city in Wisconsin. Situated on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan, Kenosha is part of the Chicago metropolitan area (Chicagoland) as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Interstate 94 connects Kenosha to Chicago and to the Milwaukee metro area.
The Kenosha Maroons were a National Football League football team in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Officially, the club only played in the league during the 1924 season, dissolving after posting no wins in five games.
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Alan Ameche, nicknamed "The Iron Horse", or simply "The Horse", was an American football player who played six seasons with the Baltimore Colts in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and won the Heisman Trophy during his senior season in 1954. He was elected to the Pro Bowl in each of his first four seasons in the league. He is famous for scoring the winning touchdown in overtime in the 1958 NFL Championship Game against the New York Giants, labeled "The Greatest Game Ever Played."
John Victor McNally, nicknamed "Johnny Blood", was an American football player and coach. McNally was named a member of the NFL 1930s All-Decade Team and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1963, as one of the Hall of Fame's 17 charter members. McNally played for six different teams between 1925 and 1941, with his longest tenure being with the Green Bay Packers, first from 1929–33 and then from 1935–36. McNally served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. Following the war he attempted to return to football in 1945, but an injury ended his playing career.
Wisconsin State College of Milwaukee was a predecessor institution of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
Francis Michael "Whitey" Wistert was an American football and baseball player. He played college football and college baseball at the University of Michigan. Wistert was the first of the three Wistert brothers—he was succeeded by Albert (Al) and Alvin—who were named All-American tackles at Michigan and later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1967. During his time at Michigan, Wistert played on three consecutive Big Ten Conference football championships teams, including two that won back-to-back national championships. He was also Big Ten Conference MVP in baseball in college and later played for Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds. The Wistert brothers all wore jersey No. 11 at Michigan and are among the seven players who have had their numbers retired by the Michigan Wolverines football program. Their number will be put back into circulation starting on November 10, 2012 before a Michigan home game against Northwestern as part of the Michigan Football Legend program.
Robert Vogt Larsen was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Carroll College—now known as Carroll University— in Waukesha, Wisconsin in 1977 and the University of Chicago from 1980 to 1982, compiling a career college football coaching record of 7–28–1. Larsen was also the athletic director at Carroll from 1977 to 1980 and Chicago from 1980 to 1983. He played college football at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin and coached high school football as a number of schools in the state of Wisconsin.
Nash Field is a former American football stadium located in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The stadium was home to the Kenosha Maroons of the National Football League in 1924. It had a capacity of 5,000 spectators. The stadium was built on the grounds of Nash Motors.
William J. "Bo" Hanley was an American football player and coach. He served a head coach for the Kenosha Maroons of the National Football League (NFL) for one season in 1924. Hanley played college football at Marquette University, where he was nicknamed the "Marquette Marvel".
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Godfred F. "Fritz" Heinisch was an American football end in the National Football League Born in Racine, Wisconsin., Heinisch played for the Racine Legion/Tornadoes, the Kenosha Maroons (1924), and the Duluth Eskimos (1926).
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George Donald Seasholtz was a fullback in the National Football League. He first played with the Milwaukee Badgers during the 1922 NFL season. After a year away from the NFL, he played with the Kenosha Maroons during the 1924 NFL season.
James Rothery Simpson was a blocking back in the National Football League. Simpson first played with the Toledo Maroons during the 1922 NFL season. The following season, he was a member of the St. Louis All-Stars, but did not see any playing time during a regular-season game. He played with the Kenosha Maroons during his final season after the Toledo Maroons made the move from Toledo, Ohio to Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Jack Synold is an American football coach. He was the head football coach at Carthage College located in Kenosha, Wisconsin for four seasons, from 1988 to 1991, compiling a record of 12–24.
Gavin Thomas Lux is an American professional baseball second baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB).
The 1920 Central Michigan Normalites football team represented Central Michigan Normal School, later renamed Central Michigan University, as an independent during the 1920 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Joe Simmons, the Central Michigan football team compiled a 4–3–1 record, shut out four of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 166 to 41. The team's victories were against Ferris State, Olivet (7–0), and Hope (17–0), and the tie was with Detroit City College (6–6). The team lost to the 1920 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team (6–7), the Michigan Agricultural frosh team (6–14), and Hillsdale (10–14).
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- ↑ "Whitey Wolter". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ↑ Whitey Wolter at pro-football-reference.com
