The 6 ft, 185 pound Dutch Clark was the first All-American ever from Colorado College and although virtually blind in one eye, won All-Pro honors six times in his seven year professional career. Historians rate this quick thinking signal caller a quarterback, even though as was the case in this era he would line up at single-wing well behind the offensive center. In 1931, Dutch Clark began his NFL career with the Portsmouth Spartans and was on the team when it moved to Detroit in 1934. He was the Lions' main architect of its first NFL championship in 1935. Dutch Clark ranks as one of the most brilliant all-around athletes ever to play in the National Football League and was voted into its Hall of Fame in 1963. In seven years, Earl 'Dutch' Clark scored 369 points on 42 touchdowns, 72 extra points, 15 field goals and was the last player to regularly employ the dropkick for field goals and extra points. He played and coached the Detroit Lions in his final two years (1937-38) and then became the head of the Cleveland Rams (1939-42) Footballhistorian.com - The History of Football
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Standing 5'11" and weighting only 160 pounds, John 'Paddy' Driscoll was one of early football's best quarterbacks. Not big, even by 1920 standards, Driscoll was the nation's star quarterback while attending Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, his birthplace. Driscoll joined the Chicago Cardinals in the newly formed American Professional Football Association in 1920, where he played quarterback, punted, kicked field goals and even coached for three years, 1920-1922. For years his 50-yard dropkick field goal was the NFL record. A brilliant field general, Paddy Driscoll was traded to the cross-town rivals, the Chicago Bears to start the 1926 season. Paddy Driscoll was elected to Football Hall of Fame in 1965.
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One of the greatest players in football history, Harold Edward Grange, the Galloping Ghost, was born in Forksville, Pennsylvania in 1903 and later became one of the nation's sports heroes while playing at the University of Illinois. In 1923 and 1924 he was selected an All-American as a halfback and in 1925 as a quarterback. A Hall of Famer and a legend with his blinding-speed, Red Grange picked up his nickname - the Galloping Ghost - when he scored five touchdowns the first five times he carried the ball in a 1924 game between the Universities of Illinois and Michigan. After graduation from college, his entrance into professional football, mainly with the Chicago Bears, attracted the NFL first large crowds, and Grange is given much credit with popularizing the sport. He retired in 1934 and later was a sports announcer on radio. Famous Football Players
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Guy Chamberlin was an outstanding end at Nebraska Univ., and went on to become the premier
end of the National Football League (NFL). He played with five different NFL teams in a great
NFL career that spanned 9 years. A give-it-your-all team man, Guy Chamberlin possessed a
leadership ability and was named player-coach of four NFL championship teams in a five year
period, 1922-1926.
Guy Chamberlin coached the Canton Bulldogs 1922-23, the Cleveland Bulldogs 1924, the
Frankford Yellow Jackets 1926 and the Chicago Cardinals 1927. Guy Chamberlin's legendary
coaching record was 58-16-6, a .780 winning percentage - a still-unbroken highest winning
percentage of all NFL coaches with 50 or more pro wins. He was elected to
the Hall of Fame in 1965. footballhistorian.com
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