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Rock Island Independents Players

All 288 men known to have played for the Rock Island Independents, from 1902 through 1925, with position, college and seasons. Hall of Famers are marked with a star.

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Johnny Armstrong of the Rock Island IndependentsJohnny ArmstrongWalt Brindley of the Rock Island IndependentsWalt BrindleyWalt Buland of the Rock Island Independents, 1919Walt BulandFred Chicken of the Rock Island Independents, 1919Fred ChickenFrank Coughlin of the Rock Island Independents, 1922Frank CoughlinJug Earp of the Rock Island Independents, 1922Jug EarpFreeman Fitzgerald of the Rock Island Independents, 1919Freeman FitzgeraldEddie Healey of the Rock Island Independents, 1922Eddie HealeyTom Henry of the Rock Island Independents, 1919Tom HenryJerry Johnson of the Rock Island Independents, 1922Jerry JohnsonEmmett Keefe of the Rock Island Independents, 1922Emmett KeefeDewey Lyle of the Rock Island IndependentsDewey LyleJerry Mansfield of the Rock Island Independents, 1919Jerry MansfieldBobby Marshall of the Rock Island Independents, 1919Bobby MarshallEddie Novak of the Rock Island Independents, 1919Eddie NovakPaddy Quinn of the Rock Island Independents, 1919Paddy QuinnOke Smith of the Rock Island Independents, 1919Oke SmithJoe Little Twig of the Rock Island IndependentsJoe Little TwigRube Ursella of the Rock Island Independents, 1919Rube UrsellaTillie Voss of the Rock Island Independents, 1922Tillie VossGuido Wyland of the Rock Island Independents, 1919Guido Wyland

Full roster

288 players
PlayerPosCollegeSeasons
"Sullivan"FB1920
Elmer "Skall" AndersonE1907, 1908, 1912
Paul AndersonG1925
Johnny Armstrong of the Rock Island IndependentsJohnny ArmstrongQBDubuque / Georgetown1923, 1924, 1925
Bill AshbaughFB1924
AtkinsonE1908, 1909
Grover Auld1914
Bill Bach1913, 1914
Baldridge1918
Dick BarkerG1921
BashawT1919
H. BattlesE1902
Baxter1913
Harry Behnamann1912, 1913, 1914
BehrensE1907
Lester BeldingE1925
Leo "Red" Benson1915
Berg1916
BletcherG/T1909
E. BloomquistG/T1902
Wes BradshawHB1924
Harry Brandt1914, 1915
George Brau1914
Vic Bredimus1915, 1916
Bredt1916
Brewin1912
Bridge1916
Lane BridgefordHB/FB1921, 1922
Walt Brindley of the Rock Island IndependentsWalt Brindley1916, 1917, 1921, 1922
Brondell1913
Bruhn1913
Bryant1914
Harry Budelier1912
Walt Buland of the Rock Island Independents, 1919Walt BulandT1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1924
Buncher1907
George BurnsE1907
Lyle BurtonG/T1923, 1924, 1925
Sol ButlerDubuque1923
BuzzerE1908
John CardwellB1917
Will CarseQB1902, 1903, 1907
Mike CasteelQB1922
CaulfieldC1912
Cliff Chandler1915
ChartonC1907
Fred Chicken of the Rock Island Independents, 1919Fred ChickenHB1917, 1919, 1920
Walter ClagoE1922
ClayC1924
Harry ColemanC/FB1907, 1908, 1912, 1913
E. ColliganE1902, 1903
CollinsG/T1912
Tim Connolly1913, 1914
Jimmy Conzelman ★QB/HB1921, 1922
R. C. Cook1915
Bert CorkenE1903
Fod CottonTNotre Dame1923, 1925
Frank Coughlin of the Rock Island Independents, 1922Frank CoughlinT1921
Coulter1912
Cox1916
CramerC1908
"Swede" DahlgrenT1925
Ted Davenport1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917
DavisG/T1907
Frank DeClerkSt. Ambrose1923, 1924, 1925
Leland DempseyBradley1917, 1918, 1919
Fred DenfieldG/TNavy1920
Mark Devlin1920
Keith DooleyE1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916
Leslie DowningG/T1907
DruckmillerC1908, 1909
Eddie DugganFB1921
Bill Duncan1914
Jack Durling1917
Jug Earp of the Rock Island Independents, 1922Fred Earp1913, 1921, 1922
EbertsG/T1908, 1909, 1912
EnglesG/T1908
Joe Ericcson1913, 1914
Freeman Fitzgerald of the Rock Island Independents, 1919Freeman FitzgeraldCNotre Dame1919, 1920, 1921
Harry FitzsimmonsC1903, 1907
Flannigan1912
Dick Fort1917, 1918
Ray FosdickT1917, 1919
W. FowlerC1902, 1903
Earl FraserE1909
Ted Freeberg1917, 1918
Fryer1913
George FryerT1917
William Gable1914, 1915, 1917
GaeserE1909
E. S. Van GaldenT1924
Frank GardnerE1920
Buck GavinFB1921, 1922, 1924, 1925
Bill GiaverHB/FBGeorgia Tech1923
H. Gilman1916
Will Gleason1916
Al GorgalFB1923
Dan Greer1916
Walter Grotjan1907
Harold Grove1912
Harry GundersonC1917, 1920
Edward R. GuyerCornell1915, 1916, 1917
Joe Guyon ★HB1924
Hamilton1915
Hammond1915
Harold HansonC/T1921
Marx HarderG/T1902, 1903
Harrigan1912
John Harty1916, 1917, 1918
Bob "Ziggy" HasbrouckE/HB1921
Dave HayesE1921
Eddie Healey of the Rock Island Independents, 1922Eddie Healey ★T/GDartmouth / Holy Cross1920, 1921, 1922
HealeyHB1918
Dutch HendrianHB1925
Tom Henry of the Rock Island Independents, 1919Tom HenryHB1919, 1920
Ed HermanE1925
Chuck HillHB1924, 1925
Edward Joseph HoarE1917
Heinie Hodson1914
Louis Hofer1914
HollandT/G1918
Holmes1915
Houser1918
Roy Hufford1918
Frank Hughes1913
HunzelmannG1919
IngallsG/T1909
JennerG/T1909
Jerry Johnson of the Rock Island Independents, 1922Jerry JohnsonHB1921, 1922
Jerry JonesG1922
Francis JordanHB/FB1920
Al Jorgensen1916, 1917, 1919
Max KadeskyEIowa1923, 1924
Emmett Keefe of the Rock Island Independents, 1922Emmett KeefeG1921, 1922
Kelley1915
Jim KendrickE1925
Tom Kennedy1915
Kimball1917
Connie KippB1912
KnappB1909
Knoelke1918
"Polly" KochC1920
Louis KollsSt. Ambrose1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925
Ollie Kraehe1922
Joe KrakerG/C1924
Kreg1912
Ray "Waddy" KuehlE1912, 1918, 1920, 1923
Bill Kuehner1914
LagomarcinoG1918
Roddy LambHB1925
LampQB1909
Lanigan1916
Fred LarsonQB1907
J. LarsonE1907, 1908
LauerHB1922
Lazerous1916
Leyda1914
Lockhardt / LockerT1917
Vander LooFB1921
Bull LoweHBDubuque1923
Lundeen1918
Charlie LungrenHBWest Virginia1923
Dewey Lyle of the Rock Island IndependentsDewey LyleG/T1919, 1920, 1921, 1922
Ralph MackB1908
Ernest MacManusQB1912, 1913, 1914
Jay MacManusE1908
George Magerkurth1920
Grover MaloneHB1921
Jerry Mansfield of the Rock Island Independents, 1919Jay "Jerry" MansfieldFB1917, 1919, 1920, 1921
Bobby Marshall of the Rock Island Independents, 1919Bobby MarshallEMinnesota1919, 1920
MayerG1917
"Buck" McCann1914
Vince McCarthyQB/HB1924, 1925
"Bull" McCleary1914
McCormick ("O'Leary")BSouth Dakota1917
Charles McGinnis1913, 1914, 1915, 1916
Roy McMurryT1917
McRoberts1916
MeansQB1908, 1909
Meersman1918
Al Meilow1907
Fritz MeilowG/T1907
John MeisingerG/T1907
Vic MenefeeE1921
Claude Mercer1918
MillerQB1908
Miller1918
Charlie MockmoreGIowa1920
George MooreB1917
Meyer Morris1917
Charles Mortier1914
Art MosenfelderG/T1907
S. MosenfelderQB1903
MosthaierE1907
Robert MulcahyG/T1907, 1908, 1909
MullinB1917
Eddie "Nips" Murphy1916, 1917
Edward MurphyB1924
Frank MurphyE1908, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915
MurrayHB1918
Nagel1923
Ben Nelson1917
Ed Nelson1917
John Newman1907
Will Newman1907
Joel Nichols1916
Sid NicholsQB/HB1920, 1921
Curt NortonHB1920
Eddie Novak of the Rock Island Independents, 1919Eddie NovakHB1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1925
O'MearaG/T1907
E. ObergFB1902
Oscar ObergHB1902, 1903
M. OhlwellerC1902, 1903
Heine Otzen1914, 1917
George PalmerG/T1907
Jack (John) ParidonG/T1913, 1914, 1916
Peoples1916
Bob PhelanHB/FBNotre Dame1923, 1924
LeRoy Philbrook1914, 1915
Paddy Quinn of the Rock Island Independents, 1919Paddy QuinnFB1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921
Raines1912
"Speed" RiddellENebraska1920
RidnorFB1909
Ridnour1909
RoantreeE1907
Loyal Robb1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920
John RocheG/T/FB1909, 1912, 1913
Rogers1918
Joe RooneyE1925
RyanG/T1902, 1903
M. Sage1913
Arthur SalzmannE1903, 1907, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916
Roy Salzmann1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1918
Arthur Schimmel1925
Ned ScottT1924
SennettQB1908
Pat Sexton1913, 1914, 1915, 1916
Edson ShawTNebraska1920
Hubert "Herb" SiesBPittsburgh1923
Fred "Duke" Slater ★TIowa1922, 1923, 1924, 1925
Frank SmithG/T1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919
Oke Smith of the Rock Island Independents, 1919O. E. "Oke" SmithE/B1919, 1920, 1921
Roy Smith1912
SmithG1923
Bert Spaulding1916
Dick StahlmanT1925
StanleyG/C1924
W. StremmelQB1902, 1903
StrongQB1918
SullivanFB1909
Ed Swanson1915, 1916, 1918, 1919
Evar SwansonE1924, 1925
L. SwansonE1902, 1903
SwansonG/T1912, 1913, 1914
Ben SynhorstTIowa1920
Talbot1912
George ThompsonG/TIowa1923, 1924, 1925
Tommy Thompson1912
Fred ThomsenE1924
Jim Thorpe ★HB1924, 1925
"Brick" TravisT1921
Arno Tremann1914
Joe Little Twig of the Rock Island IndependentsJoe "Little" TwigE/T1924, 1925
Jock UnderwoodT/B1925
Rube Ursella of the Rock Island Independents, 1919Rube UrsellaQB1917, 1919, 1920, 1924, 1925
Eddie UsherHB1922
Tillie Voss of the Rock Island Independents, 1922VossT1922
Wagner1913
Ward1913
WebberE1920
Chester "Chet" Weiderquist1924, 1925
Lou Weidmann1907
Obe WenigE1920, 1921, 1922, 1923
Cliff Whisler1916
Will Whisler1914
WhiteFB1903
Chet WilderquistG/T1924
Ben WillhiteG/T1912, 1914
Mike WilsonELehigh1923, 1924
WoltersB1918
Herb WoodC1907
S. WoodRG1907
Willis WoodsE1908
Woolard1916
J. WrightG/T1902, 1903
Wright1918
Guido Wyland of the Rock Island Independents, 1919Guido WylandCIowa1917, 1919, 1920
Arnold "Pudge" WymanFB/HBMinnesota1920
Frank Zeb1914