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1920 Akron Pros

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Record: 8-0-3, Finished 1st in APFA
APFA Season Summary

1920 APFA Champions

Scored 151 points (13.7/g), 6th of 14 in the APFA.
 Allowed 7 points (0.6/g), 1st.
 Differential of 144 points (13.1/g), 3rd.
 Expected W-L: 11.0-0.0.

Coached by Elgie Tobin


League Champion

Starters

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
Pos Age Yrs GS Summary of Player Stats Drafted (tm/rnd/yr)
 Offensive Starters
TB Fritz Pollard+ 26 Rook 9
FB Rip King+ 25 Rook 9
BB Harry Harris 25 Rook 9
WB Frank McCormick 26 Rook 8
LE Bob Nash 28 Rook 7
LT Pike Johnson 24 Rook 9
LG Tommy Tomlin Rook 9
C Russ Bailey 23 Rook 9
RG Alf Cobb 28 Rook 9
RT Charlie Copley Rook 9
RE Scotty Bierce 24 Rook 6
 Special Teams Starters
C Russ Bailey 23 Rook 9
C Russ Bailey 23 Rook 9
C Russ Bailey 23 Rook 9
C Russ Bailey 23 Rook 9

Roster

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS Wt Ht College/Univ BirthDate Yrs AV Drafted (tm/rnd/yr)
Russ Bailey 23 C 11 9 183 5-11 West Virginia 10/17/1897 Rook 0
Scotty Bierce 24 RE 10 6 164 5-9 Akron 9/3/1896 Rook 0
Matt Brown 1 0 170 5-10 Syracuse 0/0/0 Rook 0
Alf Cobb 28 RG 11 9 210 5-11 Syracuse 6/7/1892 Rook 0
Tuffy Conn 25 3 0 155 5-6 Oregon St. 2/22/1895 Rook 0
Charlie Copley RT 11 9 191 5-9 Muhlenberg,Missouri-Rolla 0/0/0 Rook 0
Ken Crawford 22 b 7 1 185 5-11 Miami (OH) 9/7/1898 Rook 0
Budge Garrett 27 7 0 200 5-9 Rutgers 4/17/1893 Rook 0
Harry Harris 25 BB 11 9 175 5-9 West Virginia Wesleyan,West Virginia 9/10/1895 Rook 0
Tommy Holleran 28 1 0 none 3/6/1892 Rook 0
Pike Johnson 24 LT 10 9 185 5-11 Washington & Lee 9/30/1896 Rook 0
Rip King+ 25 FB 11 9 202 6-1 West Virginia 10/25/1895 Rook 0
Frank McCormick 26 WB 11 8 190 5-11 South Dakota 11/5/1894 Rook 0
Buck Miles 32 1 0 195 Washington & Lee 12/10/1888 Rook 0
Frank Moran 15 1 0 285 6-4 none 3/5/1905 Rook 0
Bob Nash 28 LE 9 7 205 6-1 Cornell,Rutgers 12/16/1892 Rook 0
Al Nesser 27 re 11 5 195 6-0 none 6/6/1893 Rook 0
Al Pierotti 25 1 0 204 5-10 Washington & Lee 10/24/1895 Rook 0
Fritz Pollard+ 26 TB 11 9 165 5-9 Bates,Brown 1/27/1894 Rook 0
Bill Preston 1 0 none 0/0/0 Rook 0
Fred Sweetland 4 0 175 5-10 Washington & Lee,Fordham 0/0/0 Rook 0
Elgie Tobin 34 1 0 180 5-9 West Virginia,Penn St. 5/7/1886 Rook 0
Tommy Tomlin LG 11 9 197 5-10 Syracuse 0/0/0 Rook 0
Team Total 20.2 11 174.4 5-1.3 0.0