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1923 Canton Bulldogs

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Record: 11-0-1, Finished 1st in NFL
NFL Season Summary

1923 NFL Champions

Scored 246 points (20.5/g), 1st of 20 in the NFL.
 Allowed 19 points (1.6/g), 1st.
 Differential of 227 points (18.9/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 12.0-0.0.

Coached by Guy Chamberlin


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 Lou Smyth 25 3 9
FB Doc Elliott+ 23 1 8
BB Harry Robb 26 2 10
WB Tex Grigg 32 3 10
LE Guy Chamberlin 29 3 10
LT Link Lyman 25 1 12
LG Rudy Comstock 23 Rook 11
C Larry Conover 2 12
RG Duke Osborn 26 2 9
RT Pete Henry+ 26 3 12
K Bird Carroll 27 2 8
 Special Teams Starters
K Bird Carroll 27 2 8
K Bird Carroll 27 2 8
K Bird Carroll 27 2 8
K Bird Carroll 27 2 8

Roster

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS Wt Ht College/Univ BirthDate Yrs AV Drafted (tm/rnd/yr)
Bird Carroll 27 K 9 8 185 5-8 Washington & Jefferson 7/25/1896 2 0
Guy Chamberlin 29 LE 11 10 196 6-2 Nebraska Wesleyan,Nebraska 1/16/1894 3 0
Rudy Comstock 23 LG 12 11 209 5-10 Georgetown (DC) 9/23/1900 Rook 0
Larry Conover C 12 12 190 5-10 Penn St. 0/0/0 2 0
Doc Elliott+ 23 FB 9 8 209 5-10 Lafayette 4/6/1900 1 0
Tex Grigg 32 WB 12 10 191 5-11 Austin,Texas 2/15/1891 3 0
Dutch Hendrian 27 4 0 182 5-9 DePauw,Detroit Mercy,Pittsburgh,Princeton 1/19/1896 Rook 0
Pete Henry+ 26 RT 12 12 245 5-11 Washington & Jefferson 10/31/1897 3 0
Ben Jones fb 11 5 205 5-11 Indiana (PA),Grove City 0/0/0 Rook 0
Link Lyman 25 LT 12 12 233 6-2 Nebraska 11/30/1898 1 0
Vern Mullen 23 e 4 4 186 6-0 Illinois,West Virginia Wesleyan 2/27/1900 Rook 0
Duke Osborn 26 RG 10 9 188 5-10 Penn St. 2/1/1897 2 0
Harry Robb 26 BB 11 10 186 5-10 Penn St.,Columbia 5/11/1897 2 0
Wooky Roberts 26 bb 8 3 160 5-7 Colgate,Navy 9/1/1897 1 0
Ben Roderick 24 b 4 3 175 5-9 Wooster,Boston Col.,Columbia 5/11/1899 Rook 0
Ben Shaw 1 0 190 5-10 none 0/0/0 Rook 0
Russ Smith 28 1 0 220 5-10 Navy,Southern Illinois,Illinois 11/11/1895 2 0
Lou Smyth 25 TB 12 9 200 6-1 Texas,Centre 3/19/1898 3 0
Dutch Speck 37 g 6 1 220 5-10 none 7/30/1886 3 0
Joe Williams 27 rg 8 5 238 6-0 Lafayette 3/3/1896 Rook 0
Team Total 22.7 12 200.4 5-10.6 1.4