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1930 Portsmouth Spartans
Record: 5-6-3, Finished 7th in NFL
NFL Season Summary
Scored 176 points (12.6/g), 3rd of 11 in the NFL.
Allowed 161 points (11.5/g), 8th.
Differential of 15 points (1.1/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 7.7-6.3.
Coached by Hal Griffen (5-6-3)
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1930 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| TB | Chuck Bennett | 23 | Rook | 12 | ||
| FB | Father Lumpkin | 23 | Rook | 13 | ||
| BB | Cy Kahl | 26 | Rook | 7 | ||
| BB | Tiny Lewis | 24 | Rook | 7 | ||
| WB | Bill Glassgow | 23 | Rook | 9 | ||
| LE | Lou Jennings | 26 | 1 | 9 | ||
| LT | Vin Schleusner | 22 | Rook | 6 | ||
| LG | Ernie Meyer | 26 | Rook | 5 | ||
| LG | Fred Roberts | 23 | Rook | 10 | ||
| C | Richard Brown | 23 | Rook | 8 | ||
| C | Bull Wesley | 29 | 4 | 5 | ||
| RG | Fred Roberts | 23 | Rook | 10 | ||
| RT | Dud Harris | 27 | Rook | 9 | ||
| RT | Babe Lyon | 23 | 1 | 8 | ||
| RE | Bill Fleckenstein | 27 | 5 | 7 | ||
| RE | Red Joseph | 25 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Walt Ambrose | 25 | Rook | 0 | ||
| P | Walt Ambrose | 25 | Rook | 0 | ||
| PR | Walt Ambrose | 25 | Rook | 0 | ||
| KR | Walt Ambrose | 25 | Rook | 0 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Ambrose | 25 | G | 1 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | Carroll (WI) | 8/7/1905 | Rook | |
| Chuck Bennett | 23 | B | 14 | 12 | 193 | 5-9 | Indiana | 8/9/1907 | Rook | |
| Chuck Braidwood | 27 | E | 10 | 2 | 199 | 6-0 | Loyola (IL),Tennessee-Chattanooga | 10/15/1903 | Rook | |
| Richard Brown | 23 | C | 11 | 8 | 220 | 6-1 | Iowa | 5/27/1907 | Rook | |
| Koester Christensen | 60 | E | 1 | 0 | 195 | 5-10 | Michigan State | 0/0/0 | Rook | |
| Ebby DeWeese | 60 | G-BB | 11 | 4 | 188 | 6-0 | none | 0/0/0 | 3 | |
| Jap Douds+ | 25 | T-G-C | 3 | 3 | 216 | 5-10 | Washington & Jefferson | 4/21/1905 | Rook | |
| Byron Eby | 26 | B | 3 | 1 | 185 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 12/11/1904 | Rook | |
| Harold Fenner | 35 | E | 1 | 0 | 171 | 5-10 | none | 11/10/1895 | 10 | |
| Bill Fleckenstein | 27 | G-E-T-C | 10 | 7 | 208 | 6-1 | Carleton,Iowa | 11/4/1903 | 5 | |
| Bill Glassgow | 23 | WB-HB | 12 | 9 | 187 | 5-10 | Iowa,Nebraska | 4/21/1907 | Rook | |
| Al Graham | 25 | G | 3 | 3 | 211 | 6-0 | none | 9/27/1905 | 5 | |
| Aaron Grant | 22 | C | 1 | 0 | 285 | 6-2 | Tennessee-Chattanooga,Tennessee Wesleyan | 7/3/1908 | Rook | |
| Hal Griffen | 28 | C-T | 2 | 0 | 247 | 6-1 | Iowa | 3/1/1902 | 2 | |
| Duke Hanny | 33 | E-T-G-FB | 4 | 1 | 199 | 6-0 | Indiana | 12/10/1897 | 7 | |
| Dud Harris | 27 | T | 13 | 9 | 240 | 6-2 | Ohio State | 10/24/1903 | Rook | |
| George Hastings | 25 | T | 1 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Ohio | 9/21/1905 | Rook | |
| Lou Jennings | 26 | E-C | 9 | 9 | 230 | 6-3 | Centenary,Haskell Indian | 3/5/1904 | 1 | |
| Spider Johnson | 60 | T | 3 | 0 | 210 | 6-4 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 0/0/0 | Rook | |
| Red Joseph | 25 | E | 12 | 7 | 190 | 6-3 | Miami (OH),Ohio State | 11/7/1905 | 3 | |
| Cy Kahl | 26 | B | 11 | 7 | 194 | 6-1 | North Dakota | 11/29/1904 | Rook | |
| Tiny Lewis | 24 | BB-FB-WB | 13 | 7 | 210 | 6-2 | Northwestern | 10/18/1906 | Rook | |
| Father Lumpkin | 23 | B | 14 | 13 | 211 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 1/27/1907 | Rook | |
| Babe Lyon | 23 | T-G | 10 | 8 | 235 | 6-2 | Kansas State | 3/30/1907 | 1 | |
| Emil Mayer | 27 | E | 10 | 3 | 190 | 6-0 | Bethany (WV),Catholic | 7/3/1903 | 3 | |
| Chief McLain | 25 | FB-HB | 14 | 4 | 225 | 6-3 | Haskell Indian,Iowa | 4/16/1905 | Rook | |
| Ernie Meyer | 26 | G | 9 | 5 | 200 | 6-2 | Geneva | 6/23/1904 | Rook | |
| Ray Novotny | 23 | B | 11 | 1 | 165 | 5-10 | Ashland | 10/12/1907 | Rook | |
| Frosty Peters | 26 | B | 3 | 2 | 183 | 5-10 | Illinois,Montana | 4/22/1904 | Rook | |
| Carroll Ringwalt | 23 | C-G | 3 | 1 | 210 | 6-0 | Indiana | 12/15/1907 | Rook | |
| Fred Roberts | 23 | G | 12 | 10 | 200 | 6-1 | Iowa | 3/18/1907 | Rook | |
| Sod Ryan | 60 | T | 3 | 1 | 205 | 6-2 | Detroit Mercy | 0/0/0 | 1 | |
| Vin Schleusner | 22 | T | 14 | 6 | 225 | 6-3 | Iowa | 3/3/1908 | Rook | |
| Ronald Shearer | 25 | T | 1 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Drake | 9/12/1905 | Rook | |
| Gene Smith | 25 | G | 4 | 3 | 190 | 5-9 | Georgia | 9/25/1905 | Rook | |
| Buck Weaver | 25 | G | 4 | 3 | 235 | 6-4 | Chicago | 11/1/1905 | Rook | |
| Bull Wesley | 29 | C-G-T-FB | 13 | 5 | 190 | 6-1 | Alabama | 9/26/1901 | 4 | |
| Team Total | 29.2 | 14 | 206.4 | 6-0.6 | 1.2 |