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1926 Racine Tornadoes

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Record: 1-4-0, Finished 16th in NFL
NFL Season Summary

Scored 8 points (1.6/g), 20th of 22 in the NFL.
 Allowed 92 points (18.4/g), 21st.
 Differential of -84 points (-16.8/g), 21st.
 Expected W-L: 0.0-5.0.

Coached by Wally McIlwain and Shorty Barr

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 Graham Kernwein 22 Rook 4
FB Chuck Reichow 25 1 5
BB Gil Sterr 26 Rook 2
WB Wally McIlwain 23 Rook 5
LE Jim Oldham Rook 3
LT Richard Hardy 22 Rook 5
LG Adolph Bieberstein 24 Rook 5
C Roman Brumm 28 2 2
RG George Bernard Rook 3
RT Fred Hobscheid 22 Rook 5
RE Barney Mathews 23 Rook 5
 Special Teams Starters
K Shorty Barr 29 3 0
K Shorty Barr 29 3 0
K Shorty Barr 29 3 0
K Shorty Barr 29 3 0

Roster

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS Wt Ht College/Univ BirthDate Yrs AV Drafted (tm/rnd/yr)
Shorty Barr 29 K 3 0 195 5-8 Wisconsin 11/30/1897 3 0
George Bernard RG 4 3 none 0/0/0 Rook 0
Adolph Bieberstein 24 LG 5 5 205 5-10 Wisconsin 12/17/1902 Rook 0
Champ Boettcher 26 b 4 1 193 5-10 Lawrence 9/18/1900 Rook 0
Roman Brumm 28 C 4 2 182 6-0 Wisc-LaCrosse,Wisc-Eau Claire,Wisconsin 3/5/1898 2 0
George Burnside 27 bb 2 2 160 5-9 Wisconsin,South Dakota 1/21/1899 Rook 0
Don Curtin 1 0 155 5-8 Marquette 0/0/0 Rook 0
John Fahay 24 e 2 2 189 6-0 St. Thomas,Marquette 6/16/1902 1 0
Hank Gillo 32 4 0 195 5-10 Colgate 10/5/1894 6 0
George Glennie 24 g 5 1 185 6-2 Ripon 3/30/1902 Rook 0
Richard Hardy 22 LT 5 5 210 5-10 Boston Col. 9/1/1904 Rook 0
Fritz Heinisch 26 3 0 173 5-10 none 6/22/1900 4 0
Fred Hobscheid 22 RT 5 5 202 5-11 Chicago 4/20/1904 Rook 0
Graham Kernwein 22 TB 5 4 175 5-11 Chicago 10/23/1904 Rook 0
Frank Linnan 31 t 2 1 198 6-2 Marquette 2/20/1895 4 0
Roy Longstreet 25 c 1 1 185 5-11 Iowa St. 2/24/1901 Rook 0
Barney Mathews 23 RE 5 5 186 5-8 Northwestern 7/1/1903 Rook 0
Wally McIlwain 23 WB 5 5 173 5-9 Illinois 1/20/1903 Rook 0
John Mintun 32 c 2 2 191 5-11 none 7/12/1894 6 0
Jim Murphy 22 5 0 184 6-0 St. Thomas 11/3/1904 Rook 0
Jim Oldham LE 5 3 183 5-10 Arizona 0/0/0 Rook 0
Chuck Reichow 25 FB 5 5 183 5-9 St. Thomas 3/19/1901 1 0
Ed Sparr 28 t 2 1 210 5-11 Carroll (WI) 7/29/1898 Rook 0
Gil Sterr 26 BB 3 2 150 5-6 Carroll (WI) 7/3/1900 Rook 0
Team Total 22.5 5 177.6 5-7.3 1.1