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1921 Rock Island Independents
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Record: 4-2-1, Finished 5th in APFA
APFA Season Summary
Scored 65 points (9.3/g), 10th of 21 in the APFA.
Allowed 30 points (4.3/g), 3rd.
Differential of 35 points (5.0/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 6.0-1.0.
Coached by
Frank Coughlin (0-1-1) and Jimmy Conzelman (4-1-0)
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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 | Lane Bridgford | 23 | Rook | 4 | ||
| FB | Viv Vanderloo | 24 | Rook | 3 | ||
| BB | Jimmy Conzelman | 23 | 1 | 6 | ||
| WB | Eddie Novak | 24 | 1 | 7 | ||
| LE | Oak Smith | 27 | 1 | 5 | ||
| LT | Ed Healey | 27 | 1 | 4 | ||
| LG | Emmett Keefe | 28 | 1 | 7 | ||
| C | Jug Earp | 24 | Rook | 6 | ||
| RG | Dewey Lyle | 30 | 1 | 6 | ||
| RT | Walt Buland | 29 | 1 | 3 | ||
| RE | Obe Wenig | 26 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Dick Barker | 24 | Rook | 1 | ||
| P | Dick Barker | 24 | Rook | 1 | ||
| PR | Dick Barker | 24 | Rook | 1 | ||
| KR | Dick Barker | 24 | Rook | 1 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Barker | 24 | G | 3 | 1 | 180 | 5-9 | Iowa St. | 1/6/1897 | Rook | ||
| Lane Bridgford | 23 | B | 5 | 4 | 180 | 5-10 | Knox | 8/11/1898 | Rook | ||
| Walt Brindley | 26 | B | 2 | 0 | 153 | 5-8 | Drake | 5/24/1895 | Rook | ||
| Walt Buland | 29 | T-G | 6 | 3 | 213 | 6-1 | none | 2/7/1892 | 1 | ||
| Jimmy Conzelman | 23 | BB-TB-HB-E | 7 | 6 | 175 | 6-0 | Washington (MO) | 3/6/1898 | 1 | ||
| Frank Coughlin | 25 | T | 3 | 3 | 220 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 2/28/1896 | Rook | ||
| Eddie Duggan | 30 | FB | 3 | 1 | 200 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 5/19/1891 | Rook | ||
| Jug Earp | 24 | C-T-G | 6 | 6 | 236 | 6-0 | Monmouth (IL) | 7/22/1897 | Rook | ||
| Freeman Fitzgerald | 30 | C-G | 2 | 1 | 195 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 8/21/1891 | 1 | ||
| Buck Gavin | 26 | B | 3 | 2 | 179 | 5-10 | none | 6/22/1895 | 1 | ||
| Hal Hanson | 26 | C-G-T | 6 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | South Dakota | 11/18/1895 | Rook | ||
| John Hasbrouck | 26 | B-E | 3 | 1 | 190 | 6-0 | Rutgers | 1/20/1895 | Rook | ||
| Dave Hayes | E | 3 | 2 | 165 | 5-8 | Notre Dame | 0/0/0 | Rook | |||
| Ed Healey | 27 | T-G-E | 7 | 4 | 207 | 6-1 | Dartmouth | 12/28/1894 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Johnson | TB-WB-FB-BB | 2 | 1 | 195 | 5-11 | Morningside | 0/0/0 | Rook | |||
| Emmett Keefe | 28 | G | 7 | 7 | 195 | 5-10 | Notre Dame | 4/28/1893 | 1 | ||
| Dewey Lyle | 30 | G-E-T | 7 | 6 | 196 | 5-11 | Minnesota | 3/23/1891 | 1 | ||
| Grover Malone | 26 | HB-WB | 3 | 1 | 175 | 5-8 | Notre Dame | 11/12/1895 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Mansfield | FB-E-HB | 1 | 0 | 160 | 5-8 | none | 0/0/0 | 1 | |||
| Vic Menefee | 24 | E | 2 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Morningside | 6/24/1897 | Rook | ||
| Sid Nichols | 26 | BB | 7 | 3 | 177 | 5-7 | Illinois | 4/15/1895 | 1 | ||
| Eddie Novak | 24 | B | 7 | 7 | 175 | 5-9 | none | 8/3/1897 | 1 | ||
| Paddy Quinn | 31 | HB | 1 | 0 | 170 | 5-7 | none | 2/5/1890 | 1 | ||
| Oak Smith | 27 | E-FB-WB | 7 | 5 | 185 | 6-2 | Drake | 2/27/1894 | 1 | ||
| Brick Travis | 24 | T | 5 | 4 | 205 | 6-1 | Tarkio,Missouri | 9/17/1897 | Rook | ||
| Viv Vanderloo | 24 | FB | 3 | 3 | 190 | 5-10 | Iowa St. | 4/11/1897 | Rook | ||
| Obe Wenig | 26 | E | 7 | 6 | 185 | 5-10 | Morningside | 12/23/1895 | 1 | ||
| Team Total | 23.3 | 7 | 188.0 | 5-10.7 | 0.5 |