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1925 Rock Island Independents

Franchise Index: Previous Season

Record: 5-3-3, Finished 8th in NFL
NFL Season Summary

Scored 99 points (9.0/g), 9th of 20 in the NFL.
 Allowed 58 points (5.3/g), 4th.
 Differential of 41 points (3.7/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 8.6-2.4.

Coached by Rube Ursella

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 Roddy Lamb 26 Rook 8
FB Eddie Novak 28 5 8
BB John Armstrong 2 8
WB Rube Ursella 35 5 9
LE Joe Little Twig 3 10
LT Chet Widerquist 30 2 11
LG George Thompson 26 2 11
C Louis Kolls 33 5 10
RG Lyle Burton 25 1 6
RT Duke Slater 27 3 11
RE Joe Rooney 27 2 9
 Special Teams Starters
K Paul Anderson 23 Rook 0
K Paul Anderson 23 Rook 0
K Paul Anderson 23 Rook 0
K Paul Anderson 23 Rook 0

Roster

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS Wt Ht College/Univ BirthDate Yrs AV Drafted (tm/rnd/yr)
Paul Anderson 23 K 1 0 200 6-0 Illinois 2/6/1902 Rook 0
John Armstrong BB 11 8 170 5-8 Dubuque 0/0/0 2 0
Les Belding 25 1 0 195 5-11 Upper Iowa,Iowa 12/5/1900 Rook 0
Lyle Burton 25 RG 7 6 195 6-1 DePauw 5/21/1900 1 0
Forrest Cotton 24 lt 8 5 195 6-1 Notre Dame 1/14/1901 2 0
George Dahlgren 38 1 0 200 5-10 Wisc-LaCrosse,Beloit 4/17/1887 1 0
Frank DeClerk c 6 1 191 5-9 St. Ambrose 0/0/0 2 0
Buck Gavin 30 fb 5 5 179 5-10 none 6/22/1895 5 0
Harry Hall 23 b 1 1 165 5-11 Chicago,Illinois 10/5/1902 Rook 0
Dutch Hendrian 29 b 1 1 182 5-9 DePauw,Detroit Mercy,Pittsburgh,Princeton 1/19/1896 2 0
Ed Herman 23 e 1 1 175 5-10 Northwestern 1/22/1902 Rook 0
Chuck Hill 21 fb 1 1 190 5-8 Iowa St. 5/26/1904 Rook 0
Jim Kendrick 32 b 1 1 195 6-0 Texas A&M 8/22/1893 3 0
Louis Kolls 33 C 11 10 205 6-1 St. Ambrose 12/15/1892 5 0
Roddy Lamb 26 TB 9 8 160 5-6 Lombard 8/20/1899 Rook 0
Joe Little Twig LE 10 10 183 5-11 Carlisle Indian 0/0/0 3 0
Vince McCarthy 26 b 4 2 165 5-10 St. Viator 11/3/1899 1 0
Eddie Novak 28 FB 11 8 175 5-9 none 8/3/1897 5 0
Joe Rooney 27 RE 10 9 177 6-0 none 8/28/1898 2 0
Duke Slater 27 RT 11 11 215 6-1 Iowa 12/9/1898 3 0
Evar Swanson 23 e 2 1 171 5-9 Lombard 10/15/1902 1 0
George Thompson 26 LG 11 11 210 6-1 Iowa 8/31/1899 2 0
Jim Thorpe 38 tb 2 2 202 6-1 Carlisle Indian 5/28/1887 5 0
Rube Ursella 35 WB 11 9 172 5-9 none 1/11/1890 5 0
Chet Widerquist 30 LT 11 11 219 6-1 Northwestern,Washington & Jefferson 9/23/1895 2 0
Team Total 24.5 11 187.4 5-10.7 2.1