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1929 Minneapolis Red Jackets Season
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The 1929 Minneapolis Red Jackets season was their fifth in the league and first as the Red Jackets. The team improved on their previous output of 0–6, winning one game. They finished 11th in the league. Prior to this season, the Red Jackets were the Minneapolis Marines. Schedule Standings Roster * Joseph Chrape * Hal Erickson * John Fahay * Herb Franta * Frank Gause * Ken Haycraft * Herb Joesting * Fritz Loven * Bob Lundell * LaDue Lurth * Al Maeder * Mally Nydahl * Ben Oas * Arnie Sandberg * Rube Ursella * Chet Widerquist * Henry Willegale * Lee Wilson * Sam Young References Minneapolis Red Jackets seasons Minneapolis Red Jackets Marines Marines, or naval infantry, are typically a military force trained to operate in littoral zones in support of naval operations. Historically, tasks undertaken by marines have included helping maintain discipline and order aboard the ship (refle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herb Joesting
Herbert Walter Joesting (April 17, 1905 – October 1, 1963) was an American football player and coach. He was a consensus All-American fullback while playing for the Minnesota Golden Gophers in both 1926 and 1927. He also played three seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. Early years Joesting was born in Little Falls, Minnesota, and grew up in Owatonna, Minnesota. He played high school football at Owatonna High School and set the school's scoring record in 1923 with 89 points. He became known as the "Owatonna Thunderbolt". University of Minnesota Joesting enrolled at the University of Minnesota in 1924 and played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team from 1925 to 1927. As a junior in 1926, he rushed for 962 yards in eight games and led the Big Ten Conference in scoring with 13 touchdowns and 78 points. His 13 touchdowns also tied Red Grange's single-season record. After the 1926 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herb Franta
Herbert Joseph Franta (March 10, 1905 – August 3, 1950) was an American football player, a tackle and guard in the National Football League. Biography Franta was born on March 10, 1905, in Minnesota. His nickname was "Chief". Career Franta played with the Minneapolis Red Jackets during the 1929 NFL season before splitting the following season between the Red Jackets and the Green Bay Packers. As such, he was a member of the 1930 NFL Champion Packers. He died in a car crash in 1950 on his way to Chicago to move his family. He played at college level at the University of St. Thomas St. Thomas University or University of St. Thomas may refer to: *Saint Thomas Aquinas University, Colombia *Saint Thomas Aquinas University of the North, Tucumán province, Argentina *St. Thomas University (Canada), Fredericton, New Brunswick *St. .... See also * List of Green Bay Packers players References 1905 births 1950 deaths Players of American football from Minnesota Minneapol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minneapolis Red Jackets Seasons
Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins in timber and as the flour milling capital of the world. It occupies both banks of the Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul, the state capital of Minnesota. Prior to European settlement, the site of Minneapolis was inhabited by Dakota people. The settlement was founded along Saint Anthony Falls on a section of land north of Fort Snelling; its growth is attributed to its proximity to the fort and the falls providing power for industrial activity. , the city has an estimated 425,336 inhabitants. It is the most populous city in the state and the 46th-most-populous city in the United States. Minneapolis, Saint Paul and the surrounding area are collectively known as the Twin Cities. Minneapolis has one of the most extensive public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Wilson (American Football)
Leland Moore Wilson (July 24, 1905 – January 17, 1970) was an American football player. He played college football for Cornell College and in the National Football League (NFL) as an end and back for the Minneapolis Red Jackets The Minneapolis Marines were an early professional football team that existed from 1905 until 1924. The team was later resurrected from 1929 to 1930 under the Minneapolis Red Jackets name. The Marines were owned locally by Minneapolitans John Dunn ... (1929-1930) and Frankford Yellow Jackets (1930-1931). He appeared in 26 NFL games, 18 as a starter. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Lee 1905 births 1970 deaths Frankford Yellow Jackets players Minneapolis Red Jackets players Players of American football from Illinois People from DeWitt County, Illinois American football ends Cornell Rams football players American football defensive backs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Willegale
Henry Minard Willegale (June 9, 1901 – June 26, 1964) was a player in the National Football League for the Minneapolis Red Jackets in 1929. He played at the collegiate level at Carleton College Carleton College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota. Founded in 1866, it had 2,105 undergraduate students and 269 faculty members in fall 2016. The 200-acre main campus is between Northfield and the 800-acre Cowling .... Biography Willegale was born on June 9, 1901, in Madison, Wisconsin. He died in Minneapolis in 1964. References 1901 births 1964 deaths Players of American football from Madison, Wisconsin American football halfbacks American football fullbacks Carleton Knights football players Minneapolis Red Jackets players {{runningback-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chet Widerquist
Chester C. Widerquist (September 23, 1895 - July 14, 1976) was a professional American football player for the Milwaukee Badgers, Rock Island Independents, Chicago Cardinals, Detroit Wolverines and Minneapolis Red Jackets. He attended Washington & Jefferson College, and Northwestern University. See also * 1923 College Football All-America Team The 1923 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1923. The only two selectors recognized by t ... Notes * External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Widerquist, Chet 1895 births 1976 deaths American football tackles Players of American football from Illinois People from Moline, Illinois Washington & Jefferson Presidents football players Washington & Jefferson College alumni Northwestern University alumni Northwestern Wildcats football players Chicago Cardinals players Detroi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rube Ursella
Reuben J. Ursella (January 11, 1890 – February 1980) was a professional football player-coach who played during the early years of the National Football League. During his NFL career Rube played for the Minneapolis Marines, Akron Indians, Hammond Pros, Minneapolis Red Jackets and the Rock Island Independents. In January 1926, he also played exhibition games with Jim Thorpe and his independent team, the Tampa Cardinals. Ursella played college football for the University of Minnesota. Biography Rube began his professional football career in 1907 with the Minneapolis Marines. Rube Ursella was the true superstar of the team and had a long and successful pro football career with the Marines. He was both an offensive and defensive standout, as well as a skilled kicker and punter. Pro football shut down completely in 1918, due to the 1918 flu pandemic. In 1919 Walter Flanigan, the manager of the Rock Island Independents, was able to lure Ursella away from the Marines. With Rube ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Oas
Ben Oas (April 27, 1901 – February 1, 1976) was an American football player. Oas was born in 1901 in Minnesota. He played college football as a center and fullback for St Mary's (MN) from 1925 to 1928. He also played center for the St. Mary's basketball team. Oas also played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) as a center and back for the Minneapolis Red Jackets during the 1929 season. He appeared in seven NFL games, four as a starter. Oas died in February 1976 in Trimble, Illinois Trimble is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, Illinois, United States. Trimble is located on Illinois Route 1, northeast of Robinson Robinson may refer to: People and names * Robinson (name) Fictional characters * Robinson Crus .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Oas, Ben 1901 births 1976 deaths Minneapolis Red Jackets players Players of American football from Minnesota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mally Nydahl
Malvyn John "Mally" Nydahl, sometimes spelled Nydall (November 24, 1906 – May 27, 1979), was an American football, baseball, and basketball player and orthopedic surgeon. He played college football for Minnesota and in the National Football League (NFL) for the Minneapolis Red Jackets (1929–1930) and Frankford Yellow Jackets (1930–1931). Early years and college Nydahl was born in 1906 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He attended South High School in Minneapolis. He attended the University of Minnesota and played for the Golden Gophers football team from 1925 to 1928. In 1926, he scored a game-winning touchdown against Wisconsin on a 67-yard run. He called the play "the greatest thrill of my athletic career". Grantland Rice rated Nydahl as "one of the greatest backs ever to come out of the Middle West". He was also captain of Minnesota's basketball (as a running guard) and baseball (as a center fielder) teams, received eight varsity letters, and participated in 107 int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Maeder
Albert Raymond Maeder (January 25, 1906 – August 25, 1984) was an American football player. Maeder was born in Minneapolis in 1906. He attended East High School in that city. He played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers from 1925 to 1927. He was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity and the Alpha Zeta honorary society. He played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) as a tackle for the Minneapolis Red Jackets The Minneapolis Marines were an early professional football team that existed from 1905 until 1924. The team was later resurrected from 1929 to 1930 under the Minneapolis Red Jackets name. The Marines were owned locally by Minneapolitans John Dunn .... He appeared in nine NFL games, two as a starter, during the 1929 season. After an October 6, 1929 game, ''The Minneapolis Morning Tribune'' called Maeder a star, noting that he "stood out on the line." He married Teresa Lauglin in June 1928. They had a daughter, Clare Laughlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Lundell
Wilbur Harvey Lundell (June 21, 1907 – July 7, 1993), sometimes known as Bob Lundell or "Brute" Lundell, was an American football, baseball, and basketball player. Lundell was born in Pueblo, Colorado, in 1907. He attended Edison High School in Minneapolis and Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. He was an all-round athlete at Gustavus Adolphus, playing end on the football team, center on the basketball team, and as a first baseman for the baseball team. He attended Gustavus Adolphus for three years, leaving in the summer of 1928 to attend the University of Minnesota. He led Gustavus Adolphus to its first Minnesota College Conference championship in 1926. He later played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) as an end and punter for the Minneapolis Red Jackets The Minneapolis Marines were an early professional football team that existed from 1905 until 1924. The team was later resurrected from 1929 to 1930 under the Minneapolis Red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Loven
Fred Oscar "Fritz" Loven (June 11, 1894 – November 1, 1975) was an American football player. He played professional football for the Minneapolis Red Jackets in 1929 and thereafter lived for more than 40 years a life of "socialized exclusion" in a cabin in the woods. Early years Loven was born in 1894 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Professional football In 1920, Loven played professional football at the tackle position for the Liberty football team in Minnesota. He also played in the National Football League (NFL) as a guard for the Minneapolis Red Jackets. He made his NFL debut at age 35 in 1929 and appeared in eight NFL games, five as a starter. Loven also completed athletically as a boxer and swimmer. Later years and legacy Loven lived for more than 40 years, starting in 1932, in a cabin on 80 acres in Lake Shore, Minnesota Lake Shore is a city in Cass County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,004 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Brainerd Micropoli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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