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List Of Newark Bears (AFL) Players ...
The following people played for the Bears for at least one game in the 1926 AFL regular season, the only one of the team’s (and the league’s) existence:David S. Neft, Richard M. Cohen, and Rick Korch, ''The Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of Professional Football, From 1892 to the Present'' (St. Martin’s Press 1994), 1 Position later known as quarterback 2 Also played tackle 3 Played fullback and tailback 4 Also played end 5 After the Newark Bears folded, for the Boston Bulldogs for rest of 1926 season 6 Also played center 7 Played fullback and blocking back References {{Newark Bears (AFL) Newark Bears (AFL) players Newark Bears (AFL) The Newark Bears were a professional American football team that competed in the first American Football League in 1926 AFL season. Owned by the New Jersey Athletic Association (headed by NJAA president William Coughlin), the Bears played th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1926 American Football League Season
The 1926 AFL season is the only season of the first American Football League. It started with nine teams, with the initial game of the season being played in front of 22,000 fans in Cleveland, Ohio, but by the end of the season (December 14, 1926), only four teams were still in existence: three teams owned or subsidized by league founder C. C. Pyle and star Red Grange (New York Yankees, Los Angeles Wildcats, and Chicago Bulls) and league champion Philadelphia Quakers. The initial lineup of teams included the traveling Wildcats and a charter member of the National Football League, the Rock Island Independents, which became a second traveling team after having poor attendance in its first three games.David S. Neft, Richard M. Cohen, and Rick Korch, ''The Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of Professional Football, From 1892 to the Present'' (St. Martin’s Press 1994), Most AFL games were defensive affairs, with only New York and the Cleveland Panthers averaging more than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Maurer
Adrian Harold "Sparky" Maurer (April 7, 1901 – May 4, 1943) was an American football player. Oglethorpe University He played college football as a running back for the Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team of Oglethorpe University. He was inducted into the Oglethorpe University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1962. 1923 Maurer was selected second-team All-Southern by Julian Leggett of the ''Macon News,'' and first team All-Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) by various writers including Morgan Blake. 1924 He was captain of the 1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ... team which won the SIAA championship. 1925 The 1925 team was again SIAA champion. Newark Bears He played professionally with the Newark Bears. The Bears are remembered for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Wycoff
Stephen Douglas Wycoff (September 16, 1903 – October 27, 1981) was an American football running back for the New York Giants, Staten Island Stapletons, and Boston Redskins in the National Football League (NFL), the Newark Bears in the first American Football League (AFL), and the Boston Shamrocks in the second American Football League. He played college football at Georgia Tech, where he was a running back and senior captain. Georgia Tech Wycoff prepped in Little Rock, Arkansas, and came to Tech as a package deal with Ike Williams. He was the school's first letterman in four sports. Football Wycoff was a prominent fullback for Bill Alexander's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team from 1923 to 1925. He was elected captain of the 1925 team, having been "the outstanding back of the South for the past two years." Coach Alexander recalled "The work of Douglas Wycoff against Notre Dame two years in succession was brilliant in the extreme, as was his plunging against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ike Williams (American Football)
Ivan Andy "Ike" Williams (April 23, 1902 – April 18, 1988) was an American gridiron football player of the 1920s. He played college football for Georgia Tech and later had a brief professional career. Biography Williams was born in 1902 in Marshall, Oklahoma, and attended Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas. He played high school football with his brother, Orval, and Doug Wycoff—all three entered the Georgia School of Technology (Georgia Tech). Williams played for the Georgia Tech football team during the one-platoon system era, and was a three-time letterman (1923–1925). Williams was primarily a halfback during his sophomore and junior seasons; he was named to the 1923 College Football All-Southern Team by John Francis of the ''Courier Journal'' of Louisville, Kentucky. Williams played quarterback as a senior; he was also a placekicker. In the 1925 Georgia–Georgia Tech football rivalry game, a third-quarter field goal by Williams was the only scoring in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cy Williams (American Football)
Burton Caswell "Cy" Williams (October 12, 1903 – September 28, 1965) was an American college and professional football player who was a tackle for three different professional teams in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL) during the 1920s and early 1930s. Early years Burton was born on October 12, 1903 in Canoe, Alabama to Benjamin Collis Williams and Maria Prescott. His father Benjamin was a long-time turpentine operator at Sopchoppy, Florida. His father died of pellagra in 1913. College career Williams attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach James Van Fleet and coach Harold Sebring's Florida Gators football teams from 1923 to 1925. Florida Football 2014 Media Guide'', University Athletic Association, Inc., Gainesville, Florida, pp. 96 & 183 (2014). Retrieved September 9, 2014. In his first season on the freshman team, the team won the southern crown for freshmen squads. He was remembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvio Tursi
Silvio () is an Italian male name, the male equivalent of Silvia. Sílvio is a variant of the name in Portuguese. It is derived from the Latin "Silvius", meaning "spirit of the wood," and may refer to: People * Silvio Berlusconi (born 1936), Italian politician, entrepreneur, and media magnate * Silvio Branco (born 1966), Italian boxer * Silvio O. Conte (1921–1991), US politician and member of the House of Representatives * Silvio De Sousa (born 1998), Angolan basketball player * Silvio Fernández (other), multiple people * Silvio Frondizi (1907–1974), Argentine lawyer * Silvio Gai (1873–1967), Italian politician * Silvio Gava (1901–1999), Italian politician * Silvio Gazzaniga (1921–2016), Italian sculptor * Silvio Gesell (1862–1930), German economist * Silvio Horta (1974–2020), American TV writer and producer * Silvio Leonard (born 1955), Cuban sprinter * Silvio Marzolini (1940–2020), Argentine footballer * Silvio Micali (born 1954), Italian computer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammy Stein
Samuel Stein (April 1, 1905 – March 30, 1966) was an American football player, actor, and professional wrestler. He played four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) as an end and tackle for the Staten Island Stapletons (1929-1930), New York Giants (1931), and Brooklyn Dodgers (1932). He appeared in 31 NFL games, 21 as a starter. Selected filmography * ''The Life of Jimmy Dolan'' (1933) - King Cobra (uncredited) * ''The Lost Patrol'' (1934) - Abelson * ''Goin' to Town'' (1935) - Cowboy (uncredited) * ''Love Me Forever'' (1935) - Joe, Casino Floorman (uncredited) * '' Modern Times'' (1936) - Turbine Operator * ''The Saint's Double Trouble'' (1940) - Policeman (uncredited) * ''The Saint Takes Over'' (1940) - Hood (uncredited) * ''Millionaires in Prison'' (1940) - Mess Hall Guard (uncredited) * ''One Crowded Night'' (1940) - Mike, Bus Driver (uncredited) * '' Prairie Schooners'' (1940) - Dude Geeter (uncredited) * ''The Long Voyage Home'' (1940) - Seaman (uncredited) * ''Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1-million endowment in the hopes that his gift and the greater work of the university would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the Civil War. Vanderbilt enrolls approximately 13,800 students from the US and over 100 foreign countries. Vanderbilt is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". Several research centers and institutes are affiliated with the university, including the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, the Freedom Forum First Amendment Center, and Dyer Observatory. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, formerly part of the university, became a separate institution in 2016. With the exception of the off-campus observatory, all of the university's facilities are situated on it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Rives
Robert Franklin Rives (November 12, 1903 – March 1, 1956) was an American football tackle. He played college football for Vanderbilt University. Early years Bob Rives was born on November 12, 1903, in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, to R. H. Rives. High school A guard on the Hopkinsville Tigers's undefeated 1920 team, he "won greater college football fame than probably any other graduate of the high school." He refereed high school football games throughout Tennessee for several years prior to his death. College football Rives played for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams from 1923 to 1925. Bob was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He was a starter for the 1924 game against Minnesota, Vanderbilt's first victory over a Northern school. Rives was deemed an All-Southern tackle in 1924 and 1925. 1923 After two disappointing losses to the Michigan Wolverines and Texas Longhorns, the Commodores started "back up the slope" with a 17 to 0 victory over Tulane. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syracuse University
Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York. Established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church, the university has been nonsectarian since 1920. Located in the city's University Hill, Syracuse, University Hill neighborhood, east and southeast of Downtown Syracuse, the large campus features an eclectic mix of architecture, ranging from nineteenth-century Romanesque Revival architecture, Romanesque Revival to contemporary buildings. Syracuse University is organized into 13 schools and colleges, with nationally recognized programs in Syracuse University School of Architecture, architecture, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, public administration, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, journalism and communications, Martin J. Whitman School of Management, business administration, Syracuse University School of Information Studies, information studies, Syracuse Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orin Rice
ORiN (Open Robot/Resource interface for the Network) is a standard network interface for FA (factory automation) systems. The Japan Robot Association proposed ORiN in 2002, and the ORiN Forum develops and maintains the ORiN standard. Background The installation of PC (Personal Computer) applications in the factory has increased dramatically recently. Various types of application software systems, such as production management systems, process management systems, operation monitoring systems and failure analysis systems, have become vital to factory operation. These software systems are becoming indispensable for the manufacturing system. However, most of these software systems are only compatible with specific models or specific manufacturers of the FA system. This is because the software system is “custom made” depending on the specific special network or protocol. Once this type of application is installed in a factory and if there are no resident software engineers for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ark Newton
Robert Dee "Ark" Newton, Jr. (January 31, 1903 – January 1974) was an American college football player for the Florida Gators football team of the University of Florida. Newton was also a member of the Florida Gators baseball, basketball and track and field, track teams. Early years Arkansas Newton was born on January 31, 1903, in Camden, Arkansas, to Robert Dee Newton, Sr. and Cornelia Ellen Newton. His father was a real estate agent. Newton was called "Ark" by his college teammates because he came from Arkansas; before and after college, he was known as "Bud" to his Arkansas friends. He first starred as an all-state Tackle (American football), tackle at Camden High School in Camden. While there he worked as a derrick man and driver of an eight-wheeled truck in the oil fields of Arkansas. The first university Newton attended was Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. He was a member of the football, baseball, basketball, and track teams, earning a medal as the best all-aro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
