Michael Francis Linnan (February 20, 1895 – June 2, 1981) was a player in the

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...

. He first played with the

Racine Legion The Racine Legion was a professional American football team based in Racine, Wisconsin, of the National Football League from 1922 to 1924. Its official name was the Horlick-Racine Legion. The team then operated as the Racine Tornadoes in 1926. ...

during the

1922 NFL season The 1922 NFL season was the third regular season of what was now called the National Football League (NFL); the league changed their name from American Professional Football Association (APFA) on June 24. The NFL fielded 18 teams during the s ...

. After three years away from the NFL, he re-joined the team, by then renamed the Tornadoes, for the

1926 NFL season The 1926 NFL season was the seventh regular season of the National Football League. The league grew to 22 teams, a figure that would not be equaled in professional football until 1961, adding the Brooklyn Lions, the Hartford Blues, the Los Ange ...

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1895 births 1981 deaths American football offensive linemen Racine Legion players Racine Tornadoes players Marquette Golden Avalanche football players Players of American football from Iowa People from Pocahontas, Iowa {{offensive-lineman-1890s-stub