George Chandler Tully (March 12, 1904 – May 1, 1980) was an

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who played one season with the

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of the

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(NFL). Tully played

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Dartmouth College Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native A ...

and attended

East Orange High School East Orange High School was a comprehensive community public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from 1891 to 2002 in East Orange, in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. For most of its existence, the school ...

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. He was a Consensus All-American in

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. He was also a member of the Philadelphia Quakers of the

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College career

Tully played football at Dartmouth College and was a Consensus All-American in 1925. Dartmouth claims the 1925 national championship as does the

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. Tully was one of three Consensus All-Americans that represented Dartmouth in 1925. The other two were

Carl Diehl Carl Herman "Dutch" Diehl (May 2, 1904 – November 13, 1997) was an American college football player. Listed at and , Diehl played at the Guard (gridiron football), guard position for the Dartmouth Big Green football team. He was a consensus ...

and

Andy Oberlander Andrew James "Swede" Oberlander (February 17, 1905 – January 1, 1968) was an American football player and coach. He was an All-American halfback for Dartmouth College's Indians undefeated and national championship football team in 1925. Oberla ...

Professional career

Philadelphia Quakers

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, Tully played in ten games for the Philadelphia Quakers, and scored one receiving touchdown. The Quakers won the AFL Championship with a record of 8–2. Tully was chosen as an

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by former NFL player Wilfred Smith of the ''

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'' , who presented a combined NFL-AFL 1926 All-Pro Team. The AFL folded after one season.

Frankford Yellow Jackets

Tully played in one game for the Frankford Yellow Jackets in .

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