George Asher "Ropes" Kerr (November 10, 1894 – December 8, 1980)
was a professional

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

player. He played in the

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with the Cleveland Tigers and the

New York Brickley Giants The New York Giants (informally known as Brickley's Giants and Brickley's New York Giants) were a professional American football team with the American Professional Football Association (now the National Football League) whose only season played ...

. He also played in the first American Football League in 1926 for the

Newark Bears The Newark Bears were an American minor league professional baseball team based in Newark, New Jersey. They were a member of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball and, later, the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball. T ...

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1894 births 1980 deaths American football guards American football tackles Sportspeople from Medford, Massachusetts Players of American football from Middlesex County, Massachusetts Catholic University Cardinals football players Cleveland Tigers (NFL) players New York Brickley Giants players Newark Bears (AFL) players {{Amfoot-bio-stub