Dale Hubert Sies (January 2, 1893 – October 17, 1954) was an

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player and

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. He was born on January 2, 1893, in

Ames, Iowa Ames () is a city in Story County, Iowa, United States, located approximately north of Des Moines in central Iowa. It is best known as the home of Iowa State University (ISU), with leading agriculture, design, engineering, and veterinary medici ...

and attended Davenport High School. He enrolled at the

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,Herb Sies Past Stats
, Database Football, retrieved July 15, 2009. where he played

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as a

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. Sies was named a consensus All-American in 1917. Seis played five seasons in the

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(NFL) and its predecessor, the American Professional Football Association. Sies began his professional playing career with the Cleveland Tigers in 1920 for whom he started one game. The following season, he played for the

Dayton Triangles The Dayton Triangles were an original franchise of the American Professional Football Association (now the National Football League (NFL)) in 1920. The Triangles were based in Dayton, Ohio, and took their nickname from their home field, Triangl ...

as a right guard. That season, he started in nine games, and the following year, he started in eight games. In 1923, he both played for and served as the

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for the

Rock Island Independents The Rock Island Independents were a professional American football team, based in Rock Island, Illinois, from 1907 to 1926. The Independents were a founding National Football League franchise. They hosted what has been retrospectively designated ...

.Herb Sies Statistics
Pro Football Reference, retrieved July 15, 2009.
Pro Football Reference, retrieved July 15, 2009. Sies coached his team to an 8–2–3 record to finish 12th in the league. He started in eight games for the Independents and made good three

field goal A field goal (FG) is a means of scoring in gridiron football. To score a field goal, the team in possession of the ball must place kick, or drop kick, the ball through the goal, i.e., between the uprights and over the crossbar. The entire ba ...

s and eight

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attempts. That season, ''

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'' magazine named Sies to its All-NFL second-team.Ohio Tiger Trap
Professional Football Researchers Association, retrieved July 15, 2009. In 1924, he returned to Dayton for his final season. He made one field goal attempt for the Triangles.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sies, Herb 1893 births Cleveland Tigers (NFL) players Dayton Triangles players Pittsburgh Panthers football players Rock Island Independents coaches Rock Island Independents players All-American college football players American football guards Sportspeople from Ames, Iowa Players of American football from Iowa 1954 deaths