The Kewanee Walworths were an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

team that played two seasons. They were an independent team. In 1920 they played one game against an NFL team; they played a game against the

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1919

In 1919 they played 9 games and had a 8–1 record. Their head coach was John "Big Jack" Pollock. They played all of their games at their home stadium at Kewanee High School, Illinois. Their only loss was a game against "Moline Clubhouse".

1920

In 1920 they had a 2-4-2 record. In their 3rd game of the season they lost 7–25 against the

in an official APFA game. They were one of three teams to score points against the Staleys. The owner of the Staleys,

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, would later sign the player who scored the touchdown. 1920 was their last season because they did not get enough fan support to meet their financial needs.

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