Ralph Scott (American football)
American football player and coach (1894–1936)
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Official Chicago Bears' team photo, where the team claimed the Championship after defeating the Cleveland Bulldogs on December 7, even putting the title "World's Champions" on the image.
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1894-09-26
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September 26, 1894
Dewey, Portage County, Wisconsin , U.S. |
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Died: |
August 16, 1936
(1936-08-16)
(aged
41)
Billings, Montana , U.S. |
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Position(s) | Guard |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
Weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
College | Wisconsin |
Career history | |
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1926–1927 | New York Yankees |
As player | |
1921–1925 | Chicago Staleys/Bears |
1926–1927 | New York Yankees |
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Ralph Vernon Scott (September 26, 1894 – August 16, 1936) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally in the first American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Staleys/Bears and the New York Yankees . Scott was a member of the 1921 Chicago Staleys APFA Championship team. In 1926 C. C. Pyle , began the AFL after a dispute with the NFL over the terms of granting himself a league franchise in New York City . Pyle eventually hired Scott as a player-coach the Yankees for an undisclosed amount of money.
Prior to playing professionally, Scott played college football at the University of Wisconsin . In 1920 Scott helped the Badgers to a 6–1 record. That year, he was selected to the All-Big Ten Conference football team and was a consensus All-American .
References
Additional sources
- Kopriva, Don (1998). On Wisconsin!: The History of Badger Athletics . Sports Publishing LLC. ISBN 9781571670380 .
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1920 College Football All-America Team
consensus selections
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