1928 Chicago Cardinals Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 1-5
Finishing 9th in the NFL
Coach: Fred Gillies (1-5)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1928 Chicago Cardinals StatisticsTeam Record: 1-5
Finishing 9th in the NFL
Coach: Fred Gillies (1-5)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1928 Chicago Cardinals Results
The Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League ended the 1928 season with a record of 1 wins and 5 losses, finishing ninth in the NFL.
Chicago struggled to score 7 points, worst in the circuit, while the defense conceded 107.
Fred Gillies coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Ed Allen | K | June 5, 1901 | 5'8" | 175 | Creighton | Dixon, IL USA | 2 | 2 |
| Homer Bliss | ROG-RDG | August 16, 1904 | 5'11" | 195 | Washington & Jefferson | Beaverton, MI | 1 | 0 | |
| 17 | Herb Blumer | LE | March 7, 1900 | 6'1" | 200 | Missouri | St. Louis, MO USA | 6 | 6 |
| Hal Bradley | G | September 27, 1905 | 185 | Iowa | , KS USA | 2 | 1 | ||
| 10 | Ralph Claypool | C | December 15, 1898 | 5'9" | 191 | Purdue | Blue Grass, IA USA | 4 | 4 |
| Harry Curzon | B-E | November 12, 1894 | 6'0" | 195 | none | Champaign, IL USA | 1 | 0 | |
| 12 | Joe Davidson | RG | January 24, 1903 | 6'0" | 200 | Colgate | Durand, MI USA | 6 | 5 |
| 3 | Hal Erickson | TB | March 10, 1899 | 5'9" | 193 | St. Olaf | Maynard, MN USA | 6 | 4 |
| 14 | Paul Fitzgibbon | B | March 21, 1903 | 5'8" | 176 | Creighton | , SD USA | 6 | 1 |
| Fred Gillies | LOT-LDT | December 9, 1895 | 6'3" | 218 | Cornell | Chicago, IL USA | 1 | 0 | |
| 7 | Ducky Grant | BB | December 24, 1902 | 5'11" | 175 | St. Mary's (CA) | , CA | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Ted Illman | B | November 27, 1902 | 6'0" | 190 | Montana | Glasgow, MT USA | 5 | 2 |
| 31 | Ben Jones | FB | March 17, 1898 | 5'11" | 205 | Indiana (PA) | Bloomsburg, PA | 5 | 4 |
| Lyons Killiher | ROE-RDE | August 11, 1903 | none | , IL | 1 | 0 | |||
| 4 | Mickey MacDonnell | WB | April 30, 1902 | 5'8" | 159 | none | Duluth, MN | 6 | 5 |
| 4 | Ike Mahoney | B | October 25, 1901 | 5'9" | 173 | Creighton | Omaha, NE USA | 5 | 2 |
| Ray Marelli | G | January 23, 1901 | 5'10" | 190 | Notre Dame | Rockford, IL USA | 2 | 1 | |
| Jim Murphy | LOH-LDH | November 3, 1904 | 6'0" | 184 | St. Thomas | Russell, MN USA | 1 | 0 | |
| 66 | Clem Neacy | RE | July 19, 1898 | 6'3" | 206 | Wisc-Milwaukee | Milwaukee, WI USA | 6 | 4 |
| Ray Risvold | QB-S-LOH-L | March 27, 1902 | 170 | none | , IL USA | 3 | 0 | ||
| 91 | Duke Slater | RT | December 9, 1898 | 6'1" | 215 | Iowa | Normal, IL USA | 6 | 6 |
| 18 | Bill Springsteen | C | October 27, 1899 | 6'0" | 200 | Lehigh | New York, NY USA | 4 | 2 |
| Bill Stein | C | May 28, 1899 | 6'0" | 190 | Macalester | Two Harbors, MN USA | 2 | 2 | |
| 19 | Charlie Strack | LG | July 15, 1899 | 6'0" | 215 | Colgate | Nyack, NY USA | 3 | 3 |
| Jim Thorpe | LOE-LDE | May 28, 1887 | 6'1" | 202 | Carlisle Indian | Prague, OK USA | 1 | 0 | |
| 11 | Chet Widerquist | LT | September 23, 1895 | 6'1" | 219 | Northwestern | Moline, IL USA | 6 | 6 |
| Don Yeisley | LOE-LDE-RO | January 21, 1904 | 6'1" | 185 | Chicago | Chelsea, IA USA | 3 | 0 |
