1923 Hammond Pros Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 1-5-1
Finishing 15th in the NFL
Coach: Wally Hess (1-5-1)
Location: Hammond, Indiana
1923 Hammond Pros StatisticsTeam Record: 1-5-1
Finishing 15th in the NFL
Coach: Wally Hess (1-5-1)
Location: Hammond, Indiana
1923 Hammond Pros Results
The Hammond Pros of the National Football League ended the 1923 season with a record of 1 wins and 5 losses and 1 ties, finishing fifteenth in the NFL.
The Pros chalked up 14 points, but the defensive squad gave up 59.
Wally Hess coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Dunc Annan | K | August 10, 1895 | 5'10" | 178 | Brown | Chicago, IL USA | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | George Berry | LG | February 18, 1900 | 5'11" | 203 | none | Milwaukee, WI USA | 7 | 7 |
| 11 | Sol Butler | WB-RDH-BB- | July 26, 1897 | 5'8" | 185 | Dubuque | , OK USA | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | Lloyd Cearing | WB | November 3, 1900 | 185 | Valparaiso | Monon, IN USA | 7 | 5 | |
| 16 | John Detwiler | FB | March 14, 1892 | 5'8" | 190 | Kansas | Smith Center, KS USA | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | Carl Hanke | RE | December 31, 1897 | 6'0" | 190 | Minnesota | , MN USA | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Wally Hess | TB | October 28, 1894 | 5'9" | 177 | Indiana | Hammond, IN USA | 7 | 7 |
| 9 | Oscar Knop | FB | September 5, 1896 | 6'0" | 191 | Illinois | Chicago, IL USA | 4 | 4 |
| 12 | Bill Kovacsy | G | February 15, 1901 | 195 | Illinois | Bridgeport, CT USA | 4 | 2 | |
| 13 | Swede Larson | HB | none | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 4 | Russ Oltz | C | March 18, 1899 | 6'0" | 210 | Illinois | Beloit, WI USA | 7 | 7 |
| 11 | Fritz Pollard | BB | January 27, 1894 | 5'9" | 165 | Bates | Chicago, IL USA | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Elliott Risley | T | January 24, 1896 | 6'0" | 207 | Indiana | Compton, IL USA | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Ed Robinson | B | August 26, 1904 | 5'8" | 155 | none | Chicago, IL | 3 | 2 |
| 1 | Frank Rydzewski | C | November 16, 1892 | 6'1" | 220 | Notre Dame | Chicago, IL USA | 5 | 5 |
| Walt Sechrist | G | September 16, 1896 | 6'0" | 258 | none | Warsaw, IN USA | 1 | 1 | |
| Ed Seibert | G | October 24, 1896 | 5'10" | 195 | West Virginia | 2 | 1 | ||
| 15 | Wilfred Smith | RG | April 7, 1899 | 6'4" | 204 | DePauw | Milroy, IN USA | 5 | 4 |
| Steve Sullivan | BB-LDH-WB- | July 1, 1898 | 5'11" | 180 | Montana | Butte, MT USA | 4 | 0 | |
| 1 | Dave Tallant | LT | August 24, 1896 | 6'1" | 205 | Muskingum | Murrysville, PA | 7 | 6 |
| 5 | Lou Usher | RT | June 27, 1897 | 6'2" | 240 | Detroit Mercy | Chicago, IL USA | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Inky Williams | LE | July 25, 1894 | 5'11" | 174 | Brown | Monmouth, IL | 6 | 6 |
