1926 Rock Island Independents Roster
American Football League (AFL)
Team Record: 2-6-1
Finishing 7th in the AFL
Coach: Wes Bradshaw (1-0)
Coach: Johnny Armstrong (1-6-1)
Location: Rock Island, Illinois
1926 Rock Island Independents StatisticsTeam Record: 2-6-1
Finishing 7th in the AFL
Coach: Wes Bradshaw (1-0)
Coach: Johnny Armstrong (1-6-1)
Location: Rock Island, Illinois
1926 Rock Island Independents Results
The Rock Island Independents of the American Football League ended the 1926 season with a record of 2 wins and 6 losses and 1 ties, finishing seventh in the AFL.
The Independents scored 21 points, but the shaky defensive squad yielded 126, most in the circuit.
Wes Bradshaw and Johnny Armstrong coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny Armstrong | QB-HB | August 19, 1897 | 5'8" | 170 | Dubuque | , KS | 7 | 7 |
| 19 | Riley Biggs | C-G | March 24, 1900 | 6'2" | 230 | Baylor | Montgomery County, PA USA | 6 | 4 |
| 3 | Wes Bradshaw | HB-QB | November 26, 1897 | 5'8" | 175 | Trinity (TX) | Athens, TX USA | 7 | 5 |
| 5 | Frank Coyle | E | November 29, 1899 | 6'0" | 180 | Detroit Mercy | Moline, IL | 6 | 3 |
| 11 | Bug Hartzog | G | April 11, 1901 | 5'11" | 195 | Baylor | Terrell, TX USA | 8 | 8 |
| 18 | Chuck Hill | FB-E | May 26, 1904 | 5'8" | 190 | Iowa St. | , WA | 8 | 1 |
| 16 | Ave Kaplan | HB-QB | November 16, 1899 | 5'9" | 165 | Hamline | Owatonna, MN USA | 9 | 4 |
| 8 | Louis Kolls | C | December 15, 1892 | 6'1" | 205 | St. Ambrose | Chattanooga, TN USA | 4 | 3 |
| Elmer Layden | FB | May 4, 1903 | 5'11" | 180 | Notre Dame | Davenport, IA | 1 | 1 | |
| 12 | Vince McCarthy | HB-QB-FB | November 3, 1899 | 5'10" | 165 | St. Viator | , IL USA | 6 | 4 |
| 10 | Marty Norton | HB | November 11, 1901 | 5'6" | 178 | Hamline | , MN | 4 | 4 |
| Eddie Novak | FB-QB | August 3, 1897 | 5'9" | 175 | none | Webster, MN USA | 8 | 6 | |
| Ernest Rohrabaugh | HB-QB | 190 | Franklin | 8 | 4 | ||||
| 20 | Bill Scarpino | E | April 23, 1897 | 5'11" | 175 | Des Moines | Polk County, IA | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | Duke Slater | T | December 9, 1898 | 6'1" | 215 | Iowa | Normal, IL USA | 9 | 9 |
| 17 | Dick Stahlman | T | October 20, 1902 | 6'2" | 219 | DePaul | Chicago, IL USA | 9 | 9 |
| 9 | Ken Truckenmiller | G | October 14, 1903 | 6'1" | 190 | Cornell (Iowa) | Holman, IA | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Frank Urban | E | 6'0" | 190 | MIT | 2 | 1 | ||
| 10 | Homer Walker | E | January 17, 1903 | 5'10" | 195 | Baylor | Franklin, TX | 7 | 7 |
| 6 | Chet Widerquist | G | September 23, 1895 | 6'1" | 219 | Northwestern | Moline, IL USA | 8 | 6 |
| Ralph Wiedich | C-G | 6'1" | 205 | Emporia State | 4 | 3 | |||
| Mike Wilson | E | December 2, 1896 | 5'10" | 167 | Lehigh | Edge Hill, PA USA | 7 | 6 |
