Jimmy Conzelman

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Jimmy Conzelman
March 6, 1898
St. Louis, MO
July 31, 1970 (aged 72)
Position(s)| Quarterback
College| Washington - St. Louis
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Pro Football Hall of Fame, 1964
James Gleason Dunn, (Jimmy Conzelman) (March 6, 1898 - August 5, 1970) was a professional football player in the National Football League. He was the head coach of the Chicago Cardinals.

A halfback at Washington University in St. Louis, he began his post-college career as a member of the Great Lakes Navy team that won the 1919 Rose Bowl. One of his Great Lakes teammates was George Halas, who recruited him for his 1920 Decatur Staleys team in the newly formed American Professional Football Association, which later changed its name to the National Football League.

After one season with the Staleys, Conzelman moved on to the Rock Island Independents, where he began his career as a player-coach. He stayed with the Independents through seven games of the 1922 season before jumping to the Milwaukee Badgers for the remainder of the season and the 1923 season. Offered an NFL franchise in Detroit in 1925 for a reported $100 investment, Conzelman became an NFL owner. Although the team was fairly successful on the field (8-2-2 in 1925 and 4-6-2 in 1926), the team received little support from the Detroit fans.

Eventually he returned the franchise to the league and in 1927 joined the Providence Steam Roller as player-coach. Conzelman as a quarterback suffered a knee injury in 1928, but as a coach, he led the team to an 8-1-2 record and the NFL title. Conzelman left Providence in 1930 to try his hand at other careers. But, in 1940, the popular Irishman was lured back into the NFL with the Chicago Cardinals. He helped the team stay strong during the challenging World War II years before leaving to work in Major League Baseball. In 1946, Conzelman returned to the Cardinals. The following year, his Cards won the NFL title and in 1948 a second straight division title.

He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1964.

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Preceded by
Frank Coughlin
Rock Island Independents Head Coaches
1921-1922
Succeeded by
Herb Sies
Preceded by
Budge Garrett
Mikwaukee Badgers Head Coaches
1922-1924
Succeeded by
Hal Erickson
Preceded by
None
Detroit Panthers Head Coaches
1925-1926
Succeeded by
None
Preceded by
Jim Laird
Providence Steam Roller Head Coaches
1927-1929
Succeeded by
Ed Robinson
Preceded by
Ernie Nevers
Chicago Cardinals Head Coaches
1940-1942
Succeeded by
Phil Handler
Preceded by
Phil Handler
Chicago Cardinals Head Coaches
1946-1948
Succeeded by
Curly Lambeau


National Football League | NFL's 1920s All-Decade Team
Jimmy Conzelman | Paddy Driscoll | Red Grange | Joe Guyon | Curly Lambeau | Jim Thorpe | Ernie Nevers | Guy Chamberlin | Lavern Dilweg | George Halas | Ed Healey | Pete Henry | Cal Hubbard | Steve Owen | Hunk Anderson | Walt Kiesling | Mike Michalske | George Trafton |
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Washington University in St. Louis is a private, coeducational, research university located in St. Louis, Missouri. The University was co-founded in 1853 by William Greenleaf Eliot and Wayman Crow[4] as Eliot Seminary.
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Stadium Rose Bowl
Location Pasadena, California
Previous Stadiums Tournament Park (1902, 1916 — 1922)
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Previous Locations Durham, North Carolina (1942)[1]
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George Halas

February 2 1895
Chicago, Illinois
October 31 1983 (age 88)
Chicago, Illinois

Position(s)| Head Coach
Wide receiver
Defensive end
College| University of Illinois

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Chicago Bears
Year founded: 1919

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City Chicago, Illinois
Other nicknames Da Bears, The Monsters of the Midway
Team colors Midnight Navy and Burnt Orange
Head Coach Lovie Smith
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No. of teams 32, divided into two sixteen-team conferences, each of which consists of four four-team divisions.
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Founded 1920
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Sport Baseball
Founded 1876
No. of teams 30
Country(ies)  United States
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Most recent champion(s) St. Louis Cardinals

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