This is a list of American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 players who have played for the Akron Pros

Akron Pros

The Akron Pros were a professional football team located played in Akron, Ohio from 1908–1926. The team originated in 1908 as a semi-pro team named the Akron Indians, however name was changed to the Pros in 1920 as the team set out to become a charter member of the American Professional...

in the National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

 (NFL). It includes players that have played at least one match in the NFL regular season. The Akron Pros franchise was originally founded around 1908 and lasted until 1926

1926 NFL season

The 1926 NFL season was the 7th regular season of the National Football League. The league grew to 22 teams, a figure that would not be equaled in professional football until 1961, adding the Brooklyn Lions, the Hartford Blues, the Los Angeles Buccaneers, and the Louisville Colonels, with Racine...

. The team finally folded in 1927

1927 NFL season

The 1927 NFL season was the 8th regular season of the National Football League. Prior to the season, the league decided to eliminate the financially weaker teams. As a result, the league dropped from 22 to 12 teams, and a majority of the remaining teams were centered around the East Coast instead...

. The club was known as the Akron Indians prior to 1920 and in 1926.

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Frank Bacon,
Russ Bailey

Russ Bailey

Russel Brooks "Russ" Bailey was a professional American football center in the National Football League. He played two seasons for the Akron Pros .-External links:*...

John Barrett

John Barrett (NFL)

John Patrick Barrett was a professional football player from Holyoke, Massachusetts. He played during the early years of the National Football League. A graduate of the University of Detroit Mercy, Barrett made his professional debut in the NFL in 1924 with the Akron Pros...

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Marty Beck,
George Berry

George Berry (American football)

George Berry was a guard in the National Football League. He split his first season between the Racine Legion and the Hammond Pros. He played another season with the Hammond Pros before splitting the 1924 NFL season with Hammond and the Akron Pros...

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Scotty Bierce

Scotty Bierce

Bruce Wallace Bierce was a professional football player who played for the Akron Pros, Buffalo All-Americans, Cleveland Indians and Cleveland Bulldogs of the National Football League. Bierce won a league title in 1920 with the Pros and he won a second title in 1924 with the Bulldogs...

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Frank Bissell,
Russ Blailock

Russ Blailock

Russ Blailock is a former player in the National Football League. He first played with the Milwaukee Badgers during the 1923 NFL season. After a year away from the NFL, he played with the Akron Pros during the 1925 NFL season.-References:...

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Wayne Brenkert

Wayne Brenkert

Wayne Dewey Brenkert was a professional American football player for the Akron Pros. He attended Washington & Jefferson College.-Notes:...

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Brooke Brewer

Brooke Brewer

Edward "Untz" Brooke Brewer was an American athlete. Brewer played two seasons of professional football with the Cleveland Indians and the Akron Pros in the National Football League . He was considered one of the best high school quarterbacks in the country and played college football at Maryland...

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Sol Butler

Sol Butler

Edward Solomon Butler was a multi-talented athlete who competed in football as well as track and field. He competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. That year he finished seventh in the long jump competition...

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Knute Cauldwell,
Carl Cardarelli,
Chase Clements

Chase Clements

George Chase Clements was a professional American football player for the Cleveland Bulldogs and the Akron Pros. He attended Washington & Jefferson College.-See also:*1925 Akron Pros season...

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Alf Cobb

Alf Cobb

Alfred Russell Cobb was a professional American football player, who played in the early National Football League for the Akron Pros and the Cleveland Bulldogs. As a member of the 1920 Akron Pros, Cobb won the very first NFL Championship with the team. Prior to his professional career, he played at...

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Tuffy Conn

Tuffy Conn

George Washington "Tuffy" Conn was a professional American football player who played in 1920 for the Cleveland Tigers and the Akron Pros of the American Professional Football Association...

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Marty Conrad

Marty Conrad

Martin Henry "Marty" Conrad was a professional American football offensive lineman in the National Football League. He played four seasons for the Toledo Maroons , the Kenosha Maroons , and the Akron Pros ....

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Charlie Copley

Charlie Copley

Charles Francis Copley was a professional football player who played for the Akron Pros and the Milwaukee Badgers of the National Football League. Copely won a NFL championship in 1920 with Akron. He was also a former teammate of Fritz Pollard during his time with the Pros and the Badgers. In 1923...

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Art Corcoran

Art Corcoran

Arthur Andrew "Bunny" Corcoran was a professional football player in the National Football League with the Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Indians, Akron Pros and the Buffalo All-Americans. He also played on the pre-NFL era, Frankford Yellow Jackets and the Canton Bulldogs of the "Ohio League"...

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Carl Cramer

Carl Cramer

Carl H. Cramer was a professional football player with the Akron Pros and the Cleveland Tigers of the National Football League. In 1923 Carl served as a player-coach for the Pros. He split coaching duties that season with Dutch Hendrian.-Notes:...

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Ken Crawford

Ken Crawford

Kenneth James Crawford was a professional American football player, who played in the early National Football League for the Akron Pros, Hammond Pros, Dayton Triangles and Cincinnati Celts. As a member of the 1920 Akron Pros, Cobb won the very first NFL Championship with the team. Prior to his...

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Bruno Haas

Bruno Haas

Bruno Philip Haas was a Major League Baseball pitcher, minor league baseball executive, and many other things during a baseball career that lasted 37 years....

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Art Haley,
Isham Hardy,
Harry Harris

Harry Harris (American football)

Harry Frank Harris was an American football blocking back and quarterback who played for the Akron Pros during the 1920 season, where the Pros won the first NFL Championship. He went to West Virginia Wesleyan College and West Virginia University for his college career.-References:...

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Dutch Hendrian

Dutch Hendrian

Oscar George "Dutch" Hendrian was an American actor and former American football player in the National Football League.-Football career:...

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Paul T. Hogan

Paul T. Hogan

Paul Timothy Hogan was a professional football player for the Akron Pros, Canton Bulldogs, New York Giants, Frankford Yellow Jackets and the Chicago Cardinals. He played football at Washington & Jefferson College, Notre Dame, University of Detroit Mercy, and Niagara University. He played in the...

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Frank Hogue

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Grover Malone

Grover Malone

John Grover Malone was a player in the National Football League.-Career:Malone played with the Chicago Tigers during the 1920 NFL season. He would split the following season between the Green Bay Packers and the Rock Island Independents...

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Leo McCausland,
Frank McCormick

Frank McCormick (American football)

Frank G. McCormick was the first South Dakotan to play professional football. He played from 1920 until 1921, with the Akron Pros and the Cincinnati Celts of the American Professional Football Association . Originally a guard, Frank was made a wingback by the Pros...

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Al Michaels

Al Michaels (American football)

Alton Court Michaels was an American football running back.After attending Ohio State University, he joined the Akron Pros of the National Football League, and played a total of 14 games for the team in the 1923 and 1924 seasons, earning first-team All-Pro honors in 1923...

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Buck Miles

Buck Miles

Mark Robert "Buck" Miles was a professional football player who played for the Akron Pros of the American Professional Football Association . Miles won an APFA-NFL title in 1920 with the Pros....

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Joe Mills,
Stan Mills

Stan Mills

Stanley Mills was a fullback in the National Football League. He played two seasons with the Green Bay Packers before spending his final season with the Akron Pros....

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Frank Moran

Frank Moran

Charles Francis "Frank" Moran was an American boxer and film actor who fought twice for the Heavyweight Championship of the World, and appeared in over 135 movies in a 25 year film career.-Sports career:...

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Bob Nash

Bob Nash (American football)

Robert Arthur "Nasty" Nash was a professional football player who played in the American Professional Football Association for the Akron Pros, Buffalo All-Americans, Rochester Jeffersons and the New York Giants...

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Ray Neal

Ray Neal

Raymond Robert "Gaumey" Neal was an American football coach and player. He served as the head coach for the DePauw Tigers at DePauw University for sixteen seasons. Prior to that, he played four seasons in the National Football League with the Akron Pros and the Hammond Pros.-Biography:Neal was...

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Al Nesser

Al Nesser

Alfred "Al" Louis Nesser was a professional American football offensive lineman. He played for 7 teams in the National Football League and the Cleveland Panthers in the first American Football League...

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Harry Newman,
Olin Newman,
Frank Niehaus

Frank Niehaus

Francis W. "Fanny" Niehaus was a professional football player from Seymour, Indiana. After attending high school in Akron, Ohio, Niehaus attended Washington & Jefferson College. After college he made his professional debut in the early National Football League with the Akron Pros in 1925...

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Roy Ratekin,
Carl Reed,
Jim Roberts,
Jimmy Robertson

Jimmy Robertson (American football)

James A. "Jimmy" Robertson was an American football player, coach, and sports figure in the United States.-Carnegie Mellon University:...

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Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson

Paul Leroy Robeson was an American concert singer , recording artist, actor, athlete, scholar who was an advocate for the Civil Rights Movement in the first half of the twentieth century...

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Eddie Sauer

Eddie Sauer

Edward A. Sauer was a professional football player who played during the early years of the National Football League. A resident of Van Buren Township, Ohio, Sauer attended and played football for nearby Miami University. He made his NFL debut in 1920 with the Dayton Triangles...

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Les Scott,
Walt Sechrist,
Ed Shaw

Ed Shaw (American football)

Edson Walter Shaw was a professional football player who played in the National Football League with the Rock Island Independents, Canton Bulldogs and the Akron Pros. Shaw won a NFL Championship in 1922 with the Bulldogs. He finish his career in 1923, playing for the Pros. Before playing...

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Paul Sheeks,
Dutch Speck

Dutch Speck

Norman John Speck was a professional football player during the early years of the National Football League. Speck won two NFL championships with the Canton Bulldogs in 1922 and 1923...

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Bob Spiers,
Hugh Sprinkle,
Dick Stahlman

Dick Stahlman

Dick Stahlman was an American football offensive lineman. He played seven seasons in the National Football League and one season in the first American Football League....

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Cliff Steele,
Charlie Stewart,
Fred Sweetland

Fred Sweetland

Frederick Greenhalge Sweetland was a professional football player. He played in the American Professional Football League with the Akron Pros and the New York Brickley Giants...