Samuel Marshall "Mike" Wilson was a professional football

American football

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 and professional baseball

Professional baseball

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 player. He played four seasons in the National Football League

National Football League

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 and the first American Football League

American Football League (1926)

The first American Football League , sometimes called AFL I, AFLG, or the Grange League, was a professional American football league that operated in 1926. It was the first major competitor to the National Football League. Founded by C. C...

 between 1922 and 1926, and part of one Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 season in 1921

Football

In 1922 Wilson was an end with the NFL's Buffalo All-Americans however he finished the season with the Rochester Jeffersons

Rochester Jeffersons

The Rochester Jeffersons from Rochester, New York played in the National Football League from 1920 to 1925.Formed as an amateur outfit by a rag-tag group of Rochester-area teenagers after the turn of the century , the team became known as the Jeffersons in reference to the locale of their playing...

. In 1923, he played for the Rock Island Independents

Rock Island Independents

The Rock Island Independents were a professional American football team based in Rock Island, Illinois. One of the first professional football teams, they were founded in 1907 as an independent club. They later played in what is now the National Football League from 1920 to 1925. They joined the...

. While Wilson took a break from football in 1925, he was a played once again in 1926 with the Independents, which were now playing in the AFL.

Baseball

Wilson played five games as a catcher

Catcher

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 for the Pittsburgh Pirates

Pittsburgh Pirates

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 in 1921, going hitless in four at bat

At bat

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s. He continued to play in the minors

Minor league baseball

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 until 1928 before retiring.

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