The following people played for the Philadelphia Quakers for at least one game in the 1926 AFL regular season, the only one of the team’s (and the league’s) existence: [1]
Name | Position | College |
---|---|---|
Les Aplundh | Back1 | Swarthmore |
Bob Beattie | Wingback2 | Princeton |
Bull Behman | Tackle | Dickenson |
Charlie Carton | Tackle3 | Holy Cross |
Bill Coleman | Guard | Pennsylvania |
Saville Crowther | Guard | Colgate |
Bob Dinsmore | Back4 | Princeton |
Doc Elliott5 | Back6 | Lafayette |
Jerry Fay | Tackle7 | Grove City |
Adrian Ford | Wingback2 | Lafayette |
Lou “Red” Gebhard | Wingback | Lafayette |
Knute Johnson | End | Muhlenberg |
Glenn Killinger8 | Tailback | Penn State |
Joe Kostos | End | Bucknell |
Al Kreuz | Fullback | Western Michigan, Pennsylvania |
Joe Marhefka | Tailback | Penn State, Lafayette |
Century Milstead | Tackle | Wabash, Yale |
Karl Robinson | Center | Pennsylvania |
Johnny Scott | Blocking back | Lafayette |
Butch Spagna | Guard | Brown, Lehigh |
George Sullivan | Tailback | Pennsylvania |
Whitey Thomas | End | Penn State |
George Tully | End | Dartmouth |
Charley Way | Back9 | Penn State |
1 Played
fullback, blocking back (position later called “
quarterback”), and
wingback
2 Also played
end
3 Also played
center
4 Played blocking back,
tailback, wingback, and fullback
5 Played five games for
Cleveland Panthers before the team folded
6 Played tailback and fullback
7 Also played
guard and end
8 Started 1926 season on
New York Giants roster
9 Played wingback, tailback, and blocking back