List of Philadelphia Quakers (AFL) players

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: David S. Neft, Richard M. Cohen, and Rick Korch, The Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of Professional Football, From 1892 to the Present (St. Martin’s Press 1994),

Name Position College Les AplundhBack1Swarthmore Bob BeattieWingback2Princeton Bull BehmanTackleDickenson Charlie CartonTackle3Holy Cross Bill ColemanGuardPennsylvania Saville CrowtherGuardColgate Bob DinsmoreBack4Princeton Doc Elliott5Back6Lafayette Jerry FayTackle7Grove City Adrian FordWingback2Lafayette Lou “Red” GebhardWingbackLafayette Knute JohnsonEndMuhlenberg Glenn Killinger8TailbackPenn State Joe KostosEndBucknell Al KreuzFullbackWestern Michigan, Pennsylvania Joe MarhefkaTailbackPenn State, Lafayette Century MilsteadTackleWabash, Yale Karl RobinsonCenterPennsylvania Johnny ScottBlocking backLafayette Butch SpagnaGuardBrown, Lehigh George SullivanTailbackPennsylvania Whitey ThomasEndPenn State George TullyEndDartmouth Charley WayBack9Penn 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

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