Jimmy Conzelman
| Jimmy Conzelman | |
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Positions: QB , DB |
Jersey number (s): 1 |
| born March 6, 1898 in St. Louis , Missouri | |
| died on July 31, 1970 in St. Louis, Missouri | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1920 - 1929 | |
| College : Washington University in St. Louis | |
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as a trainer
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| Career statistics | |
| Games | 104 |
| as a starter | 67 |
| TD through run | 13 |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
| Coaching stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Pro Football Hall of Fame | |
James Good Conzelman (born March 6, 1898 in St. Louis , Missouri , USA ; † July 31, 1970 , ibid), born James Gleason Dunn, was an American football player and coach. Among other things, he played as a quarterback .
origin
Conzelman was born in St. Louis to James Dunn and Margaret Ryan. After his father died, he too took the name of his mother's second husband. Even in high school he played as a quarterback . With his high school team, he won the city championship. His family was financially unable to finance his studies. He was therefore dependent on a scholarship.
Player career
College player
In 1916 Conzelman received a scholarship from Washington University in St. Louis . Due to the death of his stepfather, he soon had to leave college to support his mother. In 1917 he joined the US Navy and played as a quarterback for the crew at his naval base. At the same time he worked as a boxer and won the naval championship in the middleweight division . With his football team, in which the later members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Paddy Driscoll and George Halas played, he moved into the Rose Bowl in 1919 and won against another navy team 17-0. In 1919 he returned to his old college in St. Louis.
Professional player
In 1920 the 183 cm tall and 79 kg heavy Conzelman moved to the Decatur Staleys , which belonged to the newly formed NFL and were renamed the Chicago Staleys and later the Chicago Bears a short time later. After a season he left this team and moved to the Rock Island Independents . There he was spontaneously appointed head coach by the team owner at the age of 23 during a team game . After the Independents ended their season prematurely, he joined the Milwaukee Badgers in 1922 as a player and coach . In 1925 Conzelman became a team owner. For the price of 500 US dollars (according to other sources 400 US dollars), he acquired an NFL franchise and founded the Detroit Panthers . During the first season of the team from Detroit , the team reached a good third place in the final table - eight of 12 games could be won - but ended up only in the middle of the table the following year. Since the Panthers also had no economic success, Conzelman had to sell the team again for 1200 US dollars this year. Not only was he the owner of the team, he also played for the team and was their coach. 1927 Conzelman ran for the Providence Steam Roller . With the team he won the NFL championship as a player-coach in 1928 . Already in this round of the game Conzelman had problems with one knee. This knee injury also forced him to end his playing career in 1929.
Coaching career
Conzelman returned to his hometown and became a businessman there. At the same time he coached a semi-professional football team until 1932 before taking over the coaching post at his old college. While coaching at his old college, his team won 32 of the 50 games.
1940 Conzelman returned to the NFL and was head coach of the Chicago Cardinals , which he coached for three game rounds. The team around Fullback Buddy Parker and End Al Coppage could not achieve more wins than defeats in any of the three game rounds.
Conzelman was also an avid baseball player who played baseball for various lower-class teams between rounds. In 1942 he became assistant to the president of the St. Louis Browns , a team of the MLB . In 1946 he took over the coaching position with the Cardinals again. With Charley Trippi , Vince Banonis , Bob Zimny and Buster Ramsey , he had numerous all-pro players at his disposal. In 1947 he led his team to the NFL championship. In the final, the Philadelphia Eagles could be defeated with 28:21. The following year, however, the Cardinals had to admit defeat to the Eagles 7-0 in the final. Conzelman ended his career after this season.
As head coach of professional football teams, Conzelman won 87 of his 167 games.
After professional sport
Jimmy Conzelman returned to St. Louis after his final coaching year and became vice president of an advertising agency. In 1953 he took over an office on the board of directors of the St. Louis Cardinals . Conzelman died at the age of 72. He is buried in the Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum in St. Louis .
Honors
Conzelman is a member of the NFL 1920s All-Decade Team , the Arizona Cardinals Hall of Fame, and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was voted All-Pro twice .
Web links
- Jimmy Conzelman's grave site
- Short biography ( memento from January 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- Jimmy Conzelman in the NFL
- Biography of Jimmy Conzelman (PDF, 32 kB)
- Jimmy Conzelman with the Arizona Cardinals
source
- Jens Plassmann: NFL - American Football. The game, the stars, the stories (= Rororo 9445 rororo Sport ). Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-499-19445-7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ body measurements
- ^ Panther's statistics in 1925
- ^ Panther's statistics in 1926
- ↑ Annual statistics of the Steam Roller 1928
- ^ Conzelman's baseball statistics
- ↑ Annual statistics of the Chicago Cardinals 1947
- ^ Statistics NFL final 1947
- ↑ Annual statistics of the Chicago Cardinals 1948
- ^ Statistics NFL final 1948
- ↑ Coach statistics
- ↑ Jimmy Conzelman's grave in the Find a Grave database
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Conzelman, Jimmy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Conzelman, James Good (real name); Dunn, James Gleason (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Louis , Missouri, USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 31, 1970 |
| Place of death | St. Louis , Missouri, USA |