Paddy Driscoll
| Paddy Driscoll | |
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Positions: QB , TB , PK , P |
Jersey numbers: 20, 1, 2 |
| born January 11, 1895 in Evanston , Illinois | |
| died on June 28, 1968 in Chicago , Illinois | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1919 - 1929 | |
| College : Northwestern University | |
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as a player
as a football coach
as a baseball player
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| Career statistics | |
| TD by pass catch | 4th |
| TD by pass | 18th |
| TD through run | 25th |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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American football
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| Pro Football Hall of Fame | |
| College Football Hall of Fame | |
John Leo "Paddy" Driscoll (born January 11, 1895 in Evanston , Illinois , USA ; † June 28, 1968 in Chicago , Illinois), nickname : The Wasp , was an American baseball player and American football player , and coach. Among other things, he played as a quarterback .
origin
The 180 cm tall and 73 kg heavy Driscoll attended high school in his hometown . Even in high school, he played American football and baseball.
Player career
College player
In 1915 Driscoll studied at Northwestern University . In the football team he played in various positions - as quarterback, tailback , kicker and punter . Driscoll was not an athletic figure, but he made up for this shortcoming with his enormous speed. In 1916 he became team captain of the Northwestern Wildcats . Under his leadership, the Wildcats were able to win six of their seven games. In addition to football, Driscoll also played baseball. In 1917, at the age of 22, he received a contract from Fred Mitchell with the Chicago Cubs , an MLB baseball team . However, he only played 13 games for this team.
In 1917 he did his military service in the US Navy , but did not get into combat. Rather, he played for a Navy football team, the Great Lakes Naval Training Station team. There he was a teammate of George Halas , his future coach with the Chicago Bears . Driscoll was able to move into the Rose Bowl with his team , where another naval team could be defeated 17-0. Driscoll threw a touchdown pass at Halas, with whom he would remain friends for the rest of his life. He scored the remaining points himself with a caught pass and a kick over 30 yards .
Professional player
In 1919 Driscoll received a contract with the Hammond Pros from the state of Indiana . The pros didn't play in any league. Rather, games were played against other teams, a table status was not determined. In 1920 Driscoll 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 just one game, he left the Staleys and moved to rival Chicago Cardinals . The change was also financially attractive for Driscoll - the Cardinals-paid him 300 dollars per game. In 1923 he scored 27 points in his team's game against the Rochester Jeffersons . Two game rounds later he scored four field goals in a game against the Columbus Panhandles , which, like his season best of 11 field goals, was a league record.
In the same year the Cardinals won the NFL championship . The championship was not without controversy. The Cardinals achieved the best score at the end of the season, but lost on December 6, 1925 against the Pottsville Maroons at 17:21. The team from Chicago was still declared champions, as the Maroons were disqualified by the NFL for various rule violations. In 1926, Driscoll joined the Bears, who were trained by his former teammate George Halas. Driscoll received an annual salary of $ 5,000, making it the team's top earner alongside Ed Healey . With the Bears, Driscoll was no longer a championship. In 1929 he ended his career. Driscoll played a total of 118 professional games, in 103 games he was the starter .
Coaching career
Driscoll coached the Cardinals during his playing career from 1920 to 1922. He then coached the Marquette University team from 1937 to 1940 . With the Marquette Golden Eagles he was able to move into the Cotton Bowl in 1937 , which, however, was lost 6:16 to Texas Christian University . Driscoll then trained a military team before he was head coach of the Bears in 1956 and 1957 . As head coach of the two professional teams, he won 31 of his 53 games. Driscoll died at the age of 73. He is buried in All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines , Illinois.
Honors
Driscoll is a member of the NFL 1920s All-Decade Team , the Pro Football Hall of Fame , the Northwestern University Athletics Hall of Fame , the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame, and the College Football Hall of Fame . He was voted All-Pro eight times .
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 .
Web links
- Driscoll with the Chicago Bears
- Paddy Driscoll in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- Short biography ( memento from June 5, 2011 in the web archive archive.today )
- Paddy Driscoll in the NFL
- Paddy Driscoll in the Northwestern University Athletics Hall of Fame
Individual evidence
- ↑ Driscoll body measurements
- ↑ Baseball Statistics
- ↑ Annual statistics of the Cardinals 1926
- ↑ Coach statistics
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Driscoll, paddy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Driscoll, John Leo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player, coach, and baseball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Evanston , Illinois , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 28, 1968 |
| Place of death | Chicago , Illinois |