List of Cleveland Panthers players

The following people played for the Panthers 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
Norty “Mope” BehmEnd1Iowa State
Cookie CunninghamEndOhio State
Doc ElliottFullbackLafayette
Myles EvansTackleOhio Wesleyan
Billy GribbenTailbackCase Western Reserve
Eddie “Red” KregenowEndAkron
Al MichaelsTailbackHeidelberg, Ohio State
Al Nesser2Guard3none
Dave NobleBack4Nebraska
John OtterbacherGuardOhio State
Guy RobertsBack4Dayton
Red RobertsTackleCentre
Jack SackGuardPittsburgh
Bob SpiersTackle5Ohio State
Al ThornburgCenterIowa State
Ralph VinceGuardWashington & Jefferson
Leo VirantGuardIowa State
Red WeaverCenterCentre
Jay WintersBlocking back6Ohio Wesleyan
Dick WolfBlocking backMiami (Ohio)

1 Also played fullback
2 Started 1926 season as coach of Akron Indians, then left to play for Panthers
3 Also played tackle
4 Played wingback and American football
5 Also played guard
6 Position currently known as quarterback

References

  1. ↑ 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), ISBN 0-312-11435-4