Jimmy Conzelman
The coach of the 1947 champions, a 1920s All-Decade quarterback and a Hall of Famer since 1964.
James Gleason Dunn Conzelman (March 6, 1898 - July 31, 1970) was an American professional football player and coach who also worked as a baseball executive and an advertising executive. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1964 and was chosen in 1969 as a quarterback on the NFL's 1920s All-Decade Team. He coached the Chicago Cardinals from 1940 to 1942 and again from 1946 to 1948, winning the 1947 NFL championship and Western Division titles in 1947 and 1948.
Quick Facts
- Number
- 15, 2, 1, 9
- Position
- Halfback, blocking back
- Born
- 6 March 1898
- Birthplace
- St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
- Died
- 31 July 1970
- High school
- McKinley (St. Louis)
- College
- Washington University
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Background
A St. Louis native, Conzelman played for the 1918 Great Lakes Navy team that won the 1919 Rose Bowl and was an All-Missouri Valley Conference quarterback at Washington University in 1919. He then spent ten seasons in the NFL as a quarterback, halfback, placekicker and coach with the Decatur Staleys (1920), Rock Island Independents (1921-22), Milwaukee Badgers (1922-24), Detroit Panthers (1925-26), where he was also the owner, and the Providence Steam Roller (1927-29), whom he led to the 1928 NFL championship as player-coach. He coached Washington University from 1932 to 1939, winning Missouri Valley Conference championships in 1934, 1935 and 1939, and from 1943 he was also an executive with baseball's St. Louis Browns.
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