• The 1917 Rock Island Independents season resulted in the team posting a 7–3 record. "1917 Rock Island Independents season". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved...
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    The Rock Island Independents were a professional American football team, based in Rock Island, Illinois, from 1907 to 1926. The Independents were a founding...
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  • The 1920 Rock Island Independents season was the American football franchise's thirteenth season and inaugural season in the American Professional Football...
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  • 1918 Rock Island Independents season resulted in the team posting a 5–0 record and completing shutouts in all 5 games. Pro Football Archives: 1918 Rock Island...
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  • The 1916 Rock Island Independents season was the team's last season held at Island City Park, before moving into Douglas Park. The season resulted in the...
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  • 1933. Beginning in 1920, Rock Island played home games at Douglas Park, sharing the field with the Rock Island Independents, a charter National Football...
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    the independents defeated the Chicago Cardinals 14–7. On October 7, 1920, the Independents defeated the Chicago Cardinals 7–0. The Rock Island Islanders...
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  • Dale Johnson (category Rock Island Independents)
    a local businessman in Rock Island, Illinois, who is best known for his role in the ownership of the Rock Island Independents of the National Football...
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    Guido Wyland (category Rock Island Independents players)
    played professional football, principally as a guard, for the Rock Island Independents from 1917 to 1920. His initial fame came from his accomplishments as...
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    Walter Flanigan (category People from Rock Island, Illinois)
    owner of the Rock Island Independents. He was also one of the co-founders of the National Football League (NFL). Flanigan joined the Independents as a backup...
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    Obe Wenig (category Rock Island Independents players)
    American football end who played three seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Rock Island Independents. Wenig was born on December 23, 1895...
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  • Jerry Johnson (running back) (category Rock Island Independents players)
    football running back who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Rock Island Independents and Racine Legion. He played college...
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    Virgin Islands. Additional candidates run as independents. At the national level, the U.S. Virgin Islands elect a delegate to Congress from their at-large...
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    Rube Ursella (category Rock Island Independents coaches)
    Minneapolis Marines/Red Jackets, Akron Indians, Hammond Pros, and Rock Island Independents. Outside of the NFL, Ursella played for the Hibbing All-Stars in...
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  • quarterback who had recently played with the Decatur Staleys, Rock Island Independents and the Milwaukee Badgers. Conzelman served as the team's owner...
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  • Herb Sies (category Rock Island Independents coaches)
    the Rock Island Independents. Sies coached his team to an 8–2–3 record to finish 12th in the league. He started in eight games for the Independents and...
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  • Frank Coughlin (category Rock Island Independents coaches)
    withdrew from the University. For the 1921 season, Coughlin was named as a player-coach for the Rock Island Independents of the American Professional Football...
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    Fred Chicken (category Rock Island Independents players)
    1913 and again from 1915 to 1917. He played as a ringer for West Duluth in 1916 and for the Rock Island Independents in 1917. During World War I in 1918...
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  • Association (including the Racine Cardinals, Detroit Heralds, Rock Island Independents, Minneapolis Marines, Cleveland Tigers, Canton Bulldogs, and Toledo...
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  • R. V. Lowe (category Rock Island Independents players)
    League (NFL) as a back for the Rock Island Independents. He appeared in five NFL games, one as a starter, during the 1923 season. Lowe and his wife, Lillian...
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    Cardinals. After the 1925 season, Thorpe formed a team, composed primarily of his teammates from the NFL’s Rock Island Independents, to play several games...
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  • Jim Jaquith (category Rock Island Independents players)
    he signed with the Rock Island Independents of the American Professional Football League (AFL). He was released by Rock Island in early October 1926...
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    into private hands. In 1672, Joseph and Elizabeth Rock purchased 41 acres (170,000 m2) on Long Island with a mortgage which they paid off by August 9,...
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  • Johnny Armstrong (category Rock Island Independents (AFL) players)
    the Independents to a 5–2–2 record, and a fifth-place finish. For his last professional football season, 1926, he also served as coach for Rock Island in...
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  • VMI. The 1917–18 season was interrupted by World War I and the Spanish flu. Andrew Miller (May 3, 2020). "Global pandemic 100 years ago rocked sports world...
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    appeared briefly as the British Captain Smith in Sam Mendes’ World War I film 1917. In March 2020, Strong narrated public information films for the UK government...
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  • Ed Healey (category Rock Island Independents players)
    Dartmouth College in 1916, 1917, and 1919. Healey played professional football as a tackle in the NFL for the Rock Island Independents from 1920 to 1922 and...
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    had played as ringers for the Rock Island Independents and the Davenport Athletics in 1917 chose to play for Rock Island, instead. The men who departed...
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  • Jimmy Conzelman (category Rock Island Independents coaches)
    joined the Rock Island Independents as the team's captain and coach. At age 23, he was one of the youngest coaches in NFL history. He led Rock Island to a 4–1...
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  • Ed Travis (category Rock Island Independents players)
    "Brick" and played in twelve professional games over two seasons for the Rock Island Independents in 1921 and the St. Louis All-Stars in 1923. After his...
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