1927 Frankford Yellow Jackets Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-9-3
Finishing 7th in the NFL
Coach: Charley Rogers (4-4-2)
Coach: Charley Moran (2-5-1)
Coach: Ed Weir (4-4-2)
Coach: Russ Daugherty (4-4-2)
Coach: Swede Youngstrom (4-4-2)
Location: Frankford, Pennsylvania
1927 Frankford Yellow Jackets StatisticsTeam Record: 6-9-3
Finishing 7th in the NFL
Coach: Charley Rogers (4-4-2)
Coach: Charley Moran (2-5-1)
Coach: Ed Weir (4-4-2)
Coach: Russ Daugherty (4-4-2)
Coach: Swede Youngstrom (4-4-2)
Location: Frankford, Pennsylvania
1927 Frankford Yellow Jackets Results
The Frankford Yellow Jackets of the National Football League ended the 1927 season with a record of 6 wins and 9 losses and 3 ties, finishing seventh in the NFL.
Frankford scored 152 points, while the shaky defensive squad yielded 166.
Charley Rogers, Charley Moran, Ed Weir, Russ Daugherty and Swede Youngstrom coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19/14 | Bull Behman | K | January 15, 1900 | 5'10" | 215 | Lebanon Valley | Steelton, PA USA | 11 | 11 |
| 17 | Earl Britton | FB | July 15, 1903 | 6'3" | 212 | Illinois | Elgin, IL USA | 6 | 5 |
| Pots Clark | HB | December 11, 1900 | 5'7" | 180 | UNLV | 1 | 0 | ||
| 15 | Rudy Comstock | LG | September 23, 1900 | 5'10" | 209 | Georgetown (DC) | , OK USA | 18 | 18 |
| Babe Connaughton | RG | June 6, 1905 | 6'2" | 285 | Georgetown (DC) | Philadelphia, PA USA | 16 | 16 | |
| 10 | Chris Cortemeglia | WB | September 21, 1903 | 6'0" | 210 | SMU | Bryan, TX USA | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Russ Daugherty | WB | January 31, 1902 | 5'10" | 175 | Illinois | Streator, IL USA | 2 | 1 |
| 10/15 | Carl Davis | E | May 19, 1903 | 6'0" | 194 | Michigan | Charleston, WV USA | 8 | 3 |
| 9 | Bill Donohoe | B | 5'9" | 165 | Carnegie Mellon | 8 | 3 | ||
| 7 | John Filak | RT | October 13, 1903 | 6'0" | 190 | Penn St. | , NY | 11 | 5 |
| 5 | Paul Fitzgibbon | BB | March 21, 1903 | 5'8" | 176 | Creighton | , SD USA | 11 | 5 |
| 2 | Adrian Ford | TB | January 1, 1904 | 5'10" | 190 | Lafayette | Youngstown, OH USA | 9 | 6 |
| Tex Grigg | B | February 15, 1891 | 5'11" | 191 | Austin | Nashville, TN USA | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Tex Hamer | B | October 4, 1901 | 6'1" | 191 | Pennsylvania | Junction, TX USA | 5 | 3 |
| Two-Bits Homan | B | June 7, 1898 | 5'5" | 145 | Lebanon Valley | Reading, PA USA | 16 | 2 | |
| 7 | Chuck Kassel | LE | January 20, 1903 | 6'1" | 191 | Illinois | Chicago, IL USA | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | Tony Kostos | E | June 12, 1905 | 5'11" | 191 | Bucknell | , PA USA | 7 | 3 |
| 11 | Tom Leary | E | April 15, 1904 | 5'11" | 180 | Fordham | Springfield, MA USA | 1 | 0 |
| Cliff Marker | E | June 13, 1903 | 5'10" | 190 | Washington St. | Tacoma, WA USA | 2 | 2 | |
| 18/12 | Joey Maxwell | C | November 5, 1904 | 6'2" | 197 | Notre Dame | Cincinnati, OH USA | 18 | 9 |
| 12 | Frank McGrath | LE | March 13, 1904 | 5'11" | 192 | Georgetown (DC) | 12 | 11 | |
| 3 | Ken Mercer | TB | June 9, 1903 | 5'11" | 183 | Simpson | Albia, IA USA | 17 | 11 |
| 17 | Lou Molinet | FB | November 30, 1904 | 5'11" | 195 | Cornell | Chaparra, Cuba | 9 | 2 |
| 14 | Sully Montgomery | T-C | January 12, 1901 | 6'3" | 213 | Centre | , TX USA | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | Hap Moran | TB | July 31, 1901 | 6'1" | 190 | Carnegie Mellon | Belleplaine, IA USA | 6 | 5 |
| 11 | Dick Moynihan | BB | January 9, 1902 | 5'8" | 160 | Villanova | Haverhill, MA USA | 9 | 4 |
| 19 | Max Reed | C | May 15, 1902 | 5'8" | 185 | Bucknell | Lewisburg, PA USA | 10 | 9 |
| 5 | Pete Richards | C | May 13, 1905 | 5'10" | 190 | Swarthmore | Lansdowne, PA | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | Charley Rogers | WB | 5'10" | 167 | Pennsylvania | 18 | 11 | ||
| George Tully | E | March 12, 1904 | 5'10" | 180 | Dartmouth | Orange, NJ USA | 1 | 0 | |
| 13 | Joe Weir | RE | August 26, 1905 | 5'11" | 185 | Nebraska | Superior, NE USA | 12 | 8 |
| 16 | Ed Weir | LT | March 14, 1903 | 5'10" | 192 | Nebraska | Superior, NE USA | 18 | 18 |
| 6 | Ned Wilcox | FB | February 7, 1904 | 5'11" | 185 | Swarthmore | 14 | 13 | |
| 18 | Swede Youngstrom | G | May 24, 1897 | 6'1" | 187 | Dartmouth | Waltham, MA USA | 13 | 4 |
