1925 Rock Island Independents Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-3-3
Finishing 8th in the NFL
Coach: Rube Ursella (5-3-3)
Location: Rock Island, Illinois
1925 Rock Island Independents StatisticsTeam Record: 5-3-3
Finishing 8th in the NFL
Coach: Rube Ursella (5-3-3)
Location: Rock Island, Illinois
1925 Rock Island Independents Results
The Rock Island Independents of the National Football League ended the 1925 season with a record of 5 wins and 3 losses and 3 ties, finishing eighth in the NFL.
Rock Island ran up 99 points, while the defense conceded 58.
Rube Ursella coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Anderson | K | February 6, 1902 | 6'0" | 200 | Illinois | Rock Island, IL USA | 1 | 0 | |
| 3/4 | Johnny Armstrong | BB | August 19, 1897 | 5'8" | 170 | Dubuque | , KS | 11 | 8 |
| Les Belding | E-B | December 5, 1900 | 5'11" | 195 | Upper Iowa | Mason City, IA USA | 1 | 0 | |
| 8 | Lyle Burton | RG | May 21, 1900 | 6'1" | 195 | DePauw | Sullivan, IL USA | 7 | 6 |
| 19 | Forrest Cotton | LT | January 14, 1901 | 6'1" | 195 | Notre Dame | Elgin, IL USA | 8 | 5 |
| 4 | George Dahlgren | G-T | April 17, 1887 | 5'10" | 200 | Wisc-LaCrosse | La Crosse, WI USA | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Frank DeClerk | C | September 9, 1900 | 5'9" | 191 | St. Ambrose | , NE | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | Buck Gavin | FB | June 22, 1895 | 5'10" | 179 | none | Amenia, NY USA | 5 | 5 |
| Harry Hall | B | October 5, 1902 | 5'11" | 165 | Chicago | Waukegan, IL USA | 1 | 1 | |
| Dutch Hendrian | B | January 19, 1896 | 5'9" | 182 | DePauw | Detroit, MI USA | 1 | 1 | |
| 18 | Ed Herman | E | January 22, 1902 | 5'10" | 175 | Northwestern | Philadelphia, PA USA | 1 | 1 |
| Chuck Hill | FB | May 26, 1904 | 5'8" | 190 | Iowa St. | , WA | 1 | 1 | |
| Jim Kendrick | B | August 22, 1893 | 6'0" | 195 | Texas A&M | Hillside, TX USA | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Louis Kolls | C | December 15, 1892 | 6'1" | 205 | St. Ambrose | Chattanooga, TN USA | 11 | 10 |
| 1/17 | Roddy Lamb | TB | August 20, 1899 | 5'6" | 160 | Lombard | Garrison, NE USA | 9 | 8 |
| 17 | Vince McCarthy | B | November 3, 1899 | 5'10" | 165 | St. Viator | , IL USA | 4 | 2 |
| 6/21 | Eddie Novak | FB | August 3, 1897 | 5'9" | 175 | none | Webster, MN USA | 11 | 8 |
| 12 | Joe Rooney | RE | August 28, 1898 | 6'0" | 177 | none | Saskatoon, SK Canada | 10 | 9 |
| 16 | Duke Slater | RT | December 9, 1898 | 6'1" | 215 | Iowa | Normal, IL USA | 11 | 11 |
| 5 | Evar Swanson | E | October 15, 1902 | 5'9" | 171 | Lombard | DeKalb, IL USA | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | George Thompson | LG | August 31, 1899 | 6'1" | 210 | Iowa | Lehigh, IA USA | 11 | 11 |
| Jim Thorpe | TB | May 28, 1887 | 6'1" | 202 | Carlisle Indian | Prague, OK USA | 2 | 2 | |
| 9 | Joe Twig | LE | 5'11" | 183 | Carlisle Indian | 10 | 10 | ||
| 7 | Rube Ursella | WB | January 11, 1890 | 5'9" | 172 | none | Minneapolis, MN USA | 11 | 9 |
| 18/20 | Chet Widerquist | LT | September 23, 1895 | 6'1" | 219 | Northwestern | Moline, IL USA | 11 | 11 |
