This is a list of American football players who played only one game in the National Football League (NFL) during the league's first decade from 1920 to the 1929. This list includes players from the American Professional Football Association (APFA) during the 1920 and 1921 seasons, i.e., before the APFA was renamed the NFL in 1922. This list does not include those who were on an active roster but never actually appeared in a game. Nor does it include those who appeared only in a pre-season or exhibition game.
Name | Position | Team | Date | Start | College | Source |
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Reaves Baysinger | End | Rochester Jeffersons | 1924 | Yes | Syracuse | [171] |
Jim Bradshaw | Back | Kansas City Blues | 1924 | No | Illinois, Nevada | [172] |
Eddie Bratt | End | Duluth Kelleys | 1924 | No | None | [173] |
Bob Choate | Guard | Kansas City Blues | 1924 | No | Haskell | [174] |
Herbert Clow | Guard | Duluth Kelleys | 1924 | No | Wisconsin-Superior | [175] |
Lee Croft | Guard | Racine Legion | 1924 | Yes | Wisconsin-Platteville | [176] |
Art Engstrom | Guard | Duluth Kelleys | 1924-9-28 | Yes | Chicago | [177] |
Swede Erickson | End | Kenosha Maroons | 1924 | No | [178] | |
Dick Hanley | Back | Racine Legion | 1924 | No | Washington State | [179] |
Oscar Johnson | Fullback | Chicago Bears | 1924 | No | Vermont | [180] |
Shine Kinderdine | Guard | Dayton Triangles | 1924 | No | None | [181] |
Joe Mantell | Guard | Columbus Tigers | 1924 | Yes | None | [182] |
Munger | Tackle | Chicago Cardinals | 1924 | Yes | None | [183] |
Nielson | Back | Rochester Jeffersons | 1924 | Yes | None | [184] |
Clem Nugent | Fullback | Rochester Jeffersons | 1924 | No | Iowa | [185] |
Harry O'Connell | Tackle | Chicago Bears | 1924 | No | Chicago | [186] |
Bill O'Toole | Guard | Duluth Kelleys | 1924 | No | None | [187] |
Ivan Quinn | Guard | Kansas City Blues | 1924 | Yes | Carroll (WI) | [188] |
Riley | Guard | Racine Legion | 1924 | Yes | None | [189] |
Jim Sanford | Tackle | Duluth Kelleys | 1924 | No | Lehigh | [190] |
Dick Sears | Tackle | Kansas City Blues | 1924 | No | Kansas State | [191] |
Basil Stanley | Guard | Rock Island Independents | 1924 | No | Notre Dame | [192] |
Elmer Volgenau | Guard | Rochester Jeffersons | 1924 | Yes | Colgate | [193] |
Name | Position | Team | Date | Start | College | Source |
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Paul Anderson | Guard | Rock Island Independents | 1925 | No | Illinois | [194] |
Les Asplundh | Fullback | Buffalo Bisons | 1925 | No | Swarthmore | [195] |
Lester Belding | End | Rock Island Independents | 1925 | No | Iowa | [196] |
Phil Branon | Tackle | Cleveland Bulldogs | 1925 | No | Holy Cross | [197] |
Bill Bucher | End | Detroit Panthers | 1925 | Yes | Clarkson | [198] |
Ham Connors | End | Rochester Jeffersons | 1925 | Yes | None | [199] |
Jack Daniels | Back | Milwaukee Badgers | 1925 | No | None | [200] |
Darroll DeLaPorte | Back | Milwaukee Badgers | 1925 | Yes | None | [201] |
Wop Drumstead | Guard | Hammond Pros | 1925 | Yes | None | [202] |
Gus Ekberg | Fullback | Cleveland Bulldogs | 1925 | No | Minnesota, West Virginia | [203] |
Wilmer Fleming | Halfback | Canton Bulldogs | 1925 | No | Mount Union | [204] |
John Gabler | Guard | Dayton Triangles | 1925 | No | None | [205] |
Harry Hall | Back | Rock Island Independents | 1925 | Yes | Chicago, Illinois | [206] |
Ching Hammill | Back | Providence Steam Roller | 1925 | Yes | Connecticut, Villanova, Georgetown | [207] |
Fritz Henry | Guard | Akron Pros | 1925 | Yes | None | [208] |
Ed Herman | End | Rock Island Independents | 1925 | Yes | Northwestern | [209] |
Chuck Hill | Fullback, End | Rock Island Independents | 1925 | Yes | Iowa State | [210] |
Jake Kaufman | Tackle | Frankford Yellow Jackets | 1925 | No | None | [211] |
Jimmy Kennedy | Fullback | Buffalo Bisons | 1925 | Yes | Boston College, Holy Cross | [212] |
William C. Kenyon | Back | New York Giants | 1925 | No | Georgetown | [213] |
Mike Koziak | Back | Duluth Kelleys | 1925 | Yes | None | [214] |
Rudy Kutler | Guard | Cleveland Bulldogs | 1925 | No | Ohio State | [215] |
Glen Magnusson | Guard | Hammond Pros | 1925 | Yes | Northwestern | [216] |
Johnny Mahrt | End | Dayton Triangles | 1925 | No | Dayton | [217] |
Hugh McGoldrick | Tackle, end | Providence Steam Roller | 1925 | No | Lehigh | [218] |
Don Miller | Halfback | Providence Steam Roller | 1925 | Yes | Notre Dame | [219] |
Tom Moran | Back | New York Giants | 1925 | No | Centre | [220] |
Ray Norton | Back | Cleveland Bulldogs | 1925 | No | None | [221] |
Charlie Richardson | Back | Milwaukee Badgers | 1925 | No | None | [222][223][224] |
Fred Sheehan | Back | Providence Steam Roller | 1925 | Yes | Georgetown | [225] |
Jim Snyder | Back | Milwaukee Badgers | 1925 | No | None | [226] |
Spike Staff | Guard | Providence Steam Roller | 1925 | No | Brown | [227] |
Bill Thompson | Center | Milwaukee Badgers | 1925 | No | None | [228] |
Rex Tobin | End | Duluth Kelleys | 1925 | No | None | [229] |
Name | Position | Team | Date | Start | College | Source |
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Ben Bangs | Back | Los Angeles Buccaneers | 1926 | No | Washington State | [230] |
Fred Beach | Guard | Los Angeles Buccaneers | 1926 | No | California | [231] |
Hook Comer | Fullback | Canton Bulldogs | 1926 | Yes | None | [232] |
Don Dimmick | Fullback | Buffalo Rangers | 1926 | No | Hobart | [233] |
Jim Eiden | Tackle | Louisville Colonels | 1926 | Yes | None | [234] |
Carl Etelman | Back | Providence Steam Roller | 1926 | Yes | Tufts | [235] |
Tom Golsen | Guard | Louisville Colonels | 1926 | No | Georgetown | [236] |
Glenn Greenwood | Fullback | Louisville Colonels | 1926 | No | Iowa | [237] |
Steve Hanson | End | Louisville Colonels | 1926 | Yes | Carthage | [238] |
Jim Jaquith | Back | Kansas City Cowboys | 1926 | No | Emporia | [239] |
Len Johnson | Back | Columbus Tigers | 1926 | Yes | Syracuse | [240] |
Steve Kobolinski | Center | Brooklyn Lions | 1926 | No | Boston College | [241] |
Lou Koplow | Tackle | Providence Steam Roller | 1926 | Yes | Boston U. | [242] |
Roy Longstreet | Center | Racine Tornadoes | 1926 | Yes | Iowa State | [243] |
Herbert Magida | Back | Hammond Pros | 1926 | No | None | [244] |
Walter Mahan | Guard | Frankford Yellow Jackets | 1926 | Yes | West Virginia | [245] |
Walt McGaw | Guard | Green Bay Packers | 1926 | No | Beloit | [246] |
Joe McGlone | Back | Providence Steam Roller | 1926 | Yes | Harvard | [247] |
Jack McKetes | Back | Hammond Pros | 1926 | No | None | [248] |
Dick Noble | Guard | Hartford Blues | 1926 | No | Trinity (CT) | [249] |
Aaron Oliker | End | Pottsville Maroons | 1926 | Yes | West Virginia | [250] |
Omensky | Guard | Louisville Colonels | 1926 | Yes | None | [251] |
Roger Powell | Back | Buffalo Rangers | 1926 | No | Texas A&M | [252] |
Red Quam | Back | Duluth Eskimos | 1926 | No | None | [253] |
Ed Reagen | Back | Brooklyn Lions | 1926 | No | None | [254] |
Frank Seeds | Back | Canton Bulldogs | 1926 | Yes | None | [255] |
Rocky Segretta | End | Hartford Blues | 1926 | No | None | [256] |
Frank Seyboth | Back | Providence Steam Roller | 1926 | No | Vermont | [257] |
James Sheldon | End | Brooklyn Lions | 1926 | No | Brown | [258] |
Gerry Sherry | Fullback | Louisville Colonels | 1926 | Yes | None | [259] |
Stan Sieracki | Tackle | Hartford Blues | 1926 | No | Penn | [260] |
George Slagle | Guard | Louisville Colonels | 1926 | No | Penn | [261] |
Mel Stuessy | Tackle | Chicago Cardinals | 1926 | No | St. Edward's | [262] |
Harry Stuhldreher | Back | Brooklyn Lions | 1926 | No | Notre Dame | [263] |
Hew Sullivan | Guard | Duluth Eskimos | 1926 | No | None | [264] |
Pete Vainowski | Guard | Louisville Colonels | 1926 | Yes | Loyola | [265] |
Harold Zerby | End | Canton Bulldogs | 1926 | No | None | [266] |
Name | Position | Team | Date | Start | College | Source |
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Nick Farina | Center | Pottsville Maroons | 1927 | No | Villanova | [267] |
Aubrey Goodman | Tackle | Chicago Cardinals | 1927 | No | Baylor, Chicago | [268] |
Rollin Roach | Fullback | Chicago Cardinals | 1927 | Yes | TCU | [269] |
Shanley | Tackle | Duluth Eskimos | 1927 | No | None | [270] |
George Tully | End | Frankford Yellow Jackets | 1927 | No | Dartmouth | [271] |
George Tuttle | End | Green Bay Packers | 1927 | No | Minnesota | [272] |
Name | Position | Team | Date | Start | College | Source |
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Rip Bachor | Tackle | Detroit Wolverines | 1928 | Yes | Detroit | [273] |
Homer Bliss | Guard | Chicago Cardinals | 1928 | Yes | Washington & Jefferson | [274] |
Emil Dobry | End | Frankford Yellow Jackets | 1928 | No | Montana | [275] |
John Holman | Tackle | New York Giants | 1928 | Yes | None | [276] |
Lyons Kelliher | Guard | Chicago Cardinals | 1928 | No | None | [277] |
Reggie Russell | End | Chicago Bears | 1928 | No | None | [278] |
Aubrey Strosnider | Tackle | Dayton Triangles | 1928 | No | Dayton | [279] |
Name | Position | Team | Date | Start | College | Source |
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John Depner | End | Dayton Triangles | 1929 | Yes | None | [280] |
Bob Dwyer | Back | Orange Tornadoes | 1929 | No | Georgetown | [281] |
John Kauffman | Tackle, guard | Dayton Triangles | 1929 | Yes | None | [282] |
LaDue Lurth | Halfback | Minneapolis Red Jackets | 1929 | No | Gustavus Adolphus | [283] |
Ralph Marston | Quarterback | Boston Bulldogs | 1929 | Yes | Boston U. | [284] |
Jack O'Brien | Halfback | Minneapolis Red Jackets | 1929 | Yes | Minnesota | [285] |
Art Peed | Tackle | Buffalo Bisons | 1929 | No | None | [286] |
Ted Richards | End | Chicago Bears | 1929 | No | Illinois | [287] |
Harry Richman | Guard | Chicago Bears | 1929 | No | Illinois | [288] |
Roy Scholl | Guard | Boston Bulldogs | 1929 | No | Lehigh | [289] |
Jack Shapiro | Back | Staten Island Stapletons | 1929 | No | NYU | [290] |
Ed Tolley | Guard | Dayton Triangles | 1929 | No | None | [291] |
Thurston Towle | End | Boston Bulldogs | 1929 | No | Brown | [292] |