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UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC / COMMERCIAL CLUB
(1925 - 1930)

WISEMAN'S U-DISTRICT
(1934 - 1935)

SEATTLE ELKS CLUB #92
(1936)


Seattle, Washington


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Frank Clary was announced to be leaving the University team to coach Rainier District for the 1928 season.  Following him would be Tubby Grainger, Fritz Prosperi and Loren Sheehan, while others would disperse to Ballard.  University would not place a team in the Seattle Community League for 1928.

Former University of Washington halback, three-time letterman and 1921 captain Ray Eckmann, UW assistant coach and Freshman team mentor, sponsored the team in September of 1929 along with North End district merchants and took the University Athletic Club to the Seattle Community League championship with an unefeated 8-0 run.  Johnny Dahlquest and Louie Linstead finished 2nd and 3rd respectively in voting for the O.D. Fisher Honorary Award behind Doug James of Ballard as the best players in the league.  Linstead would return to the University of Washington the next season briefly before spending the next five seasons with the West Seattle Yellowjackets.

After winning the league crown, Eckmann was faced with a near complete rebuild of the team after a large portion, including his entire backfield, moved on to other opportunities.  A late 1930 loss to once beaten Georgetown in a de facto playoff game cost the team a shot at back-to-back championships giving way to Leon Brigham's Madrona Athletic Club.  The loss was a killer due to University playing four tie games to Madrona's two, and Georgetown's three on the year.  Future Hall of Famer Elmo Hudgens began his semi-pro journey with the 1929 team as a 17-year-old reserve defensive tackle, while Eckmann's business partner Carroll Martin played center.  "Martin & Eckmann's" men's haberdashery was in business for over 50 years on the Ave in Seattle's U-District.  Eckmann would be inducted into the University of Washington Hall of Fame in 1982.

Coach Eckmann instructs Louie Linstead on passing technique as University prepares for the Championship game against Ballard in 1929.

After leading University to an 11-1-4 record over the 1929 and 1930 seasons, Eckmann would focus on his business as the President-Elect of the Seattle clothiers representative.  The University team would not enter a team in the league, and was replaced by the West Woodland Heights Athletic Club, formerly Ballard Commercial Club which it played under from 1931-1933 before being rekindled by former player Charlie Durgan (1927-1930) in 1934 as Wiseman's U-District.

Entering the 1934 season, Charlie Durgan announced former University of Washington end Dave Nisbet would coach the Wiseman's U-District entry in the Puget Sound League.  Wiseman's became the new backer of the "old Ballard team", the U-District merchant deciding to dabble in football himself once again.  Durgan would lead Wiseman's until 1936 when he moved over to manage the Doghouse Bowwows for the 1937 and 1938 seasons.  Durgan would bring Nisbet back as coach for the '38 season.  Durgan would serve as President of the Seattle Umpires Association starting in 1943 and would be awarded the Charles E. Sullivan Award in 1954 after 20-years coaching Northwest AAU basketball and baseball teams and being a prominent Seattle contributor in AAU and Little League activities outside of his community league football career.


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1925 Players

O'Brien (QB), Adams, Howard

 

1927 Players

Tubby Grainger (C), Fritz Prosperi, Loren Sheehan (E), Fitzgerald (T), Charlie Durgan (G), Doug James (G), Walsh (HB), O'Brien (QB), Rhodes (HB), Prescott (HB), Ed James (FB)



1929 Players

Louie Linstead (HB), John Dahlquest (FB), Romeo Lauzon (C), Johnny Pollack (QB), Frank Shaw, Elmer Rush, Chuck Durgan (G), Max Berryhill (HB), M.W. Espring, Blair Campbell (G), LeMar Gaw, Thee Mitchell, Bill Martin (T), Irv Walker, F. Coleman, Ed Chitwood (T), Carroll Martin (C), Elmo Hudgens, John Baker, Jim White, Ralph Beymer (E), Francis (G), Mounger (E)


Johnny Dahlquest two-way star 1929

1930 Players

Fred Deckman (FB), Sam McLaughlin (E), Dick Chattelis (E), Eddie Clinton (E), Ralph Beymer (E), Carroll Martin (T), Bob Parks (C), Doug James (G), Leo Leonetti (G), Bob Quigle (T), Webb Grant (HB), Dick Beymer (QB), Dick Forsgren (HB), Chuck Durgan (G), Surman (T), Caldwell (C), George Wallace (QB), Kaminski (FB),


Fred Deckman - Fullback

1934 Players

Ken Martin, Bob Murray, Ross Pederson (QB), Paul Dever (FB), Kenny DeJong, Jody Harrington, Joe Murray, Duke Buddemeyer (HB), Franey Cox (HB), Don McMillan, Les Briggs

1935 Players

Franey Cox (HB), Clayton Ritchey, Buck Fredericks, Don Wyman (E), Johnny "Bullet" Budnick (FB), Gordon Gallup, Bill McGarrigle, Anson Hill (E), Carl Schildt (E)
 




Regional Hall of Fame Inductees

Elmo Hudgens - GNFA Hall of Fame



1925
Seattle Amateur Football League
Record
Coach


1926
Seattle Amateur Football League
Record
Coach


1927
Independent
Record
Coach Frank Clary



1929
Seattle Community Football League
Record: 8-0
Coach Ray Eckmann
* Seattle Community League Champions *

1929 Awards
Louie Linstead (HB) All-League 1st Team
John Dahlquest (FB) All-League 1st Team
Blair Campbell (G) All-League 1st Team
Romeo Lauzon (C) All-League 1st Team
Carroll Martin (T) All-League 1st Team


1930
Seattle Community Football League
Record: 3-1-4
Coach Ray Eckmann / Bill Wright


Coach Eckmann

1930 Awards
Doug James (G) All-League 1st Team
Eddie Clinton (E) All-League 2nd Team
George Wallace (QB) All-League 2nd Team
Fred Deckman (FB) All-League 2nd Team

1934
Puget Sound Football Conference
Record: 3-4-2
Mgr Charlie Durgan
Coach Dave "Snakebite" Nisbet

1935
Seattle Community Football League
Record
Coach Joe Murray

1936
Seattle Community Football League
Record: 6-2-3
Coach
Schedules and Results
Date Opponent Score
     
1921 Oct 30 Hiawatha Eleven 0-24
     
     
     
     
     
1925 Oct 18    
1925 Oct 25 Nippon Athletic Club 0-13
1925 Nov 1 Garfield Athletic Club 6-6
1925 Nov 8 Mercer Eleven 63-0
1925 Nov 15    
     
     
1926 Oct 10 Nippon Athletic Club  
1926 Oct 17 Ballard Independents  
1926 Aberdeen American Legion  
1926 Oct 31 Nippon Athletic Club  
1926 Nov 7 South Park Athletic Club 7-0
1926 Nov 14 Broadway Athletic Club 3-7
1926 Nov 21 Taiyo Athletic Club 14-0
1926 Nov 28 Bremerton All-Stars 0-16
1926 Dec 5 Fort Lawton Soldiers Cancel
     
     
1927 Sep 25 Taiyo Athletic Club 0-0
1927 Oct 9 Taiyo Athletic Club 6-0
1927 Oct 16 Nippon Athletic Club 20-6
1927 Oct 30 Ballard Independents 0-12
1927 Nov 6 Columbians 18-0
     
     
1928 NO Team  
     
     
1929 Oct 13 South End Athletic Club 19-0
1929 Oct 20 Taiyo Athletic Club 25-0
1929 Oct 27 Broadway Athletic Club 13-6
1929 Nov 3 Atlantic Street Merchants 14-0
1929 Nov 10 Rainier Athletic Club 18-0
1929 Nov 17 Madrona Athletic Club 6-0
1929 Nov 24 Nippon Athletic Club 25-0
1929 Nov 30 Ballard Athletic Club * 13-0
  * Community League Championship   
     
     
1930 Oct 5 Italian Athletic Club Lions 6-6
1930 Oct 12 Georgetown Colonels 0-0
1930 Oct 26 Japanese Association 7-0
1930 Nov 2 Broadway Athletic Club 7-0
1930 Nov 9 Rainier Athletic Club 0-0
1930 Nov 16 Madrona Athletic Club 0-0
1930 Nov 23 Georgetown Colonels 0-14
1930 Nov 26 Italian Athletic Club Lions 6-0
     
     
1931-1933 NO TEAM  
     
     
1934 Sep 23 Italian Athletic Club Lions 0-0
1934 Oct 7 Broadway Athletic Club W FFT
1934 Oct 14 Youngstown Athletic Club 14-0
1934 Oct 21 Broadway Athletic Club W FFT
1934 Oct 28 Uptown Athletic Club 6-12
1934 Nov 4 Enumclaw Silver Barons 0-12
1934 Nov 11 Uptown Athletic Club 18-0
1934 Nov 18 Italian Athletic Club Lions 0-0
1934 Nov 25 Brewsters Cigar 0-6
1934 Dec 2 Happy Peppy Brewers 6-2
1934 Dec 9 Italian Athletic Club Lions * 12-13
 * Puget Sound Conference Championship  
     
     
1935 Sep 22 Uptown Athletic Club 7-14
1935 Sep 29 New York Bakery 12-0
1935 Oct 6 Italian Athletic Club Lions 0-0
1935 Oct 20 Brewsters Cigar 12-0
1935 Oct 27 Uptown Athletic Club 0-0
1935 Nov 10 Italian Athletic Club Lions 0-6
1935 Nov 24 New York Bakery 6-6
     
     
1936 Sep 13 New York Bakery 7-0
1936 Sep 20 Uptown Athletic Club 7-6
1936 Sep 27 Italian Athletic Club Lions 7-6
1936 Oct 4 Washington National Guardsmen 6-0
1936 Oct 10 Port Townsend Athletic Club  
1936 Oct 18 Uptown Athletic Club 0-0
1936 Oct 25 Italian Athletic Club Lions 0-6
1936 Nov 1 New York Bakery 7-7
1936 Nov 3 Port Townsend Cougars 6-0
1936 Nov 15 Washington National Guardsmen 6-0
1936 Nov 22 New York Bakery 0-0
1936 Nov 29 Italian Athletic Club Lions * 0-12
  * Community League Championship   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
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