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1891 Players:
W.E. Hacker (FB/Capt),
Charles Pope (Amherst), L. Kershaw (HB/Racine), Charles Anderson (E/Yale),
Phil Anderson (Yale), M. F. Tytler (C), William E. Best (T/Princeton),
Trevvet, J. McElroy (HB/Yale), William "Billy" Evans (QB/Harvard), E.E. Ellis (G/McGill, Canada),
Dudley (Columbia), J. Anderson (G/Yale), J. Sutton (HB/Univ of California), F. E. Dudley (E/Cornell), G. G. Rowe (T/Boston Polytechnic), Billings
(C), Curtis (E), Simpson (HB)
The Jan 1, 1892 game was played under protest by MAAC claiming Charles
Pope was a professional having played baseball back east. Pope was
forced to retire from the field before the M's would play and was badly
missed by Tacoma. William Goodwin was called away to his ranch and
was also missed in the game.
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1892 Key Players:
William Anderson (E/Yale halfback), Marion Smith
(T),E.T. "Charles" Pope (G/ Amherst),
W.A. Peters (Yale),
Brownell (C), Charles Anderson (G), Hacker (T/Captain), Ater
(E), McElroy (QB), L. Kershaw (HB/Racine), Sturtevant (HB), Simpson
(FB), William E. Best (T/Princeton), "Eagle Eye" Flannigan
(G), P. Anderson (E), Hacker (FB)
1893:
Schultz (G), Mitchell, Hampton (G), Gabriel (C/T), Brennan, Anderson (E),
McLean (E), McDowell, Evans (T), Holmes (T), Dickinson (T), Sturdevant
(HB/Capt), Reese, Erb, Hacket (FB), Truvett (QB), Munday (HB), Cushman
(C), Ater (T), Parsons (E), Franstoli (QB), Crosby (HB), Brownell (C),
Hickey (G), Trevett (QB), Best, Gasell
"Phat" Downing (Stanford) Captain of team
1895.
Following a 48-0 loss to the Seattle
Athletic Club on Nov 10, 1894, a coach was quoted in the newspaper as
being completely disgusted with the dedication of his players who won't
turnout for practice and they never get the same group twice for
workouts and it showed in the teams' disarray in the "Fog Bowl"
The team filtered around, some to the YMCA.
The club was rekindled in 1914 by Leo Horejs with alumns of Stadium High
as it's backbone after the school board ruled against inter-city
athletic contests. Often dubbed the "Tahomas" in newspapers.
1914 Players included:
Bert "Dobie" Shumake (T), Ives (E), Crumb (T), Anderson (G),
Farwell (C), Tanner (G), John Cromwell (E), Pollen (QB), Clark Johnson
(HB), Wog (HB), Leo Horejs (FB), Nevers (FB), Duane Shield (E), Edward
Shield (G), Jimmy Lyon (C)
1915 Players Included:
Henry Pringle (Center)
D. Beardsley (Guard)
McGill (Tackle)
Norton (End)
Madison (Guard)
Tanner (Tackle)
Cromwell (End)
Pollen (QB)
Ives (Halfback)
Horejs (Fullback)
Arthur Barck (Halfback)
Wayne Shields
The Thanksgiving game with Bremerton was such a rainy
muddy mess that only one forward pass was completed in the 0-0 tie.
After the 1915 season QB Butch Pollen moved to the South Tacoma Athletic
Club team where he would face and win against his old team.
1916 Players Included:
Charlie Payne (Carlisle University)
Ernie Tanner
Jack Linck
John Horejs
Morris Charles (Native American)
Boyd Schafer
JIl. Howard
Leo Horejs
Arthur Barck
Will La Pennatier
I. Howell
Henry Pringle (Stadium High)
D. Beardsley
Johnny Cromwell (Stadium High)
Earl Rushmer
The game versus the Alums of Hoquiam/Aberdeen ended in
controversy and protest as the Alums had the ball on the 1-foot line.
The H/A QB simply had to stretch the ball between the legs of the center
on the next play to win, however referee E.E. Perkins flagged a foul on
the fullback for assisting the QB with a push...from 4 yards away.
Even Tacoma fans felt the call was egregious and smelt of loyalty to
Tacoma from the referee. The Dec 2, 1916 headline of the Tacoma Times
exclaimed 'Robbed'.
1920 Players: Hand (E), Schwartz (T), Harlow (G), Bill "Red" Bone (C),
Fromhold (G), Graham (T), Roy Craig (E), Ralph Pollen (QB), Harry Parker
(QB), Jakob Kanzler (HB), Mika (HB), "Dark Horse" Revere (HB), Hally
Veith (HB), Bane Browse (FB), LaPentiere (B), Fromhold, Craig, Roberts,
Bilsboro, Rushmer, Ryker, Moe, Stan Hansen (G), "Tap" Tappe (B)
Bane Browse nailed 2 drop kicks to win over St. Martin's on 11/14/1920.
Nov 19, 1921: Reports stating "difference of opinions" led to Coach Tony
Bell resigning. Bob Faust would coach the remainder of the season.
Jake Kanzler scored 12 touchdowns on the season including a record 6
against the Camp Lewis Balloon Corps and 4 against the Camp Lewis
Engineers.
1923 Players: Art Pease (E), Grimes (T), Walt Receconi (G), Bill Bone
(C), Harold Gloyd (G), Watkins (T), Tom Green (E), Merlin Enright (QB),
Bill Howell (HB), Jack Dorsey (HB), Woody Roberts (FB), Rip Revelle (B),
Jake Kanzler (B), Hally Veith (L), Shorty Craig (L), Wayne Hoffman (L),
Chief Wilton (L), Joe Earles (L), Jim McCullough (L), Baldy Thomas (L),
Jack Staneil (L)
John William ("Bill" or "Red") Bone, beloved "clean cut" center of the
team was electrocuted at a Tacoma sub-station the day before the St.
Martin's game on Sep 27, 1924. Bone played for Gonzaga University
in 1922 and was considered one of the best players in the Northwest at
the time of his death, aged 24.
1924 Players: Eddie Billsborrow (E), Crawford (T), Walt Receconi (G),
Cole (C), Bender (G), Boughan (T), Art Pease (E), Brown (QB), Enright
(HB), Revelle (HB), Kolstad (FB), Dorsey (HB)
1925 Players: Art Pease (E), Bob Miller (T), Walt Receconi (G),
Wadsworth (C), Hunt (G), Slater (T), Ben Crawford (E), Stella (QB),
Green (HB), Bill Howell (HB), Ericksen (FB), Revierre (HB), Dorsey (QB),
Ahrnedt (G), Brouillete (HB), Kolstad (T), Elrod (QB), Bill LaPenotiere
(E), Earl Miller (QB), Al Receconi (QB)
1926 Players: Stan Erdahl (E), Clare McCormick (E), Alden Thornson (T),
Max Brassfield (HB), Les Sherman (HB), Dill Howell (FB), Rick Johnson
E/(FB/K), "Navy" Wadsworth (L), Huson (L), Welsh (E), Graham (T), Walt
Receconi (C), Rohwer (G), Revere (QB), Enright (HB), Kolstadt (FB), Bob
Miller (L)
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Former Seattle College coach Tom Barry was announced in August 1927 as
the new coach tasked with rebuilding the "Tacks" and help build a league
for stable game scheduling.
1927 Players: G. Anderson (E), Newland (T), McDougall (G), Kalin (C),
Bob Miller (G), Goslin (T), Drake (E), Revers (QB), Marvin Hales (HB),
"Soldier" Brewer (HB),
Council (FB), Wadsworth (G), Taft Buck (HB), Alden Thornson (T), Smythe (QB),
Michalson (G), Tom Green, McDougal (G), Yaulka (E), Fleisheim (HB)
1928 Players: Brewer (HB), Lanahan (HB), Johnson (HB), Erickson (B),
Drake (E), Sulkosky (E), Bob Miller (T), Anderson (T), Bender (G),
Brecht (G), Kallin (C), Mike Manley (FB), Peters (E), Thornson (T),
Charles Goslin
The 1928 season was the swan song for the Tacoma Athletic Club after a
winless season. There would be no 1929 season, some players going
over to the South Tacoma Athletic Club. A new dawn of Tacoma
football would begin in 1930 with the Tacoma National Guard team. |
Nov 26 @ Multnomah Athletic Club |
6-30 |
