- Guy Chamberlin
NFL PlayerCoach
Name=Guy Chamberlin
DateOfBirth=birth date|1894|1|16|mf=y
Birthplace=Blue Springs, Nebraska
DateOfDeath=death date and age|1967|4|4|1894|1|16
PlaceOfDeath=Lincoln, Nebraska
Position=End
College=Nebraska
Honors=NFL 1920s All-Decade Team
DatabaseFootball=CHAMBGUY01
DatabaseFootballCoach=CHAMBGUY01
Record=58-16-7
Championships=1921NFL Championship
1922NFL Championship
1923NFL Championship
1924NFL Championship
1926NFL Championship
coach=yes
coachingyears=1922-1923
1924
1925-1926
1927
coachingteams=Canton Bulldogs Cleveland Bulldogs Frankford Yellow Jackets Chicago Cardinals
player=yes
years=1919
1921
1922-1923
1924
1925-1926
1927-1928
teams=Canton Bulldogs Chicago Staleys Canton Bulldogs Cleveland Bulldogs Frankford Yellow Jackets Chicago Cardinals
CollegeHOF=10033
HOF=44
HOFYear=1965Berlin Guy "Champ" Chamberlin (
January 16 ,1894 -April 4 ,1967 ) was a professionalAmerican football player and coach in theNational Football League (NFL). He played atNebraska Wesleyan University and then at theUniversity of Nebraska , where he was a member ofBeta Theta Pi fraternity. He graduated from Nebraska in 1916. Originally a halfback, in 1915 he moved to end and was namedAll-America n end. [ [http://www.nebraskasocialstudies.org/notable/chamberlin.html Berlin Guy Chamberlin] at NebraskaSocialStudies.org] He served in the United States Army from 1917 to 1919. He served as player-coach on fourNFL title teams: 1922 and 1923Canton Bulldogs , 1924Cleveland Bulldogs , and 1926Frankford Yellow Jackets .In 1925, Chamberlin became player-coach of the NFL
Frankford Yellow Jackets , who finished only sixth that year, with a record of 13-7. In 1926, the Yellow Jackets went 14-1-1 to win the NFL Championship, Chamberlin's fourth in five seasons of coaching.The following year, he went to the
Chicago Cardinals as a player for one season, then became the team's coach in 1928, after which he retired when the Cardinals managed only one win against six losses. His career NFL coaching record was 56 wins, 14 losses, and 5 ties.Chamberlin returned to Blue Springs in 1932, where he became a farmer, state livestock inspector, and businessman. A well-known authority on football, he became a public speaker and radio broadcaster.
He was inducted into the
College Football Hall of Fame in 1962 [ [http://www.huskerj.com/cfb_hof.htm College Football Hall of Fame Inductees] at HuskerJ.com] and thePro Football Hall of Fame in 1965.References
External links
* [http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?player_id=44 Pro Football Hall of Fame profile]
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