- Earl Potteiger
NFL player
DateOfBirth=January 11 ,1891
Birthplace=Reading, PA ,United States
DateOfDeath=April 7 ,1959
College=Albright College
Position=Running back
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years=1920
1921
1921
1922
1924
1925-1928
teams=Buffalo All-Americans
Chicago CardinalsFrankford Yellow Jackets Milwaukee Badgers Kenosha Maroons New York Giants
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PFR=William Irvin Potteiger (born
January 11 ,1891 inReading, Pennsylvania ) was a professionalAmerican football running back and coach. Potteiger played professionally in both baseball and football and coached professionally in basketball, baseball and football. He is most famous as aplayer-coach for theNew York Giants when they won their firstNFL championship in 1927.External links
* [http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=POTTEEAR01 Career statistics]
* [http://www.footballresearch.com/articles/frpage.cfm?topic=frank-1 PFRA Frankford Yellow Jackets part 1]
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