Ralph Horween

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birthdate=birth date|1896|8|3
Chicago, Illinois
deathdate=death date and age|1997|5|26|1896|8|3
Charlottesville, Virginia
debutyear=1921
finalyear=1923
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college=Harvard University
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* Chicago Cardinals (1921-1923)
stat1label=Games Played
stat1value=22
stat2label=Touchdowns
stat2value=2
stat3label=Field goals Made
stat3value=4
pfr=HorwRa20
dbf=HORWERAL01
nfl=HOR800901
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Ralph Horween (August 3, 1896 – May 26, 1997) was a professional American football player who played for the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League. He was the first former NFL player to live to the age of 100. [cite web | work=The New York Times | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9901E5D6153AF93AA15756C0A961958260 | title= Ralph Horween, 100, the Oldest Ex-N.F.L. Player | accessdate=2008-02-10]

College career

Horween played college football at Harvard University and was part of the Harvard Crimson football team that won the 1920 Rose Bowl against the University of Oregon.

NFL career

Playing under the name B. McMahon, [cite web | work=Arizona Cardinals official site | url=http://www.azcardinals.com/history/index.php | title=Franchise history | accessdate=2008-02-10] Horween started playing professional football a year after the NFL was founded. He played for the Chicago Cardinals from 1921 to 1923.

Life after football

After retiring from football, Horween returned to Harvard, where he would earn a Law degree. He later had a law practice and helped founded a business that has supplied the leather for the footballs used in the NFL.

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