1927 Frankford Yellow Jackets Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-9-3
Finishing 7th in the NFL
Coach: Charley Rogers (4-4-2)
Coach: Charley Moran (2-5-1)
Coach: Ed Weir (4-4-2)
Coach: Russ Daugherty (4-4-2)
Coach: Swede Youngstrom (4-4-2)
Location: Frankford, Pennsylvania
1927 Frankford Yellow Jackets StatisticsTeam Record: 6-9-3
Finishing 7th in the NFL
Coach: Charley Rogers (4-4-2)
Coach: Charley Moran (2-5-1)
Coach: Ed Weir (4-4-2)
Coach: Russ Daugherty (4-4-2)
Coach: Swede Youngstrom (4-4-2)
Location: Frankford, Pennsylvania
1927 Frankford Yellow Jackets Results
The Frankford Yellow Jackets of the National Football League ended the 1927 season with a record of 6 wins and 9 losses and 3 ties, finishing seventh in the NFL.
The Yellow Jackets scored 152 points, but the shaky defensive squad yielded 166.
Charley Rogers, Charley Moran, Ed Weir, Russ Daugherty and Swede Youngstrom coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19/14 | Bull Behman | K | January 15, 1900 | 5'10" | 215 | Lebanon Valley | Steelton, PA USA | 11 | 11 |
| 17 | Earl Britton | FB | July 15, 1903 | 6'3" | 212 | Illinois | Elgin, IL USA | 6 | 5 |
| Pots Clark | HB | December 11, 1900 | 5'7" | 180 | UNLV | 1 | 0 | ||
| 15 | Rudy Comstock | LG | September 23, 1900 | 5'10" | 209 | Georgetown (DC) | , OK USA | 18 | 18 |
| Babe Connaughton | RG | June 6, 1905 | 6'2" | 285 | Georgetown (DC) | Philadelphia, PA USA | 16 | 16 | |
| 10 | Chris Cortemeglia | WB | September 21, 1903 | 6'0" | 210 | SMU | Bryan, TX USA | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Russ Daugherty | WB | January 31, 1902 | 5'10" | 175 | Illinois | Streator, IL USA | 2 | 1 |
| 10/15 | Carl Davis | E | May 19, 1903 | 6'0" | 194 | Michigan | Charleston, WV USA | 8 | 3 |
| 9 | Bill Donohoe | B | 5'9" | 165 | Carnegie Mellon | 8 | 3 | ||
| 7 | John Filak | RT | October 13, 1903 | 6'0" | 190 | Penn St. | , NY | 11 | 5 |
| 5 | Paul Fitzgibbon | BB | March 21, 1903 | 5'8" | 176 | Creighton | , SD USA | 11 | 5 |
| 2 | Adrian Ford | TB | January 1, 1904 | 5'10" | 190 | Lafayette | Youngstown, OH USA | 9 | 6 |
| Tex Grigg | B | February 15, 1891 | 5'11" | 191 | Austin | Nashville, TN USA | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Tex Hamer | B | October 4, 1901 | 6'1" | 191 | Pennsylvania | Junction, TX USA | 5 | 3 |
| Two-Bits Homan | B | June 7, 1898 | 5'5" | 145 | Lebanon Valley | Reading, PA USA | 16 | 2 | |
| 7 | Chuck Kassel | LE | January 20, 1903 | 6'1" | 191 | Illinois | Chicago, IL USA | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | Tony Kostos | E | June 12, 1905 | 5'11" | 191 | Bucknell | , PA USA | 7 | 3 |
| 11 | Tom Leary | E | April 15, 1904 | 5'11" | 180 | Fordham | Springfield, MA USA | 1 | 0 |
| Cliff Marker | E | June 13, 1903 | 5'10" | 190 | Washington St. | Tacoma, WA USA | 2 | 2 | |
| 18/12 | Joey Maxwell | C | November 5, 1904 | 6'2" | 197 | Notre Dame | Cincinnati, OH USA | 18 | 9 |
| 12 | Frank McGrath | LE | March 13, 1904 | 5'11" | 192 | Georgetown (DC) | 12 | 11 | |
| 3 | Ken Mercer | TB | June 9, 1903 | 5'11" | 183 | Simpson | Albia, IA USA | 17 | 11 |
| 17 | Lou Molinet | FB | November 30, 1904 | 5'11" | 195 | Cornell | Chaparra, Cuba | 9 | 2 |
| 14 | Sully Montgomery | T-C | January 12, 1901 | 6'3" | 213 | Centre | , TX USA | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | Hap Moran | TB | July 31, 1901 | 6'1" | 190 | Carnegie Mellon | Belleplaine, IA USA | 6 | 5 |
| 11 | Dick Moynihan | BB | January 9, 1902 | 5'8" | 160 | Villanova | Haverhill, MA USA | 9 | 4 |
| 19 | Max Reed | C | May 15, 1902 | 5'8" | 185 | Bucknell | Lewisburg, PA USA | 10 | 9 |
| 5 | Pete Richards | C | May 13, 1905 | 5'10" | 190 | Swarthmore | Lansdowne, PA | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | Charley Rogers | WB | 5'10" | 167 | Pennsylvania | 18 | 11 | ||
| George Tully | E | March 12, 1904 | 5'10" | 180 | Dartmouth | Orange, NJ USA | 1 | 0 | |
| 13 | Joe Weir | RE | August 26, 1905 | 5'11" | 185 | Nebraska | Superior, NE USA | 12 | 8 |
| 16 | Ed Weir | LT | March 14, 1903 | 5'10" | 192 | Nebraska | Superior, NE USA | 18 | 18 |
| 6 | Ned Wilcox | FB | February 7, 1904 | 5'11" | 185 | Swarthmore | 14 | 13 | |
| 18 | Swede Youngstrom | G | May 24, 1897 | 6'1" | 187 | Dartmouth | Waltham, MA USA | 13 | 4 |
