List of players who appeared in only one game in the NFL (1920

This is a list of American football players who played only one game in the National Football League (NFL) during the league's first decade from 1920 to the 1929. This list includes players from the American Professional Football Association (APFA) during the 1920 and 1921 seasons, i.e., before the APFA was renamed the NFL in 1922. This list does not include those who were on an active roster but never actually appeared in a game. Nor does it include those who appeared only in a pre-season or exhibition game.

Key

Date - The "Date" column is intended to provide the date of the player's appearance in an NFL game. If the exact date has not yet been verified, then the column simply lists the year.
Start - The "Start" column is intended to state whether or not the player's appearance in an NFL game was as a "starter". If the player appeared in the game as a substitute, the entry should state "No".

1920

Name	Position	Team	Date	Start	College
Shirley Brick	End	Buffalo All-Americans	1920-11-14	No	Rice
Max Broadhurst	Tackle	Dayton Triangles	1920	No	Western Reserve, Case Tech
Matt Brown	Halfback	Akron Pros	1920	No	Syracuse
Ralph Capron	Back	Chicago Tigers	1920	Yes	Minnesota
Eddie Casey	Back	Buffalo All-Americans	1920	No	Harvard
Tony Catalano	Guard	Hammond Pros	1920	No	None
Len Charpier	Fullback	Racine Cardinals	1920	Yes	Illinois
Fred Clarke	End	Rochester Jeffersons	1920	No	None
Bill Connell	Back	Rochester Jeffersons	1920	No	None
Moon Ducote	Back	Cleveland Tigers	1920	Yes	Auburn
Arch Erehart	Back	Muncie Flyers	1920	Yes	Indiana
Charlie Essman	Guard	Columbus Panhandles	1920	No	Christian Brothers
Walt Frickey	End	Rochester Jeffersons	1920	No	None
Birdie Gardner	Tackle	Canton Bulldogs	1920	No	Carlisle
Gates	Guard	Detroit Heralds	1920	No	None
Wilbur Henderson	Fullback	Hammond Pros	1920	No	None
Tom Henry	Back	Rock Island Independents	1920	No	LSU
Pat Herron	End	Cleveland Tigers	1920	Yes	Pittsburgh
Lenny High	End	Decatur Staleys	1920	No	Eastern Illinois
Bill Joyce	Quarterback	Detroit Heralds	1920	Yes	Holy Cross, Catholic University
King	Back	Detroit Heralds	1920	No	Unknown
John Kvist	Tackle	Rochester Jeffersons	1920	No	None
Alvin Loucks	Guard	Detroit Heralds	1920	No	Michigan
George Magerkurth	Tackle	Rock Island Independents	1920	No	None
Phil Marshall	End	Cleveland Tigers	1920	Yes	Carnegie Tech
Mathewson	Back	Hammond Pros	1920	No	None
McCoy	Tackle	Detroit Heralds	1920	No	None
Ralph Meadow	End	Canton Bulldogs	1920	Yes	None
Buck Miles	Fullback	Akron Pros	1920	No	Washington and Lee
Pepper	Guard	Rochester Jeffersons	1920	No	None
Joseph Plunkett	Back	Chicago Tigers	1920	No	None
Spencer Pope	End	Muncie Flyers	1920	No	Indiana
Bill Preston	Tackle	Akron Pros	1920	No	Missouri
Speed Riddell	End	Rock Island Independents	1920	No	Nebraska
Loyal Robb	Tackle	Rock Island Independents	1920	No	None
John Rupp	Guard	Buffalo All-Americans	1920	No	None
Heinie Schultz	End	Detroit Heralds	1920	No	None
Sullivan	Fullback	Rock Island Independents	1920	No	None
Jim Talbott	Back	Hammond Pros	1920	No	North Dakota
Howard Yerges Sr.	Back	Columbus Panhandles	1920	Yes	Ohio State
Randy Young	End	Decatur Staleys	1920	No	Millikin

1921

Name	Position	Team	Date	Start	College
Nate Abrams	End	Green Bay Packers	1921	No	None
Alec Anderson	Guard	Washington Senators	1921	No	Boston College, Holy Cross, Georgetown
Backnor	Center	Tonawanda Kardex	1921-11-06	No	None
Ping Bodie	Fullback	Racine Cardinals	1921	No	None
Fred Brumm	Tackle	Tonawanda Kardex	1921-11-06	No	Union (NY)
Cassidy	Back	Tonawanda Kardex	1921-11-06	No	None
Red Chenoweth	Back	Louisville Brecks	1921	Yes	West Virginia
Howard Coster	Tackle	Washington Senators	1921	No	Maryland
Fred Day	Tackle	Cincinnati Celts	1921	No	Ohio Wesleyan
Joe DuSossoit	End	New York Brickley Giants	1921	Yes	Dartmouth
Earl Ettenhaus	Guard	Rochester Jeffersons	1921-11-20	No	None
Louie Fritsch	Guard	Evansville Crimson Giants	1921	No	Georgetown (KY)
Ken Fulton	Guard	Muncie Flyers	1921	Yes	None
Patsy Gerardi	End	Washington Senators	1921	No	None
Art Goerke	End	Tonawanda Kardex	1921-11-06	Yes	None
Percy W. Griffiths	Guard	Canton Bulldogs	1921	Yes	Bloomsburg, Penn State
Fatty Harris	Tackle	Louisville Brecks	1921	No	None
Andy Hillhouse	Halfback	Buffalo All-Americans	1921	No	Brown
Clarence Hosmer	Guard	Tonawanda Kardex	1921-11-06	No	None
Bill Houser	Guard, tackle	Louisville Brecks	1921	Yes	None
Karl Hower	Fullback	Louisville Brecks	1921	Yes	None
Mark Ingle	Guard	Evansville Crimson Giants	1921	No	None
Jimmy Jemail	Quarterback	New York Brickley Giants	1921	Yes	Brown, Navy
Charlie Jonasen	End	Minneapolis Marines	1921	No	None
Ralph Jones	Back	Hammond Pros	1921	No	Wabash
George Kane	Guard	New York Brickley Giants	1921	No	Fordham
Sam Kaplan	End	Washington Senators	1921	Yes	Lehigh, Catholic U.
Kellogg	Halfback	Muncie Flyers	1921	Yes
Adolph Kliebhan	Back	Green Bay Packers	1921	Yes	None
Rudy Kraft	Guard, center	Tonawanda Kardex	1921-11-06	Yes	Penn State
George Kuhrt	Tackle	Tonawanda Kardex	1921-11-06	Yes	None
Wally Ladrow	Halfback	Green Bay Packers	1921	No	None
Doc LaDuron	Fullback	Muncie Flyers	1921	Yes	Indiana
Henry Lewis	Guard	Louisville Brecks	1921	No	None
Harry Livers	Fullback	Washington Senators	1921	No	Georgetown
Ray MacMurray	Guard	Muncie Flyers	1921	Yes	Lincoln, Dartmouth
Herman Martell	End	Green Bay Packers	1921	No	None
Joe Martin	Halfback	Louisville Brecks	1921	Yes	None
Tom McLaughlin	Fullback	Tonawanda Kardex	1921-11-06	Yes	Notre Dame
Bill Meisner	Back	Tonawanda Kardex	1921-11-06	Yes	Syracuse
John Miller	Fullback	Dayton Triangles	1921	No	Notre Dame
Moore	Tackle	Cleveland Indians	1921	Yes	Unknown
Ted Moser	Guard	Louisville Brecks	1921	Yes	None
Johnny Nagle	End	New York Brickley Giants	1921	No	None
Harry Newland	End	Louisville Brecks	1921	Yes	None
Con O'Brien	Tackle	New York Brickley Giants	1921	Yes	Boston College
Ohmer	Back	Cincinnati Celts	1921	Yes	None
Henry Orth	Guard	Cincinnati Celts	1921	Yes	Miami (OH)
Frank Primeau	Back	Tonawanda Kardex	1921-11-06	Yes	None
Rice	Back	Hammond Pros	1921	No	None
Tam Rose	Halfback	Tonawanda Kardex	1921-11-06	Yes	Syracuse
Bill Sanborn	End	Tonawanda Kardex	1921-11-06	Yes	None
Shriner	Unknown	Cincinnati Celts	1921	No	Unknown
Pete Slone	End	Muncie Flyers	1921	No	None
Marv Smith	Back	Canton Bulldogs	1921	No	Purdue
Howie Stith	Guard	Louisville Brecks	1921	No	None
Charlie Tallman	Tackle	Tonawanda Kardex	1921-11-06	Yes	None
Dave Thompson	Back	Cincinnati Celts	1921	No	Denison
Tiney	Tackle	Rochester Jeffersons	1921	No	Unknown
Gene Vidal	Fullback	Washington Senators	1921	Yes	Nebraska, South Dakota, Army
Earl Warweg	Back	Evansville Crimson Giants	1921	No	None
Martin Zoll	Guard	Green Bay Packers	1921	No	None

1922

Name	Position	Team	Date	Start	College
Anderson	Back	Hammond Pros	1922	No	None
Norris Armstrong	Tackle	Milwaukee Badgers	1922	No	Centre
Burl Atcheson	End	Columbus Panhandles	1922	No	None
Benton	End	Rochester Jeffersons	1922	Yes	None
Eddie Benz	End	Rochester Jeffersons	1922	Yes	None
Alex Bobidosh	End	Oorang Indians	1922	No	None
Fred Broker	Tackle	Oorang Indians	1922	No	Carlisle
Al Burgin	Guard	Toledo Maroons	1922	Yes	None
Slats Dalrymple	Center	Evansville Crimson Giants	1922	Yes	Indiana, Wabash
Winnie Denton	Guard	Evansville Crimson Giants	1922	Yes	DePauw
Vic Endress	Back	Evansville Crimson Giants	1922	Yes	None
Doc Fay	End	Green Bay Packers	1922	No	Marquette
Norm Glockson	Guard	Racine Legion	1922	Yes	None
Pete Lauer	Fullback	Evansville Crimson Giants	1922	Yes	Iowa
Max MacCollum	End	Louisville Brecks	1922	Yes	Centre
Brian McGrath	Guard	Louisville Brecks	1922	Yes	None
Harry J. Robertson	Tackle	Rochester Jeffersons	1922	Yes	Syracuse
Buck Saunders	Back	Toledo Maroons	1922	No	California
Bill Singleton	Guard	Hammond Pros	1922	No	Washington University
Bill Slyker	End	Evansville Crimson Giants	1922	Yes	Ohio State
Frank Spellacy	End	Buffalo All-Americans	1922	Yes	None
Baptiste Thunder	Tackle	Oorang Indians	1922	Yes	None
Walker Whitehead	Back	Evansville Crimson Giants	1922	Yes	None
Willert	Center	Hammond Pros	1922	No	None
Carl Zoll	Guard	Green Bay Packers	1922	No	None

1923

Name	Position	Team	Date	Start	College
A. C. Baur	Tackle	Racine Legion	1923	Yes	Illinois
Red Emslie	Guard	Rochester Jeffersons	1923	Yes	None
Al Espie	Tackle	Louisville Brecks	1923	Yes	None
Pascal Giugliano	Back	Louisville Brecks	1923	No	None
Harold Hansen	Fullback, End	Green Bay Packers	1923	No	Minnesota
Cliff Jetmore	Halfback	Toledo Maroons	1923	No	None
Cy Kasper	Halfback	Rochester Jeffersons	1923	Yes	Notre Dame
Joe McShea	Guard	Rochester Jeffersons	1923	Yes	Rochester
Red Morse	Guard	Duluth Kelleys	1923	Yes	None
John Quast	End	Louisville Brecks	1923	Yes	Purdue
Ed Rate	Back	Milwaukee Badgers	1923	Yes	Purdue
Joe Setron	Guard	Cleveland Indians	1923	No	West Virginia
Ben Shaw	Guard	Canton Bulldogs	1923	No	None
Roy Vassau	Tackle	Milwaukee Badgers	1923	Yes	St. Thomas
Hal Wilder	Guard	St. Louis All-Stars	1923	Yes	Nebraska Wesleyan, Nebraska
Ernie Winburn	End	St. Louis All-Stars	1923	No	Central Missouri State

1924

Name	Position	Team	Date	Start	College
Reaves Baysinger	End	Rochester Jeffersons	1924	Yes	Syracuse
Emil Beasy	Back	Green Bay Packers	1924	Yes	None
Jim Bradshaw	Back	Kansas City Blues	1924	No	Illinois, Nevada
Eddie Bratt	End	Duluth Kelleys	1924	No	None
Bob Choate	Guard	Kansas City Blues	1924	No	Haskell
Herbert Clow	Guard	Duluth Kelleys	1924	No	Wisconsin-Superior
Lee Croft	Guard	Racine Legion	1924	Yes	Wisconsin-Platteville
Art Engstrom	Guard	Duluth Kelleys	1924-9-28	Yes	Chicago
Swede Erickson	End	Kenosha Maroons	1924	No
Dick Hanley	Back	Racine Legion	1924	No	Washington State
Oscar Johnson	Fullback	Chicago Bears	1924	No	Vermont
Shine Kinderdine	Guard	Dayton Triangles	1924	No	None
Joe Mantell	Guard	Columbus Tigers	1924	Yes	None
Munger	Tackle	Chicago Cardinals	1924	Yes	None
Nielson	Back	Rochester Jeffersons	1924	Yes	None
Clem Nugent	Fullback	Rochester Jeffersons	1924	No	Iowa
Harry O'Connell	Tackle	Chicago Bears	1924	No	Chicago
Bill O'Toole	Guard	Duluth Kelleys	1924	No	None
Ivan Quinn	Guard	Kansas City Blues	1924	Yes	Carroll (WI)
Riley	Guard	Racine Legion	1924	Yes	None
Jim Sanford	Tackle	Duluth Kelleys	1924	No	Lehigh
Dick Sears	Tackle	Kansas City Blues	1924	No	Kansas State
Basil Stanley	Guard	Rock Island Independents	1924	No	Notre Dame
Elmer Volgenau	Guard	Rochester Jeffersons	1924	Yes	Colgate

1925

Name	Position	Team	Date	Start	College
Paul Anderson	Guard	Rock Island Independents	1925	No	Illinois
Les Asplundh	Fullback	Buffalo Bisons	1925	No	Swarthmore
Lester Belding	End	Rock Island Independents	1925	No	Iowa
Phil Branon	Tackle	Cleveland Bulldogs	1925	No	Holy Cross
Bill Bucher	End	Detroit Panthers	1925	Yes	Clarkson
Ham Connors	End	Rochester Jeffersons	1925	Yes	None
Jack Daniels	Back	Milwaukee Badgers	1925	No	None
Darroll DeLaPorte	Back	Milwaukee Badgers	1925	Yes	None
Wop Drumstead	Guard	Hammond Pros	1925	Yes	None
Gus Ekberg	Fullback	Cleveland Bulldogs	1925	No	Minnesota, West Virginia
Wilmer Fleming	Halfback	Canton Bulldogs	1925	No	Mount Union
John Gabler	Guard	Dayton Triangles	1925	No	None
Harry Hall	Back	Rock Island Independents	1925	Yes	Chicago, Illinois
Ching Hammill	Back	Providence Steam Roller	1925	Yes	Connecticut, Villanova, Georgetown
Fritz Henry	Guard	Akron Pros	1925	Yes	None
Ed Herman	End	Rock Island Independents	1925	Yes	Northwestern
Chuck Hill	Fullback, End	Rock Island Independents	1925	Yes	Iowa State
Jake Kaufman	Tackle	Frankford Yellow Jackets	1925	No	None
Jimmy Kennedy	Fullback	Buffalo Bisons	1925	Yes	Boston College, Holy Cross
William C. Kenyon	Back	New York Giants	1925	No	Georgetown
Mike Koziak	Back	Duluth Kelleys	1925	Yes	None
Rudy Kutler	Guard	Cleveland Bulldogs	1925	No	Ohio State
Glen Magnusson	Guard	Hammond Pros	1925	Yes	Northwestern
Johnny Mahrt	End	Dayton Triangles	1925	No	Dayton
Hugh McGoldrick	Tackle, end	Providence Steam Roller	1925	No	Lehigh
Don Miller	Halfback	Providence Steam Roller	1925	Yes	Notre Dame
Tom Moran	Back	New York Giants	1925	No	Centre
Ray Norton	Back	Cleveland Bulldogs	1925	No	None
Charlie Richardson	Back	Milwaukee Badgers	1925	No	None
Fred Sheehan	Back	Providence Steam Roller	1925	Yes	Georgetown
Jim Snyder	Back	Milwaukee Badgers	1925	No	None
Spike Staff	Guard	Providence Steam Roller	1925	No	Brown
Bill Thompson	Center	Milwaukee Badgers	1925	No	None
Rex Tobin	End	Duluth Kelleys	1925	No	None

1926

Name	Position	Team	Date	Start	College
Ben Bangs	Back	Los Angeles Buccaneers	1926	No	Washington State
Fred Beach	Guard	Los Angeles Buccaneers	1926	No	California
Hook Comer	Fullback	Canton Bulldogs	1926	Yes	None
Don Dimmick	Fullback	Buffalo Rangers	1926	No	Hobart
Jim Eiden	Tackle	Louisville Colonels	1926	Yes	None
Carl Etelman	Back	Providence Steam Roller	1926	Yes	Tufts
Tom Golsen	Guard	Louisville Colonels	1926	No	Georgetown
Glenn Greenwood	Fullback	Louisville Colonels	1926	No	Iowa
Steve Hanson	End	Louisville Colonels	1926	Yes	Carthage
Jim Jaquith	Back	Kansas City Cowboys	1926	No	Emporia
Len Johnson	Back	Columbus Tigers	1926	Yes	Syracuse
Steve Kobolinski	Center	Brooklyn Lions	1926	No	Boston College
Lou Koplow	Tackle	Providence Steam Roller	1926	Yes	Boston U.
Roy Longstreet	Center	Racine Tornadoes	1926	Yes	Iowa State
Herbert Magida	Back	Hammond Pros	1926	No	None
Walter Mahan	Guard	Frankford Yellow Jackets	1926	Yes	West Virginia
Walt McGaw	Guard	Green Bay Packers	1926	No	Beloit
Joe McGlone	Back	Providence Steam Roller	1926	Yes	Harvard
Jack McKetes	Back	Hammond Pros	1926	No	None
Dick Noble	Guard	Hartford Blues	1926	No	Trinity (CT)
Aaron Oliker	End	Pottsville Maroons	1926	Yes	West Virginia
Omensky	Guard	Louisville Colonels	1926	Yes	None
Roger Powell	Back	Buffalo Rangers	1926	No	Texas A&M
Red Quam	Back	Duluth Eskimos	1926	No	None
Ed Reagen	Back	Brooklyn Lions	1926	No	None
Frank Seeds	Back	Canton Bulldogs	1926	Yes	None
Rocky Segretta	End	Hartford Blues	1926	No	None
Frank Seyboth	Back	Providence Steam Roller	1926	No	Vermont
James Sheldon	End	Brooklyn Lions	1926	No	Brown
Gerry Sherry	Fullback	Louisville Colonels	1926	Yes	None
Stan Sieracki	Tackle	Hartford Blues	1926	No	Penn
George Slagle	Guard	Louisville Colonels	1926	No	Penn
Mel Stuessy	Tackle	Chicago Cardinals	1926	No	St. Edward's
Harry Stuhldreher	Back	Brooklyn Lions	1926	No	Notre Dame
Hew Sullivan	Guard	Duluth Eskimos	1926	No	None
Pete Vainowski	Guard	Louisville Colonels	1926	Yes	Loyola
Harold Zerby	End	Canton Bulldogs	1926	No	None

1927

Name	Position	Team	Date	Start	College
Nick Farina	Center	Pottsville Maroons	1927	No	Villanova
Aubrey Goodman	Tackle	Chicago Cardinals	1927	No	Baylor, Chicago
Rollin Roach	Fullback	Chicago Cardinals	1927	Yes	TCU
Shanley	Tackle	Duluth Eskimos	1927	No	None
George Tully	End	Frankford Yellow Jackets	1927	No	Dartmouth
George Tuttle	End	Green Bay Packers	1927	No	Minnesota

1928

Name	Position	Team	Date	Start	College
Rip Bachor	Tackle	Detroit Wolverines	1928	Yes	Detroit
Homer Bliss	Guard	Chicago Cardinals	1928	Yes	Washington & Jefferson
Emil Dobry	End	Frankford Yellow Jackets	1928	No	Montana
John Holman	Tackle	New York Giants	1928	Yes	None
Lyons Kelliher	Guard	Chicago Cardinals	1928	No	None
Reggie Russell	End	Chicago Bears	1928	No	None
Aubrey Strosnider	Tackle	Dayton Triangles	1928	No	Dayton

1929

Name	Position	Team	Date	Start	College
John Depner	End	Dayton Triangles	1929	Yes	None
Bob Dwyer	Back	Orange Tornadoes	1929	No	Georgetown
John Kauffman	Tackle, guard	Dayton Triangles	1929	Yes	None
LaDue Lurth	Halfback	Minneapolis Red Jackets	1929	No	Gustavus Adolphus
Ralph Marston	Quarterback	Boston Bulldogs	1929	Yes	Boston U.
Jack O'Brien	Halfback	Minneapolis Red Jackets	1929	Yes	Minnesota
Art Peed	Tackle	Buffalo Bisons	1929	No	None
Ted Richards	End	Chicago Bears	1929	No	Illinois
Harry Richman	Guard	Chicago Bears	1929	No	Illinois
Roy Scholl	Guard	Boston Bulldogs	1929	No	Lehigh
Jack Shapiro	Back	Staten Island Stapletons	1929	No	NYU
Ed Tolley	Guard	Dayton Triangles	1929	No	None
Thurston Towle	End	Boston Bulldogs	1929	No	Brown

List of players who appeared in only one game in the NFL (1920–1929)

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