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TACOMA ATHLETIC CLUB
(1891- 1897; 1923-1928)
"Tacks"
TAHOMA CLUB
(1914-1920)
McKINLEY HILL PRESIDENTS
(1931)
TACOMA WOLVES
(1932 - 1933)
TACOMA ATHLETIC CLUB
(1934 - 1939)
"Cammeranos"
"Alt Heidelbergs"
"Columbians"
"Red Devils"


Tacoma, Washington
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With humble beginnings the summer of 1890, members at the local Y.M.C.A. discussed playing "football", not the association soccer version, but the east coast "Rugby rules" version.  By December of 1890, the Tacoma Athletic Club began to take shape with a club house, locker rooms and meeting rooms.  By mid-October 1891, players were practicing for the first big game in Tacoma history against Portland's Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club on Thanksgiving Day.  With a 50/50 split, the 1,000 spectators witnessed the birth of Amateur American football in the Northwest as Multnomah raced to a 30-6 victory.  Charles Anderson, former Yale player and W.E. Hacker, captain of the TAC team split the squad for a practice scrimmage on Dec 12 as they prepped for a return game on New Year's Day with Portland.  The Jan 1, 1892 game was played under protest by MAAC claiming Charles Pope was a professional having played baseball back east.  Pope was forced to retire from the field before the M's would play and was badly missed by Tacoma.  William Goodwin was called away to his ranch and was also missed in the game. The MAAC team would win that game as well 24-0, but launched the Tacoma program that would rise and fall over the next 40 years.

The 1892 season was a two-game set with the Seattle Athletic Club, split by the clubs 1-1.  A proposed rubber match for late Dec or New Years was scrapped when the TAC's best players were away traveling.  The first local rival club arrived on the scene in September of 1893 when a young men's club called the Viviendas put together 20 men for a football team.  The upstarts would upset the Tacks 9-8 and lay claim to the city title of the year.  The so-planned "practice" team for the Tacks would be rolled back into the main club sharing players.

Original team member Gid Rowe took over the coaching reigns for 1894.  Following a 48-0 loss to the Seattle Athletic Club on Nov 10, 1894, a coach was quoted in the newspaper as being completely disgusted with the dedication of his players who won't turnout for practice and they never get the same group twice for workouts and it showed in the teams' disarray in the "Fog Bowl"  The team filtered around, some to the YMCA.  Rowe would be elected to the governing board of the AAU head quartered in New York.

"Phat" Downing, former Stanford player, came aboard as coach of team for 1895.  Backfielder Louis Parsons joined Puget Sound University as a halfback for the game against the Seattle YMCA as well as refereed high school games in 1896.  New Years Day 1897 a picked team of players, many from the club took the field and a 6-0 win over the Puyallup Indian School.

After much struggle, the Tacoma Athletic Club officially disbanded in 1898.  The Tacoma YMCA made strides to take up the position of keeping athletes engaged.
 
The club was rekindled in 1914 by Leo Horejs with alumns of Stadium High as it's backbone after the school board ruled against inter-city athletic contests.  Often dubbed the "Tahomas" in newspapers, the players were rumored to be playing under assumed names to avoid the school board ruling against high schoolers playing on outside teams.  At season end, the team was down $200 on the season, the equivalent of losing $6,333.00 in 2024. Horejs was a standout and captain of the Tacoma High Blue and Gold, albeit a bit of a rebel.  He had been suspened by coaches for breaking football and track rules including smoking during the season 1912-13 season.  Horejs was involved in the infamous 100-point game against Bellingham in 1912.
 
The 1915 Thanksgiving game with Bremerton was such a rainy muddy mess that only one forward pass was completed in the 0-0 tie.  After the 1915 season QB Butch Pollen moved to the South Tacoma Athletic Club team where he would face and win against his old team.
 
The game versus the Alums of Hoquiam/Aberdeen ended in controversy and protest as the Alums had the ball on the 1-foot line.  The H/A QB simply had to stretch the ball between the legs of the center on the next play to win, however referee E.E. Perkins flagged a foul on the fullback for assisting the QB with a push...from 4 yards away.  Even Tacoma fans felt the call was egregious and smelt of loyalty to Tacoma from the referee. The Dec 2, 1916 headline of the Tacoma Times exclaimed 'Robbed'.

Horejs and the players had high hopes entering the 1917 season as late as September, but World War I broke out and many enlisted.  Leo Horejs and Stan Ives were sent to training in January 1918 and were commissioned as lieutenants in July of 1918 in the US Marine Corps spending time at Mare Island, CA.
 
Bane Browse nailed 2 drop kicks to win over St. Martin's on 11/14/1920.
 
Nov 19, 1921: Reports stating "difference of opinions" led to Coach Tony Bell resigning.  Bob Faust would coach the remainder of the season.  A newly formed South Tacoma Athletic Club resurrected the 1916 version as a cross-town rival to the Tacks.  Many of the players would be former and future TAC players including Rip Revelle, Shumake and Schwartz.
 
Jake Kanzler scored 12 touchdowns on the season including a record 6 against the Camp Lewis Balloon Corps and 4 against the Camp Lewis Engineers.

The Tacoma Athletic Club brought football back in 1923 in an attempt to get the community back on board with the sport.  Harry Quass, former University of Washington player coached the team in what became a three-year run for him compiling a 12-9-4 record.  Following the 1924 season, the T.A.C. claimed the Independent title for the state of Washington based on the victories over what were deemed the "strong" teams.  The claim was meant to entice others to accept the challenge and schedule games or by default, acknowledge and affirm the claim.

John William ("Bill" or "Red") Bone, beloved "clean cut" center of the team was electrocuted at a Tacoma sub-station the day before the St. Martin's game on Sep 27, 1924.  Bone played for Gonzaga University in 1922 and was considered one of the best players in the Northwest at the time of his death, aged 24.
 
Former Seattle College coach Tom Barry was announced in August 1927 as the new coach tasked with rebuilding the "Tacks" and help build a league for stable game scheduling. 

The 1928 season was the swan song for the Tacoma Athletic Club after a winless season.  There would be no 1929 season, some players going over to the South Tacoma Athletic Club.  A split of Tacoma football would begin in 1930 with the Tacoma National Guard Armory team and the Tacoma Leathernecks representing Marines.  The team would recombine as the McKinley Hill Athletic Club "Presidents" in 1931.

Sam Tipton, a former all-navy guard in 1925, took over McKinley Hill in October of 1931 after the team was smashed by George Wilson's Everett Wildcats in the '31 opener.
 
Briles, Smith and Berry came over from South Tacoma Athletic Club in November after defeating their new team 7-0.
 
After starting the 1932 season as the McKinley Hill Presidents, it was decided to change the name of the team to the Tacoma Wolves in October prior to the season opener with Fort Lewis. Sam Tipton coached with Phil Sorboe, Washington State backfield ace, would assist with the backs until returning to school.  The team continued to struggle with getting games and players shuffled off to play with other teams as they could. 
 
The Wolves struggled to find games as an independent outside of regular meetings with Fort Lewis from 1931-1933.  Louie Worrell intercepted a Soldier pass and dashed 50-yards for the winning TD in the final 4 minutes of the season opening victory over Fort Lewis.  That season Bob Grady, Jack Lauer, Jack Brady, Phil Kneip, Ted Hamilton, Joe Smith, Lee Knight, Fales Martin, John Brecht, "Buck" DeMaris, Bill St. Thomas, Frank Hal, George Paugh, Ray "Rabbit" Kelly, Bill Sewell, Bob Palmer, Ocky Johnson and Max McKenzie made up the USS Tacoma VFW that would travel to play Everett.  Some of those same players would bounce between both teams in order to play in games and play against each other in 1933 as part of the VFW or Wolves team
 
1934 - The team was initially called the "Wolves" in early September, but after sponsorship from the Cammaranos Bros. Distributing, the team was written about as Cammarano Brothers or "Cams".  Ray Mahnkey (HB) rushed and passed for touchdowns in the Cams first win against Fort Lewis.  Klinge, Ferries, and Newberg were all added the week of the Fort Lewis game.

The Tacoma businessmen pulled out of supporting the team in 1935, so no team was formed for the Northwest League.  Early in October it was announced that Coach Tipton would be reforming the team as an independent and kicked off Oct 27 in Elma winning 3-0 and at home on Nov 17 against White Center from Seattle.  Walt Klopstein was the star runner against Elma busting off two long runs to get within field goal range from 32-yards out in the last 40 seconds of the game.  Prior to the game with Olympia, Jess Brooks (College of Puget Sound), Grenier, Fry and Martin all of Pacific Lutheran, Elmore of Fort Lewis and Jack Reeves, former University of Washington freshman joined the team.  Jess Brooks intercepted his former Olympia teammate and raced 92-yards for the INT-TD, the only Tacoma score of the game.  The game had a total of nine intereceptions, five by Tacoma.
 
1936 Highlights: Jess Brooks, fullback passed to Norman Iverson for a game-tying TD against West Seattle.

The team was written about as the "Alt Heidelbergs" in reference to the beer bottling sponsors.  Eddie Schwarz was hired to coach the team, returning to a post he held in 1928, nine years earlier.  Billy Sewell, a youngster with no prep or college experience led an upset against the West Seattle Yellowjackets.  Sewell scored a touchdown, kicked a field goal, and played great defense for Tacoma in the 17-9 victory.
 
Injuries throughout the season limited the potential for Tacoma to knock off the Rams in the chase for the crown.
 
During the season finale against the Bremerton Destroyers, Tacoma's opponent started out with its regular roster, but before the first period was over, the Destroyers gained reinforcements from the USS Maryland and other Navy All-Stars of other ported ships.  Tacoma escaped the melee with a 6-6 tie.
 
The Grays Harbor team selected it's All-Opponent team listing Loring Wire (E), and Vern Pederson (C) as tops from the Red Devils.
 
Sewell was re-acquired after running into scholastic issues in college at Washington State, and Nilsen joined after playing the '37 season at PLU.
 
Sewell and Nilsen connected for 3 TD scores in a 27-12 over the Destroyers.  Nilsen set a league record in scoring with 55 points (9 TDs, 1 PAT).  Even with the best season in years, it was the early season loss to Bremerton that cost Tacoma the league title having split games with Enumclaw and West Seattle.  West Seattle survived a 7-6 finale with Enumclaw to sweep the Barons and claim the title.

Bill Sewell was nominated for Tacoma Sportsman of the Year by Alt Heidelberg and was noticed again by Washington State University where he played the 1939 season.  Sewell, a 1933 graduate of Lincoln High played tennis, NOT football due to his diminutive size. He played with McKinley Hill and the Wolves as a halfback and after a stint working for the Civilian Conservation Corps, his growth spurt got him a spot on the 1936 Tacoma Athletic Club team.  Washington State scooped him up where his punting and passing were on display in 1937, but academics cost him his spot on the team.  He returned to the TAC team and quarterbacked the 1938 squad just short of the championship.  Had he and Hal Nilsen played earlier in the season, Tacoma would have claimed the crown.  He was offered another shot at college and with the advice of sponsor and President of Columbia Breweries Joe Lanser, he went back to Pullman.  Against arch-rival University of Washington, the 1939 game was barely underway when Sewell uncorked a 70-yard punt that shifted the field the Huskies never recovered from.  A pass to set up the lone Cougar TD in the 6-0 win, and in the fourth quarter Bill blasted another punt 77-yards, averaging 47-yards per punt on the day.  Billy Sewell was inducted into the Washington State University football hall of fame in 1987 having established records from 1939-1941.

 
1939: The Red Devils changed their name to the "Columbians" when the Tacoma-based Columbia Brewery, brewers of Alt Heidelberg sponsored the team.
 
Tacoma smashed Enumclaw 19-0 on Oct 28 handing the Barons their worst defeat in 6 years.  Babe Harmon ran for one score, passed to Hal Nilsen for another.  Burton Kindred recovered a fumble to set up Harmon's first score.
 
Coach Tucci announced prior to the Nov.19th game with West Seattle that Japanese center from Fife, Nubuo Yoshido would be the captain for his consistent play during the season, playing the season finale with a heavily bandaged knee.  Injuries piled up as the league leaders lost the final two games of the season, costing Tacoma the league crown.  Nubuo Yoshida would go on to play for St. Martins College.

With the Tacoma franchise placed on hold for 1940, the players scattered or retired. 
 
Frank Stojak would sign on with the newly formed Boeing Bombers for 1940 with "Diamond" Joe Paglia as coach. Stojack, John Sullivan, Tony Zizak, Bill Rach and other Columbians would migrate to the Boeing squad finally winning a title that eluded them in Tacoma for so many years. Jess Brooks, former College of Puget Sound star would continue playing in the minor league baseball circuits through 1946.

With World War II breaking out, Tacoma was once again left out in the cold in terms of minor league football.  Talks would come up each year, but no solid foundation could put a club out on the field even though local fields would play host to Seattle vs Portland games as a midway point.  Fort Lewis would take up most of the slack.

Jimmy Ennis of St. Martin's college was reported to be in line to coach the Tacoma Boilermakers if the team could be organized under the 568 Local Union and entered into the 1942 Northwest Football League.  By August, Johnny Heinrich, Stadium High coach was actively recruiting players.  The Boilermaker moniker was eventually used by Portland of the War Industries League and the Tacoma area would be represented by Fort Lewis and assisted by Heinrich.  Fort Lewis would put a league out for the 1942 season on base.

The Northwest League officials would approach the Shipyard Athletic Club about a Tacoma team for 1943, but Erling Tollefson declined on the basis of finances and lack of sponsors.  Tacoma continued to suffer without collegiate or minor league football.

Tacoma resident Al Davies, President of the 1944 Seattle Bombers, following a feud with Jimmy Mandas former head man of the 1942 Seattle Shipbuilders and 1943 Seattle Ironworkers teams over ownership, appealed to Tacoma to raise the support to move the team.  It would finally take root with the 1946 Tacoma Indians in what would be the first "official" semi-pro football team with players earning paychecks in the Pacific Coast Professional Football League.  The "Athletic Club" teams of Tacoma would officially cease.

 

 
    Schedules and Game Results  
1891 Players:
William E. Hacker (FB/Capt), Charles Pope (Amherst),
L. Kershaw (HB/Racine), Charles Anderson (E/Yale),
Phil Anderson (Yale), M. F. Tytler (C), William E. Best (T/Princeton),
Trevvet, J. McElroy (HB/Yale), William "Billy" Evans (QB/Harvard),
E.E. Ellis (G/McGill, Canada), Dudley (Columbia),
J. Anderson (G/Yale), J. Sutton (HB/Univ of California),
F. E. Dudley (E/Cornell), Gid G. Rowe (T/Boston Polytechnic),
Billings (C), Curtis (E), Simpson (HB)

1892 Key Players:

William Anderson (E/Yale halfback), Marion Smith (T),
E.T. "Charles" Pope (G/ Amherst),
W.A. Peters (Yale), Brownell (C), Charles Anderson (G),
Hacker (T/Captain), Ater (E), McElroy (QB),
L. Kershaw (HB/Racine), C.E. Sturtevant (HB),
Simpson (FB), William E. Best (T/Princeton),
"Eagle Eye" Flannigan (G),  P. Anderson (E),
William Hacker (FB)
 
1893 Players:
Schultz (G), Mitchell, Hampton (G), Gabriel (C), Brennan,
Anderson (E), McLean (E), McDowell,
Evans (T), Holmes (T), Dickinson (T),
C.E. Sturdevant (HB/Capt), Reese, Erb, William Hacker (FB),
Truvett (QB), Munday (HB), Cushman (C),
Ater (T), Louie Parson (E), Franstoli (QB), Crosby (HB)

1894 Players
Munday (HB), Reese, Louis Parson (E), Carman,
Holmes, McCoy, Patterson, Gregg
Cushman, Jacobson, Drum, Erb, Horeck, Davis
McGregor

1895 Players
William Hacker (FB), Tripp (C), Hampton (G), Mitchell (G)
Dossett (T), McCoy (T), Reese (E)
Horrocks (E), Will Erb (QB), W.M. "Mac" McCurdy (HB),
Smith (HB), Horax (E), Carl Clemens (HB), Chestnut,
Shultz, Murphy, Louis Parson (QB)

1896 All-Tacoma Team vs Puyallup
Gaston (C), Scheelge (G), Bachelder (G), Jacobson (T)
Dossett (T), Horrocks (E), Barnett (E), Murphy (QB)
Louis Parsons (HB), Reese (HB), Smith (FB)

1914 Players
Bert "Dobie" Shumake (T), R.E. Ives (E), R.G. Crumb (T),
Anderson (G), Farwell (C), Ernie Tanner (G), John Cromwell (E),
Pollen (QB), Clark Johnson (HB), R.H. Wog (HB),
Leo Horejs (FB), L.T. Nevers (FB), Duane Shield (E),
Edward Shield (G), Jimmy Lyon (C), R.T. Beardsley
C. Hardy, L.Glen Sutherland (G), L.E. Shager, Q. Norton (E)
L.H. Johnson (HB), Benadom (HB),

 
1915 Players
Henry Pringle (C), D. Beardsley (G), McGill (T)
Norton (E), Madison (G), Tanner (T)
John Cromwell (E), Pollen (QB), Stanley Ives (HB)
Leo Horejs (FB), Arthur Barck (HB), Wayne Shields


Stanley Ives

1916 Players
Charlie Payne (Carlisle University), Ernie Tanner
Jack Linck, John Horejs, Morris Charles (Native American)
Boyd Schafer, JIl. Howard, Leo Horejs, Arthur Barck
Will La Pennatier, I. Howell, Henry Pringle (Stadium High)
D. Beardsley, Johnny Cromwell (Stadium High)
Earl Rushmer, Stan Jones (E)

1919 Players
Wadsworth, Peterson

1920 Players
Hand (E), Schwartz (T), Harlow (G), Bill "Red" Bone (C),
Fromhold (G), Graham (T), Roy Craig (E),
Ralph Pollen (QB), Harry Parker (QB), Jakob Kanzler (HB),
Mika (HB), "Dark Horse" Revere (HB), Hally Veith (HB),
Bane Browse (FB), LaPentiere (B), Fromhold,
Craig, Roberts, Bilsboro, Rushmer, Ryker,
Moe, Stan Hansen (G), "Tap" Tappe (B)

1921 Players
Billsboro (E), Moe (T), Marzano (G),
Bill Bone (C), Fromhold (G), Watkins (T)
Basnan (E), Ben Faust (QB), Jakob Kanzler (HB)
LaPenotiere (HB), Hally Veith (FB), Roberts (HB)
Kolstad (HB), Shorty Craig (E), Drake (E), Doran (T)
Thomas (E), Tisdale (T), Ryker (G)
Otto (FB), Darling (G), Taylor (G), Carr (FB)

1923 Players
Art Pease (E), Grimes (T), Walt Receconi (G),
Bill "Red" Bone (C), Harold Gloyd (G), Watkins (T),
Tom Green (E), Merlin Enright (QB), Bill Howell (HB),
Jack Dorsey (HB), Woody Roberts (FB), Rip Revelle (B),
Jakob Kanzler (B), Hally Veith (L), Shorty Craig (L),
Wayne Hoffman (L), Chief Wilton (L), Joe Earles (L),
 Jim McCullough (L), Baldy Thomas (L), Jack Staneil (L)

1924 Players:
Eddie Billsborrow (E), Crawford (T), Walt Receconi (G),
Cole (C), Bender (G), Boughan (T), Art Pease (E),
Brown (QB), Merl Enright (HB), "Rip" Revelle (HB),
Kolstad (FB), Jack Dorsey (HB), Brozovich (HB), Bob Miller, Earl Miller, Kiger, Watkins, Marzano, Rohrs, Shorty Craig,
Wadsworth, Baker, Bill Howell, Jensen
 
1925 Players:
Art Pease (E), Bob Miller (T), Walt Receconi (G),
Wadsworth (C), Hunt (G), Slater (T), Ben Crawford (E),
Stella (QB), Green (HB), Bill Howell (HB), Ericksen (FB),
Revierre (HB), Dorsey (QB), Ahrnedt (G),
Brouillete (HB), Kolstad (T), Elrod (QB), Bill LaPenotiere (E),
 Earl Miller (QB), Al Receconi (QB)


Bob Miller (Left) Bill LaPenotiere (Right) circa 1925
 
1926 Players:
Stan Erdahl (E), Clare McCormick (E), Alden Thornson (T),
Max Brassfield (HB), Les Sherman (HB), Dill Howell (FB),
Rick Johnson E/(FB/K), "Navy" Wadsworth (L),
Huson (L), Welsh (E), Graham (T), Walt Receconi (C),
Rohwer (G), Revere (QB), Enright (HB), Kolstadt (FB),
Miller (L)

1927 Players:
G. Anderson (E), Newland (T), McDougall (G), Kalin (C),
 Bob Miller (G), Goslin (T), Drake (E), Revers (QB),
Marvin Hales (HB), "Soldier" Brewer (HB), Council (FB),
Wadsworth (G), Taft Buck (HB), Alden Thornson (T)
, Smythe (QB), Michalson (G), Tom Green,
McDougal (G), Yaulka (E), Fleisheim (HB)


(Back L-R) Fleisheim, Marvin "Fat" Hales, "Soldier" Brewer,
"Curly" Council, Taft Buck, Eddie Revere, Smythe (1927 backfield)

 
1928 Players:
Brewer (HB), Lanahan (HB), Johnson (HB),
Erickson (B), Drake (E), Sulkosky (E), Bob Miller (T),
Anderson (T), Bender (G), Brecht (G),
Kallin (C), Mike Manley (FB), Peters (E),
Thornson (T), Charles Goslin

1931 Players:
Sammy Rabstoff (HB), Morrie Rabstoff (G), Jimmy LeTour (G),
Bing (E), Turner (E), Johnny Kneip (T), Simpson (T),
Mike Kneip (G), Bob Brown (G), Tucci (C/Capt),
George Paugh (QB), Sather (HB), Vic Crosta (HB),
Stan Hemmel (FB), Leo Reichi (T), George Sowers,
Wayne Briles, Tuffy Smith, Lloyd Berry,
Vern Pederson, Sam Tipton, Bill Linington, F. Richi (HB)

1932 Players:
Ed Maire (E), Scott Names (E), Frank Wright (T),
Joe Tucker (G), Knapp (T), Bertucci (G), Peterson (C),
Vic Crosta (QB), Buck (HB), Ward (HB), Palmer (FB),
Turner (E), Palmer (E), Genier (T), McIntosh (T),
Drummond (G), Dayton (G), Bill St. Thomas (C),
George Paugh (QB), Ed Stocklin (HB), Michael (HB),
Abbely (FB), George Delano (HB/K), O'Connor (G), Smith (C), Grenier (G), Heinie Hademan (FB), Tonning (FB)

1933 Players
Dale Morehead (E), Al Mahnkey, Louie Worrell (C),
Frye, Pat Drummond, Dowley,
Benny Doefner (HB),
Ray Mankey (HB). Warrel Downey (L),
Earl Enoch

1934 Players: 
P. Drummond (E), Newman (T), Buckman (E),
Louie Worrell (C), Pat Drummond (G), Brown (T),
Wrye (T), M. Cummings (QB), Ray Mahnkey (HB),
Jimmy Newberg (HB), V. McKenzie (FB); Dick Klinge,
Red Ferries, Lewis, Steidel, Garnett, Names, Dwyer,
Benny Dorfner (HB), Klapstien (L), Peterson,
Patterson, Crosta, Heath, Bickenbach, Olson (L),
A. McNeish (L), Brecht, Norm Frye (L), Tommy Mazza (HB),

1935 Players
"Red" Lemmer (C), Shuster (FB), "Coo" Bergland (T)
Al Klopstein (G), Walt Klopstein (HB), Martin (E),
Newberg (HB), Keifer (G), Pat Drummond (E)
Pete Drummond (G), McCarthy (T), Jacobs (E), Ness (E)
Fiske (HB), Earl Smith (T), Ed Miglot (G), Bill Sewell (HB)
Mike Cummings (QB), Sam Tipton (T), Jess Brooks (FB), Grenier, Fry, Martin, Elmore, Jack Reeves

1936 Players:
Bill Sewell, Norm Iverson (E), Mike Cummings (HB),
Jack Holstine, Cook (E), Freberg (T), E. Srsen (G),
John Fadness (C), Shaw (G), Tony Zizak (T),
Loring Wire (E), Brooks (QB), Bacvalich (HB),
Neuens (FB), Leo Sabutis, Bertucci, Elmore,
Anderson, Palmer, McMillan, Doug Pedersen, Jess Brooks (HB)

1937 Players:
"Red" Underwood (E), Cleo Stotler (E), Russ Frye (T),
Tony Zizak (T), E. Srsen (G), Bob Martin (G),
Baldy Baldwin (C), Joe Salatino (QB), Martin Slade (FB),
Mike Cummings (HB), Chuck McMillan (HB),
Howard Canonica (HB), Frank Vesel (FB),
Norm Iverson (E), Howard Parkhurst (HB),
Ed Nowogroski (FB), Bob Palmer, Guy Bower,
Tony Pietila (E), Loring Wire (E), G. Broz,
E. Broz (C), Shaw, Bucky O'Connor (HB), Vern Pedersen (C/P), Keiffer, Stovall, Leonard Ball (HB)

1938 Players:
Howard Parkhurst (HB/UW Husky), Jess Brooks (FB/UPS),
Bud McDougall (E), Bill Sewell (QB), Hal Nilsen (E),
Darrell "Red" Underwood (E), Russ Frye (T), Bob Martin (G),
John "Fud" Fadness (C), Earl Stovall (G), Tony Zizak (T),
Joe Salatino (QB), Companion, Harold Anderson (G)
Nubuo Yoshida, Bucky O'Connor, Kaiser,
Leonard Ball, Broz, Bergseth

1939 Players to start the season:
 John Sullivan (B), Bill Rach (B), Barney Branigan (B),
Norm Mayer (B), Warner Coff (B), Gordon Tatum (B),
Babe Harmon (B), Frank Monkus (B), Gordon Fielder (B),
 Jim Keenholtz (E), Don Wofford (E), Walt Rohrschieb (E),
Francis (E), Roberts (E), Corbin (E), Tony Zizak (T),
Dan Gray (T), Al Anderson (T), John Madden (T),
Burdett Kindred (T), Earl Stovall (G), Art Means (G),
Frank Stojack (G), George Marsico (G), Louis Sanges (G),
Russ Frye (C), Noubo Yoshida (C), Mike Tucci (C),
Means (G), Jess Brooks (FB), Lawrence Grenier


Regional Hall of Fame

Bill Sewell Greater Northwest Hall of Fame

1891
Independent
Record 0-2
Coach W.E. Hacker
Team Colors: Black & Cream

1892
Independent
Record: 1-1
Coach C.E. Sturtevant
Manager Frank M. Caldwell
Team Colors: Black & Gold

1893
Independent
Record: 1-6
Coach C.E. Sturtevant
Manager Frank M. Caldwell

1894
North Pacific Amateur Association
Record: 1-1
Coach Gid G. Rowe
Team Colors: Crimson & Black

1895
Pacific Northwest Athletic Union
Record: 1-5
Coach Paul M. Downing
Coach Carl Clemens

1914
Independent
Record: 3-1
Coach Leo Horejs


Leo Horejs

1915
Independent
Record: 2-1-1
Coach Leo Horejs

1916
Independent
Record: 3-2
Coach Anthony J. "Tony" Bell

1919
Independent
Record: 1-0
Coach
Manager

1920
Independent
Record: 4-2-1
Coach Harry Parker

1921
Independent
Record: 4-2-1
Coach Tony Bell (ousted)
Coach Ben Faust (Nov 16)

1923
Independent
Record: 2-3-1
Coach Harry Quass

1924
Independent
Record: 5-3-2
Coach Harry Quass
Asst Coach L.L Deal, Ted Faulk
* 'Claimed' State Indy Championship *

1925
Independent
Record: 5-3-1
Coach Harry Quass

1926
Independent
Record: 1-5-1
Coach Doug Dykeman
Asst Coach Les Sherman

1927
Independent
Record: 3-4-2
Coach Tom Barry

1928
Independent
Record: 0-4-1
Coach Eddie Schwartz
Manager Dill Howell

1931
Independent
Record: 0-4
Coach Sam Tipton

1932
Independent
Record: 1-3
Coach Sam Tipton
Manager George Sowders/Russ Hanson

1933
Independent
Record: 1-4
Coach Sam Tipton

1934
Northwest Football Conference
Record: 1-3
Coach Sam Tipton

1935
Independent
Record: 1-1
Coach Sam Tipton

1936
Northwest Football League
Record: 5-5-1
Coach Eddie Schwartz

1936 Awards
 Norm Iverson (E) All-League
Jess Brooks (HB) All-League
Tony Zizak (T) All-League

1937
Northwest Football League
Record: 5-3-2
Coach Eddie Schwartz

1938
Northwest Football League
Record: 8-3
Coach John Kennedy
Manager Bill Libke
 * Northwest League Runners-Up *

1939
Northwest Football League
Record: 5-2-2
Coach Mike Tucci
Manager Bill Libke
President Columbia Breweries Joe Lanser
Date Opponent Score
1891 Nov 26 @ Multnomah Athletic Club 6-30
1892 Jan 1 Multnomah Athletic Club 0-24
     
     
1892 Nov 12 Seattle Athletic Club 12-4
1892 Nov 24 Seattle Athletic Club 0-8
     
     
1893 Oct 7 Viviendas Club PPD
1893 Oct 14 Seattle Athletic Club 16-20
1893 Oct 21 Washington University Cancel
1893 Oct 21 Viviendas Club 8-9
1893 Oct 28 Seattle Athletic Club 16-20
1893 Nov 11 Multnomah Athletic Club 0-18
1893 Nov 18 Seattle University 6-4
1893 Dec 7 Seattle Athletic Club 0-8
1893 Dec 16 Multnomah Athletic Club 0-18
1893 Dec 25 Port Townsend Athletic Club Cancel
     
     
1894 Oct 20 Whitworth College 36-0
1894 Oct 27 Vashon College 25-0
1894 Nov 10 Seattle Athletic Club 0-48
1894 Nov 17 @ Seattle Athletic Club Cancel
     
     
1895 Oct 26 Portland Athletic Club 4-6
1895 Nov 9 Reliance (CA) Athletic Club 0-26
1895 Nov 16 Multnomah Athletic Club 24-10
1895 Nov 23 Seattle Athletic Club 10-15
1895 Nov 28 University of Washington 4-8
1895 Dec 5 Port Townsend Athletic Club 0-26
     
     
1896-1913 No Athletic Club Team  
1897 Jan 1 Puyallup Indian School 6-0
     
     
1914 Oct 25 @ University of Washington Frosh 6-0
1914 Nov 26 Aberdeen Moose Stars PPD
1914 Nov 29 Seattle Little Giants Exhib
1914 Dec 6 Aberdeen Moose Stars 15-7
1914 Dec 13 Seattle Little Giants 63-0
1914 Dec 25 @ Aberdeen Moose Stars 0-6
     
     
1915 Oct 16 University of Washington Frosh 0-6
1915 Oct 23 University of Washinton Jrs 19-0
1915 Oct 30 @ Multnomah Athletic Club Cancel
1915 Nov 6 @ Bremerton Navy Yard 10-0
1915 Nov 25 Aberdeen All-Stars Cancel
1915 Nov 25 Bremerton Navy Yard 0-0
     
     
1916 Oct 14 College of Puget Sound 18-15
1916 Oct 28 University of Washington Sophs Cancel
1916 Oct 28 Lincoln Park High School 7-6
1916 Nov 4 St. Martin's College Cancel
1916 Nov 11 University of Washington Frosh L
1916 Nov 18 South Tacoma Athletic Club 0-6
1916 Nov 30 Hoquiam/Aberdeen Alums 6-5
     
     
1917-1918 No Club Team Due to WWI  
     
     
1919 Nov 30 Lincoln High 7-6
     
     
1920 Oct 17 Bremerton All-Navy 0-0
1920 Oct 31 Bremerton Naval Hospital 9-0
1920 Nov 7 Aberdeen American Legion 0-20
1920 Nov 14 St. Martin's College 6-0
1920 Nov 21 Bremerton All-Navy 36-7
1920 Dec 4 Camp Lewis/Puget Sound All Stars* 13-14
    * Eddie Danielson Benefit Game   
1920 Dec 12 Seattle Athletic Club 27-0
     
     
1921 Oct 9 Camp Lewis 14th Balloon Corps 58-0
1921 Oct 16 Bremerton Navy Yard 14-0
1921 Oct 23 Camp Lewis 6th Engineers 74-0
1921 Oct 30 Aberdeen American Legion 0-28
1921 Nov 6 Boldt's Cafe Specials 0-0
1921 Nov 13 Camp Lewis 3rd Medical 41-0
1921 Nov 20 St. Martin's College Cancel
1921 Nov 27 Aberdeen American Legion Cancel
1921 Dec 26 South Tacoma Athletic Club * 0-14
  * Eddie Danielson Benefit Game   
     
1922 NO Team Information  
     
     
1923 Oct 28 St. Martin's College 0-16
1923 Nov 4 West Seattle Yellowjackets 0-25
1923 Nov 11 South Park Athletic Club 0-0
1923 Nov 18 Bremerton Navy 25-13
1923 Nov 25 South Park Athletic Club 7-0
1923 Dec 2 @ West Seattle Yellowjackets 0-14
     
     
1924 Sep 21 USS Maryland 7-6
1924 Sep 28 St. Martin's College 0-0
1924 Oct 5 South Park Athletic Club 6-0
1924 Oct 11 St. Martin's College 0-0
1924 Oct 18 College of Puget Sound 10-7
1924 Oct 19 Smith Dairy All Stars 12-0
1924 Oct 26 @ Waterfront Longshoremen Cancel
1924 Oct 26 @ Piedmont Athletic Club 0-6
1924 Nov 2 Jefferson Park Athletic Club 0-6
1924 Nov 9 Nippon Athletic Club 6-7
1924 Nov 15 @ West Seattle Yellowjackets 2-0
1924 Nov 27 West Seattle Yellowjackets Cancel
1924 Nov 27 Jefferson Park Athletic Club W FFT
1924 Nov 30 Nippon Athletic Club W FFT
     
     
1925 Sep 28 St. Martin's College 9-0
1925 Oct 4 Seattle College 19-0
1925 Oct 18 @ Portland Waterfront Employees 0-13
1925 Oct 25 Jefferson Park Athletic Club 9-3
1925 Nov 1 @ Multnomah Athletic Club 0-45
1925 Nov 8 West Seattle Athletic Club 7-6
1925 Nov 15 @ Grays Harbor All Stars 0-3
1925 Nov 22 Fort Lewis 10th Artillery 13-0
1925 Nov 29 West Seattle Athletic Club 0-0
     
     
1926 Sep 26 St. Martin's College 0-14
1926 Oct 3 Seattle College 0-0
1926 Oct 10 Aberdeen American Legion 0-6
1926 Oct 16 College of Puget Sound 0-19
1926 Oct 31 Jefferson Park Athletic Club 7-6
1926 Nov 11 Gonzaga University 0-41
1926 Nov 14 Jefferson Park Athletic Club Cancel
1926 Nov 21 West Seattle Athletic Club 6-18
1926 Nov 28 Jefferson Park Athletic Club Cancel
     
     
1927 Sep 25 St. Martin's College 0-12
1927 Oct 2 Bremerton All-Stars 7-0
1927 Oct 9 USS Idaho 0-25
1927 Oct 16 Keyport Torpedo Station 39-0
1927 Oct 23 Jefferson Park Athletic Club 12-0
1927 Oct 30 Aberdeen American Legion 6-6
1927 Nov 6 West Seattle Yellowjackets 2-6
1927 Nov 14 Bremerton All-Stars Cancel
1927 Nov 20 Aberdeen American Legion 0-0
1927 Nov 26 College of Puget Sound 0-25
     
     
1928 Oct 7 USS Lexington 0-0
1928 Oct 14 Aberdeen American Legion PPD
1928 Oct 21 Aberdeen American Legion 7-9
1928 Oct 28 @ West Seattle Yellowjackets 0-40
1928 Nov 4 St. John's Bachelors 0-7
1928 Nov 11 St. Martin's College 0-20
1928 Dec 2 @ Mount Scott Cancel
1928 Dec 9 @ Astoria Athletic Club Cancel
     
     
1929-1930 No Athletic Club Team  
     
     
1931 Sep 5 Lincoln High (Scrimmage)  
1931 Oct 18 Everett Wildcats 0-69
1931 Oct 25 Fort Lewis Soldiers 0-13
1931 Nov 8 South Tacoma Athletic Club 0-7
1931 Nov 13 @ Grays Harbor Junior College 0-38
1931 Dec 6 Fort Lewis Soldiers  
     
     
  West Seattle Yellowjackets  
1932 Oct 9 Fort Lewis Soldiers 13-18
1932 Oct 11 Lincoln High (Scrimmage)  
1932 Oct 23 Ryderwood Club 7-0
1932 Oct 30 Port Townsend Coast Guard 7-35
1932 Nov 4 Stadium High (Scrimmage)  
1932 Nov 26 Fort Lewis Soldiers * 7-14
  * Unemployed Citizens League Benefit Game   
     
     
1933 Sep 26 Stadium High (Scrimmage)  
1933 Oct 8 Fort Lewis Soldiers 12-9
1933 Oct 15 Ryderwood Athletic Club 0-6
1933 Oct 29 Veterans of Foreign Wars 0-0
1933 Nov 19 Italian Athletic Club 0-12
1933 Nov 25 Georgetown Athletic Club Cancel
1933 Dec 3 Fort Lewis Soldiers 0-6
1933 Dec 10 Veterans of Foreign Wars  
     
     
1934 Sep 30 Enumclaw Silver Barons 0-33
1934 Oct 7 Grays Harbor Indians 0-26
1934 Oct 13 USS Pennsylvania 6-32
1934 Oct 27 Fort Lewis Soldiers 14-0
1934 Nov 4 West Seattle Yellowjackets 0-21
     
     
1935 Oct 27 Elma Club 3-0
1935 Nov 17 White Center Athletic Club  
1935 Dec 1 Olympia Athletics 6-13
     
     
1936 Sep 20 Olympia Athletics 7-0
1936 Sep 27 West Seattle Yellowjackets 7-7
1936 Oct 4 Enumclaw Silver Barons 0-29
1936 Oct 11 St. Martins College 0-14
1936 Oct 18 Grays Harbor Indians 0-6
1936 Oct 25 Bremerton Destroyers 6-0
1936 Nov 1 West Seattle Yellowjackets 0-21
1936 Nov 8 Olympia Athletics 13-0
1936 Nov 15 Enumclaw Silver Barons 0-9
1936 Nov 22 Bremerton Destroyers 22-0
1936 Nov 29 Grays Harbor Indians 18-12
     
     
1937 Sep 15 Pacific Lutheran (Scrimmage)  
1937 Sep 19 Grays Harbor Indians 0-0
1937 Sep 26 West Seattle Yellowjackets 17-9
1937 Oct 3 Renton Rams 7-14
1937 Oct 10 Bremerton Destroyers 20-0
1937 Oct 24 Enumclaw Silver Barons 0-14
1937 Oct 31 Grays Harbor Indians 32-6
1937 Nov 7 West Seattle Yellowjackets 7-0
1937 Nov 14 Renton Rams 0-6
1937 Nov 21 Enumclaw Silver Barons 7-6
1937 Nov 28 Bremerton Destroyers 6-6
     
     
1938 Sep 15 Fort Lewis Soldiers Cancel
1938 Sep 18 Bremerton Destoyers 0-6
1938 Sep 26 Renton Rams 7-0
1938 Oct 2 West Seattle Yellowjackets 6-14
1938 Oct 9 Enumclaw Silver Barons 14-0
1938 Oct 16 Grays Harbor Indians 20-0
1938 Oct 23 Bremerton Destroyers 27-12
1938 Oct 30 West Seattle Yellowjackets 7-0
1938 Nov 6 Enumclaw Silver Barons 3-6
1938 Nov 13 Grays Harbor Indians 33-6
1938 Nov 21 Fort Lewis Soldiers * 13-0
1938 Nov 29 @ Renton Rams 28-14
 * Dyslin Boys Home Charity Game   
     
1939 Oct 1 Renton Rams 0-0
1939 Oct 8 West Seattle Yellowjackets 6-0
1939 Oct 14 @ Enumclaw Silver Barons 0-0
1939 Oct 21 West Seattle Yellowjackets 21-3
1939 Oct 28 Enumclaw Silver Barons 19-0
1939 Nov 5 Renton Rams 18-0
1939 Nov 19 West Seattle Yellowjackets 14-7
1939 Nov 26 Enumclaw Silver Barons 0-3
1939 Dec 3 Renton Rams 0-7
     
 
     
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