(1898-03-06)March 6, 1898 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Died:
July 31, 1970(1970-07-31) (aged 72) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Career information
High school:
St. Louis (MO) McKinley
College:
Washington University
Career history
As a player:
Decatur Staleys (1920)
Rock Island Independents (1921–1922)
Milwaukee Badgers (1922–1924)
Detroit Panthers (1925–1926)
Providence Steam Roller (1927–1929)
As a coach:
Rock Island Independents (1921–1922) Head coach
Milwaukee Badgers (1922–1924) Head coach
Detroit Panthers (1925–1926) Head coach
Providence Steam Roller (1927–1929) Head coach
St. Louis Gunners (1931) Head coach
Washington University (1932–1939) Head coach
Chicago Cardinals (1940–1942, 1946–1948) Head coach
Career highlights and awards
2× NFL champion (1928, 1947)
2× Second-team All-Pro (1923, 1925)
NFL 1920s All-Decade Team
Arizona Cardinals Ring of Honor
Career NFL statistics
Rushing touchdowns:
16
Games played:
104
Head coaching record
Career:
87–63–18 (.571)
Player stats at PFR
Coaching stats at PFR
Pro Football Hall of Fame
James Gleason Dunn Conzelman (March 6, 1898 – July 31, 1970) was an American football player and coach, baseball executive, and advertising executive. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1964 and was selected in 1969 as a quarterback on the National Football League 1920s All-Decade Team.
A native of St. Louis, Conzelman played college football for the 1918 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets team that won the 1919 Rose Bowl. In 1919, he was an All-Missouri Valley Conference quarterback for the Washington University Pikers football team. He then played 10 seasons as a quarterback, halfback, placekicker, and coach in the National Football League (NFL) for the Decatur Staleys (1920), Rock Island Independents (1921–1922), Milwaukee Badgers (1922–1924), Detroit Panthers (1925–1926), and Providence Steam Roller (1927–1929). He was also a team owner in Detroit and, as player-coach, led the 1928 Providence Steam Roller team to an NFL championship.
From 1932 to 1939, Conzelman was the head football coach for the Washington University Bears football team, leading the program to Missouri Valley Conference championships in 1934, 1935, and 1939. He served as head coach of the NFL's Chicago Cardinals from 1940 to 1942 and again from 1946 to 1948. He led the Cardinals to an NFL championship in 1947 and Western Division championships in 1947 and 1948. He was also an executive with the St. Louis Browns in Major League Baseball from 1943 to 1945.
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