(1890-05-07)May 7, 1890 Beardstown, Illinois, U.S.
Died:
June 18, 1962(1962-06-18) (aged 72) Rock Island, Illinois, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)
End
College
None
Career history
As player
1912–1914
Rock Island Independents
As owner
1915–1923
Rock Island Independents
Career highlights and awards
National Football League co-founder
Walter Harrison Flanigan (May 7, 1890 – June 18, 1962) was an American football player and owner of the Rock Island Independents. He was also one of the co-founders of the National Football League (NFL).
Walter Harrison Flanigan (May 7, 1890 – June 18, 1962) was an American football player and owner of the Rock Island Independents. He was also one of the...
Roche, the Independents won eight games without giving up a score. WalterFlanigan was the owner of the Independents 1915 to 1923. Dale Johnson then owned...
Island Independents Players Stadiums Douglas Park Browning Field Owners WalterFlanigan Dale Johnson Head coaches Ursella Coughlin Conzelman Sies Armstrong...
Muncie Flyers Earl Ball Cooney Checkaye Racine (Chicago) Cardinals Chris O'Brien Rochester Jeffersons Leo Lyons Rock Island Independents WalterFlanigan...
The Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award is presented annually by the National Football League (NFL) honoring a player's commitment to philanthropy...
Independents season was the team's first season under manager/owner WalterFlanigan. The season resulted in the team posting a 5-1-1 record. "1915 Rock...
Muncie Flyers Earl Ball Cooney Checkaye Racine (Chicago) Cardinals Chris O'Brien Rochester Jeffersons Leo Lyons Rock Island Independents WalterFlanigan...
League (NFL) from 1923 until 1925. He took over the team from WalterFlanigan after Flanigan decided to refocus all of his time on his insurance and real...
second game of the season, coming off a 14–7 victory the week prior. Coach Flanigan had Fred Chicken, Bobby Marshall, and Freeman Fitzgerald—the 1919 Independents'...
James Michael Flanigan Jr. (born August 27, 1971) is a former American football defensive tackle that played in the National Football League (NFL) from...
give the Independents a 14-7 lead in the second quarter. Team owner WalterFlanigan ordered tackle Ed Healey to relieve Coughlin. Once Coughlin was safely...
Walter Estes Dellinger III (May 15, 1941 – February 16, 2022) was an American attorney and legal scholar who served as the Douglas B. Maggs Professor of...
more than just glasses". Post-Crescent Media. Retrieved February 9, 2017. Flanigan, Kathy (November 6, 2015). "Pass the Bottle: Badger State Brewing to Release...
Griffin Dunne Robert Duvall William Esper Timothy Farrell Mary Fickett Joe Flanigan Meg Foster Leonard Frey Edith González Betty Garrett Brian Geraghty Jeff...
Irrigation Canal) Flanigan Ditch was constructed about 1880 by the Flanigan family, Mormon pioneers in the Zion valley. The Flanigans acquired water rights...
(politics) Swing vote Sorauf and Beck, Party Politics in America, 1988. Flanigan and Zingale, Political Behavior of the American Electorate, 1988. Wolfinger...
Daunte Culpepper. Brooks was also, along with Jim Flanigan of the Chicago Bears, the winner of the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, given to a National...
Retrieved September 28, 2017. Mistretta, Amy (September 11, 2020). "Joe Flanigan exits General Hospital as Neil Byne". Soaps.com. United States: SheKnows...
United Press International, Inc. 5 July 1984. Retrieved 17 February 2022. Flanigan, Brian (6 July 1984). "600-FOOT PLUNGE FROM WINDOW: A promising career...
Robinson, American actress October 19 Katie Douglas, Canadian actress Sidney Flanigan, American actress October 23 Amandla Stenberg, American actress Jake Siciliano...
election. District 4: Diana Winzenreid lost nomination to a full term to Bill Flanigan. District 30: David Adkins lost renomination to Jeff Eldridge. District...
nominees Joe Ellington and Marty Gearheart and Democratic nominees Ryan Flanigan, Greg Ball, and Bill Morefield, who had run for a District 25 seat in 2006...