Guil Falcon Explained

Guil Falcon
Birth Date:15 December 1892
Birth Place:Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Death Place:Hollywood, Florida, U.S.
Position1:Fullback
Position2:Guard
Position3:Quarterback
Position4:Halfback
Height Ft:5
Height In:10
Weight Lb:220
College:None
Coaching Years1:1920
Coaching Team1:Chicago Tigers
Coaching Years2:1922–1923
Coaching Team2:Toledo Maroons
Playing Years1:1915
Playing Team1:Evanston North Ends
Playing Years2:1917
Playing Team2:Wabash A. A.
Playing Years3:1919
Playing Team3:Hammond All-Stars
Playing Years4:1920
Playing Team4:Chicago Tigers
Playing Years5:1920–1921
Playing Team5:Hammond Pros
Playing Years6:1921
Playing Team6:Canton Bulldogs
Playing Years7:1922–1923
Playing Team7:Toledo Maroons
Playing Years8:1924
Playing Team8:Hammond Pros
Playing Years9:1925
Playing Team9:Rochester Jeffersons
Playing Years10:1925
Playing Team10:Hammond Pros
Playing Years11:1925
Playing Team11:Akron Pros
Other Title:owner
Other Years1:1920
Other Team1:Chicago Tigers
Career Highlights:
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Guilford W. "Hawk" Falcon (December 15, 1892  - July 28, 1982) was a professional American football player, owner and coach who spent six season, from 1920 to 1925, in the National Football League (NFL) with the Akron Pros, Canton Bulldogs, Chicago Tigers, Hammond Pros, Rochester Jeffersons and the Toledo Maroons. Guil also served a player-coach during his time with the Tigers and Maroons.

In 1920 the Chicago Tigers and Cardinals playing for the same Chicago fan dollar. Cardinals owner Chris O’Brien offered—and Falcon agreed—to play for the right to represent Chicago in the American Professional Football Association, with the winner to remain as the city’s only professional team, while the loser would fold operations. Paddy Driscoll scored the game’s only touchdown on a 40-yard run and the Cardinals won, 6 - 3. As promised, the Tigers finished the season with a 2–5–1 record, dropped out of competition, becoming the first NFL/APFA team to fold.

Guil played with Pro Football Hall of Famer Fritz Pollard during his stints with Akron and Hammond.

In 2022, he was named one of the 10 inaugural members for the Football Learning Academy's Hall of Honor, which looks to acknowledge deserving icons that are not currently inducted in the hall.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Football Learning Academy .