Ralph Scott | |
Birth Date: | 26 September 1894 |
Birth Place: | Dewey, Portage County, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Death Place: | Billings, Montana, U.S. |
Position1: | Guard |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 2 |
Weight Lb: | 235 |
College: | Wisconsin |
Coaching Years1: | 1926–1927 |
Coaching Team1: | New York Yankees |
Playing Years1: | 1921–1925 |
Playing Team1: | Chicago Staleys/Bears |
Playing Years2: | 1926–1927 |
Playing Team2: | New York Yankees |
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Databasefootball: | SCOTTRAL01 |
Coachpfr: | ScotRa0 |
Ralph Vernon Scott (September 26, 1894 – August 16, 1936) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally in the first American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Staleys/Bears and the New York Yankees. Scott was a member of the 1921 Chicago Staleys APFA Championship team. In 1926 C. C. Pyle, began the AFL after a dispute with the NFL over the terms of granting himself a league franchise in New York City. Pyle eventually hired Scott as a player-coach the Yankees for an undisclosed amount of money.
Prior to playing professionally, Scott played college football at the University of Wisconsin. In 1920 Scott helped the Badgers to a 6–1 record. That year, he was selected to the All-Big Ten Conference football team and was a consensus All-American.