Shorty Barr Explained

Shorty Barr
Birth Date:30 November 1897
Birth Place:Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Height Ft:5
Height In:8
Weight Lbs:195
Position:Quarterback
College:Wisconsin
Coachpfr:BarrSh0
Databasefootball:BARRSHO01
Playing Years1:1923–1924
Playing Team1:Racine Legion
Playing Years2:1925
Playing Team2:Milwaukee Badgers
Playing Years3:1926
Playing Team3:Racine Tornadoes
Coaching Years1:1926
Coaching Team1:Racine Tornadoes

Wallace Andre "Shorty" Barr (November 30, 1897 – April 26, 1957) was a professional American football player in the National Football League (NFL) for the Racine Legion and the Milwaukee Badgers. He was also a player-coach for the NFL's renamed Racine Tornadoes in 1926.

Barr played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers.[1]

On November 25, 1923, as the quarterback for the Legion, Barr was tackled twice in the end zone during a game against the Chicago Cardinals causing the Cards to register a pair of safeties in the only four-point game in NFL history. The Legion won the game though 10–4. In 1924 Barr punted 40 times for Racine and averaged 65 yards per punt.

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  1. News: "Shorty" Barr Eligible Says Dean Richards. The Capital Times. Newspapers.com. September 20, 1922. 9.