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.