John Wallace (American football end)
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Personal information | |||
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Born: | Coal City, Illinois | September 2, 1904||
Died: | July 3, 1981 Mission Viejo, California | (aged 76)||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Weight: | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||
Career information | |||
High school: | Emerson (IN) | ||
College: | Notre Dame | ||
Position: | End | ||
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John James Wallace (September 2, 1904 – July 3, 1981) was an American football player.
Wallace was born in 1904 in Coal City, Illinois.[1] He attended Emerson High School in Gary, Indiana. He then enrolled at the University of Notre Dame where he played on Knute Rockne's Notre Dame Fighting Irish football teams from 1923 to 1926.[2][3]
Wallace also played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) as an end for the Chicago Bears in 1928 and the Dayton Triangles in 1929. He appeared in 16 NFL games, five as a starter.[1]
Wallace died in 1981 at Mission Viejo, California.[2]
References
- ^ a b "John Wallace". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
- ^ a b "John Wallace". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
- ^ "Wallace Is Sensation: Gary Boy Shows True Worth in West Point Classic". The South Bend Tribune. November 20, 1926. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
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