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I've seen film of a few games from the Bears at the time and in them, Brumbaugh played T QB, but Molesworth took the snaps as tailback/halfback when Chicago lined up in the single wing. They used both formations at the time. Supposedly, Beattie Feathers worked better out of the SW. Obviously, that's...

The Titans had some fun with it...
https://twitter.com/i/status/1656827454118412289

If only someone had written a book about this...https://www.amazon.com/Pioneer-Coaches-NFL-Shaping-60-Minute/dp/153811223X In brief, T was always the base Offense for the Bears. Halas was the main coach keeping it alive, but, yes, his teams used other popular shift offenses from the time as well as ...

Smiley Johnson joined the military from the Packers and died on Iwo Jima in WWII. Don't know if that meets your criteria on active players.

Southpaw Allie Sherman began his career as a backup QB with the Eagles in 1943.Eagles started running the T under Greasy Neale in '41.

Having watched the steady decline of the Eagles in years 2-4 in Philadelphia under Rhodes, I did not expect much when Green Bay hired him and was happy when Wolf quickly corrected his mistake after one season. Wolf later said that Packer locker room was entirely too comfortable under Rhodes, especia...

https://us.amazon.com/gp/product/198609 ... taft_p1_i1

Mark Wald's Football Almanac...vol1 pointspreads...vol2 weather

He changed his server. New address is:
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