John Tanner (American football)

John Portor "Hump" Tanner (December 3, 1897 December 23, 1976) was a professional American football player in the early National Football League with the Toledo Maroons, Cleveland Indians and Cleveland Bulldogs. He began his football playing at Owensboro High School. He then played at the college level for Centre College.[1]

John Tanner
Position:Wingback
Personal information
Born:December 3, 1897
Owensboro, Kentucky
Died:December 23, 1976(1976-12-23) (aged 79)
Owensboro, Kentucky
Height:5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight:165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
College:Centre
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

He played for the Praying Colonels in the infamous 1921 Centre vs. Harvard football game. The Colonels (under coach Charley Moran) shocked Harvard University and became the first school ever from outside the East to beat one of the Ivy League's "Big Three" of Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.

Tanner was a teammate as well as close friend of Jim Thorpe, who was considered the greatest athlete of his era.

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