List of Columbus Panhandles players

This is a list of American football players who played for the Columbus Panhandles in the National Football League (NFL). It includes players that have played at least one match in the NFL regular season. The Columbus Panhandles franchise was founded in 1901 and lasted until 1922, when they became the Columbus Tigers. The team folded in 1926.

Key

Thing	Meaning
Name	Players' name. It was common for newspapers to only use last names, so when there is only one word in this column, it is the last name.
College(s)	College(s) where the player attended. Newspapers did not normally report colleges, so some information is unknown.
Season(s)	The range, in years, in which a player played
Position(s)	Position(s) where the player played
—	Unknown information

Players

List of players, showing college(s), season(s), position(s) played

Name	College(s)	Season(s)	Position(s)	Ref
Allen	—	1908	Guard Tackle
Burl Atcheson	Columbus East High School	1922	End
Baker	—	1907	Guard Tackle
Bast	—	1909	Guard
Jack Beckett	Oregon University	1922	Guard
Otto Beckwith	None	1919–1920	Halfback
Lawrence Henry "Heinie" Spiers	None	1903–1920	Quarterback
—	1910	End
Harry Bliss	Ohio State University	1921	Halfback Quarterback
Bob Boyer	Indiana University	1909–1911	Quarterback End Halfback
Bridge	Dennison University	1903	Fullback
Haven Brigham	Ohio State University	1913–1920	Center Guard End
Brugs	—	1915	End
Burns	—	1913	Guard
Burton	—	1907–1908	Quarterback Halfback
Busby	—	1910–1911	End Quarterback
William Butler	Ohio Medical University	1901	Fullback
Carey	—	1902	Halfback
Bulldog Carlisle	—	1907–1908	End Tackle Halfback
Chuck Carney	Illinois University	1922	Tackle
Bill Carroll	—	1902–1903	Guard
Gene Carroll	Marietta College Waynesburg University	1922	Guard
Chafin	—	1910–1911	Guard Tackle
Chapman	—	1904	Fullback

C

Martin P. Cahill

D

John Davis

E

Charlie Essman

F

Jim Flower

G

Hal Gaulke, Morris Glassman, Andy Gump

H

Babe Houck, Ted Hopkins,

K

Bob Karch, Earl Krieger, Oscar Kuehner

L

Frank Lone Star

M

Wilkie Moody, Joe Mulbarger, Ted Murtha

N

Al Nesser, Charlie Nesser, Frank Nesser, Fred Nesser, John Nesser, Phil Nesser, Ray Nesser, Ted Nesser,

P

Dwight Peabody

R

Bob Rapp, Walt Rogers, Emmett Ruh, Homer Ruh

S

John Schneider, Pete Schultze, Al Shook, Lee Snoots, Mark Stevenson Spiers

W

Will Waite, Don Wiper, Oscar Wolford

Y

Howard Yerges

Z

Paul Ziegler

References

• Willis, Chris (2007). The Columbus Panhandles: A Complete History of Pro Football's Toughest Team, 1900–1922. Lanham, MD, US: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5893-0.