Shorty Barr
Encyclopedia
Wallace Andre Barr was a professional football
player in the National Football League
for the Racine Legion and the Milwaukee Badgers
. He was also a player-coach
for the NFL's renamed Racine Tornadoes in 1926. 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 4 point game in NFL history. The Legion would go on to win the game though 10-4. In 1924 Barr punted 40 times for Racine and averaged 65 yards per punt.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
player in the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
for the Racine Legion and the Milwaukee Badgers
Milwaukee Badgers
The Milwaukee Badgers were a professional American football team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that played in the National Football League from 1922 to 1926. The team played its home games at Athletic Park, later known as Borchert Field, on Milwaukee's north side...
. He was also a player-coach
Player-coach
A player-coach, in sports, is a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties. The term can be used to refer to both players who serve as head coaches, or as assistant coaches....
for the NFL's renamed Racine Tornadoes in 1926. On November 25, 1923, as the quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
for the Legion, Barr was tackled twice in the end zone
End zone
In gridiron-based codes of football, the end zone refers to the scoring area on the field. It is the area between the end line and goal line bounded by the sidelines. There are two end zones, each being on an opposite side of the field...
during a game against the Chicago Cardinals causing the Cards to register a pair of safeties in the only 4 point game in NFL history. The Legion would go on to win the game though 10-4. In 1924 Barr punted 40 times for Racine and averaged 65 yards per punt.