Shorty Barr
American football player
1897 – 1957
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Who was Shorty Barr?
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.
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- Born
- Nov 30, 1897
Milwaukee - Education
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Died
- Apr 26, 1957
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on July 23, 2013
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