Age: 28
4th
season in pro football, 3rd in APFA/NFL & 2nd with Bulldogs
College: Nebraska
Height: 6’2” Weight: 192
Prelude:
Chamberlin
transferred from Nebraska Wesleyan to the Univ. of Nebraska and was a consensus
first-team All-American end in 1915. Following military service from 1917 to
’19, he joined Canton in 1919, when it was still part of the informal Ohio
League, and moved on to the Decatur Staleys of the new NFL (then called
American Professional Football Association) in ’20. Tall and fast, and
outstanding on both offense and defense, Chamberlin received first-team
All-League honors from The Rock Island Argus. The club shifted to Chicago in
1921 (and was rechristened the Bears the next year) and won the NFL
Championship. Chamberlin returned to Canton as player/coach in 1922.
1922 Season Summary
Appeared in 12
games
[Bracketed
numbers indicate league rank in Top 20]
Scoring
Rushing TDs –
3 [10, tied with ten others]
Receiving TDs
– 1 [5, tied with twenty-two others]
Interception
TDs – 2 [1]
Misc. TDs – 1
[1, tied with Norb Sacksteder, Curly Lambeau & Al Nesser]
Total TDs – 7
[1, tied with Jimmy Conzelman]
Points – 42 [3]
Awards & Honors:
1st
team All-NFL: George Halas
Bulldogs went
10-0-2 to finish first in the NFL while leading the league in touchdowns (26)
and scoring (184 points).
Aftermath:
The Bulldogs
went undefeated in 1923 to again top the NFL with an 11-0-1 record under
Chamberlin’s guidance, and as a player he received first-team All-NFL honors
from Collyers Eye and second-team recognition from the Green Bay Press-Gazette.
The franchise was effectively shifted to Cleveland in 1924 and won another
title. Chamberlin received first-team All-NFL honors from Collyers Eye. He
moved on to become player/coach of the Frankford Yellow Jackets in 1925 and,
after a sixth-place finish that year, they topped the NFL with a 14-1-2 record
in ’26. Chamberlin ended up as both a player and coach with the Chicago
Cardinals in 1927, who placed ninth with the only losing record of any team
that he played for or coached. Overall, as a player Chamberlin played in 92
games and scored 17 touchdowns, and received at least some first-team
All-League recognition four times. As a coach, his teams went 58-16-7,
including 21-0-3 in two seasons with Canton, and won a total of four NFL Championships.
Chamberlin was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Class of 1965.
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Highlighted Years features players who were first-team
All-League* selections or league* or conference** leaders in the following
statistical categories:
Rushing: Yards,
TDs (min. 10)
Passing:
Yards, Completion Pct., Yards per Attempt, TDs, Rating
Receiving:
Catches, Yards, TDs (min. 10)
Scoring: TDs,
Points, Field Goals (min. 5)
All-Purpose:
Total Yards
Defense:
Interceptions, Sacks
Kickoff
Returns: Average
Punt Returns:
Average
Punting:
Average
*Leagues
include NFL (1920 to date), AFL (1926), AFL (1936-37), AAFC (1946-49), AFL
(1960-69), WFL (1974-75), USFL (1983-85)
**NFC/AFC
since 1970
