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Raiders in the Pros COLGATE ATHLETIC HISTORY Raiders In The Pros Stramiello, Mike, OE-DLE, Brooklyn Dodgers 1930-32, Staten Island 1932, Brooklyn Dodgers 1934 National Football League Traynor, Barney, C, Milwaukee Badgers 1925 Colgate has had 61 players who have gone on to appear on an active Tryon, Ed, TB-WB, New York Yankees 1926 (AFL), New York Yankees 1927 roster in the National Football League (1920-current), or the first American van Eeghen, Mark, FB, Oakland Raiders 1974-81, New England Patriots 1982-83 Football League. Wasicek, Charles, T, Rochester Tigers 1936 (AFL) Weber, Charlie, G-T, Brooklyn Lions 1926 Abbruzzino, Frank, C-LB, Brooklyn Dodgers 1931, Cincinnati Reds-St. Louis Welsh, Jim, G-T, Frankford Yellowjackets 1924-25, Pottsville Maroons 1926 Gunners 1933 Wemple, Donald, DE-E, Brooklyn Dodgers, 1942 Anderson, Ockie, TB-QB, Buffalo All-Americans 1920-22 Yablok, Julius, TB-BB, Brooklyn Dodgers 1930-31, Staten Island 1931 Anderson, Winston, E-DLE, New York Giants 1936 Bolgeneau, E.P., G, Rochester Jeffersons 1924 Canadian Football League Branch, Jamaal, RB, New Orleans Saints 2006-07 Bovell, Dave, DB, Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1990-91, Toronto Argonauts Cabrelli, Larry, E, Philadelphia Eagles 1941-47 1991-92 Call, Jack, B, Baltimore Colts, 1957-58 Burgess, Tom, QB, Ottawa Rough Riders 1986, 1992-93, Saskatchewan Carroll, Bart, T, Rochester Jeffersons 1920 Roughriders 1987-89, 94-95, Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1990-91 Chesbro, Marcel, T, Cleveland Rams 1938 Bushey, Paul, RB, Saskatchewan Roughriders 1990-91, Hamilton Tiger-Cats Crowther, Rae, E, Frankford Yellowjackets 1925-26 1991-94, Ottawa Rough Riders 1995 Crowther, Saville, G, Frankford Yellowjackets 1925, Philadelphia Quakers 1926 Calabria, Steve, QB, Montreal Concordes 1986 (AFL) Graham, Milt, OT, Ottawa Rough Riders 1956-61 Davidson, Joe, G-C, Chicago Cardinals 1928, Newark Tornadoes 1930 Hennessey, Nick, OT, Hamilton Tiger Cats 2012 Duckworth, Joe, E, Washington Redskins 1947 Jaworski, Matt, LB, Sacramento Goldminers 1994 Eachus, Nate, RB, Kansas City Chiefs, 2012 Nichol, Jeff, LB, Hamilton Tiger Cats 1994 Erenberg, Richard, B, Pittsburgh Steelers 1984-87 Williams, Cody, DB, Hamilton Tiger Cats 2009 Fortmann, Dan, G, Chicago Bears, 1936-43 Gamble, Kenny, RB, Kansas City Chiefs, 1988-91 NFL Europe Gauer, Charles, E, Philadelphia Eagles, 1943-45 Branch, Jamaal, RB, Cologne Centurions 2006 Geyer, Bill, HB, Chicago Bears, 1942-44 Estes, Steve, OL, Berlin Thunder 2001 Gillo, Hank, FB-TB, Hammond Pros 1920-21, Racine Legion 1922-24, Milwaukee Frieser, John, TE, Berlin Thunder 2004 Badgers 1925, Racine Legion 1926 Gillson, Bob, G, Brooklyn Dodgers 1930-31 The Super Bowl Glennie, George, G-E, Racine Legion 1926 Mark Murphy, DB, Washington Redskins 1983 & 1984 Graham, Milt, OT, New England Patriots, 1961-63 Eugene Robinson, DB, Green Bay Packers 1997 & 1998 Haines, Harry, T-G, Brooklyn Dodgers 1930-31, Staten Island 1931 Altanta Falcons 1999 Hart, Les, HB, Staten Island 1931 Mark van Eeghen, RB, Oakland Raiders 1997 & 1981 Hennessey, Nick, OT, Buffalo Bills, 2009 Hoague, Joe, B, Philadelphia Eagles 1943 Horning, Clarence, T, Detroit Heralds 1920-21, Buffalo All-Americans 1921, Toledo Maroons 1922-23 Hubbard, Marv, FB, Oakland Raiders 1967-75, Detroit Lions 1977 Ilg, Raymond, LB, New England Patriots 1967-68 Irwin, Don, B, Boston Braves, 1936, Washington Redskins 1937-39, Rochester Tigers 1936 (AFL), New York Yanks 1936 (AFL) Jamison, Al, T, Houston Oilers 1960-62 Jaworski, Matt, LB, Indianapolis Colts 1991 Kershaw, George, DLE, New York Giants 1949 Kimmel, Jon, LB, Philadelphia Eagles 1985 Kinscherf, Carl, B, New York Giants 1943-44 Laird, Jim, FB-G, Rochester Jeffersons 1920, Buffalo All-Americans 1920-21, Rochester Jeffersons 1921, Buffalo All-Americans 1922, Providence Steamroller 1925-28, Staten Island 1931 Leonard James, T, Chicago Bears 1924 Long, Johnny, QB-DB, Chicago Bears 1944-45 MacKinnon, Jacques, TE, San Diego Chargers 1961-69, Oakland Raiders 1970 Mankat, Carl, T-E, Dayton Triangles 1928-29 Manusky, Greg, LB, Washington Redskins 1988-90, Minnesota Vikings 1991-93, Kansas City Chiefs 1994-99 Micka, Mike, B, Washington Redskins 1944-45 Morelli, Francis, T, New York Jets 1962 Muehlheuser, Frank, FB, Boston Yankees 1948, New York Bulldogs 1949 Murphy, Mark, S, Washington Redskins 1977-84 Neacy, Clement, E-T, Milwaukee Badgers 1924-26, Chicago Bears 1927, Duluth Eskimos 1927, Chicago Cardinals 1928 Parnell, Fred, T-G, New York Giants 1925-27 Pillsbury, Gordon, C, Rochester Tigers 1936 (AFL) Robinson, Eugene, DB, Seattle Seahawks 1985-95, Green Bay Packers 1996-97, Atlanta Falcons 1998-99, Carolina Panthers 2000 Rowe, Robert, B, Detroit Lions, 1934, Philadelphia Eagles 1935 Stacco, Edward, T, Detroit Lions 1947, Washington Redskins 1948 Stewart Charlie, G, Akron Indians 1923 Strack, Charlie G, Chicago Cardinals 1928.
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