1911 Detroit Heralds season | |
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Head coach | Bill Marshall |
Home field | Mack Park |
Results | |
Record | 4–0–1 |
The 1911 Detroit Heralds season was the seventh season of independent American football played by the Detroit Heralds. The team was coached by Bill Marshall, compiled a 4–0–1 record, and won the Detroit football championship.
The team's lineup included Birtie Maher and R. Shields (ends), Polly La Grue (quarterback), Sylvester "Ole" Mauer and Schaffer (halfbacks), Lawrence Nedeau (fullback), and Hartledge (center).
During the 1911 season, Birtie Maher was an 18-year-old immigrant from Ireland; he played 10 seasons with the Heralds, remaining with the team until the 1920 season when they played in the National Football League.
Ole Mauer played with the Heralds starting in 1906. He was later remembered in a 1966 column by Joe Falls as "the first left halfback on the first professional football team to play in Detroit". [1]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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November 5 | Hurons |
| W 28–0 | 1,094 | [2] |
November 12 | Northwesterns |
| W 22–0 | [3] | |
November 19 | Spartans |
| W 35–0 | [4] [5] | |
November 26 | Wolverines |
| T 0–0 | 1,460 | [6] |
December 3 | Wolverines |
| W 2–0 | [7] |
The team's players included the following, those players with at least three starts shown in bold: