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   NFL

Pard Pearce
QB Providence
UPenn
Chicago Bears, Providence Steam Roller
​1920-25

Ira "Al" McIntosh
HB Providence 
R.I. State
Providence Steam Roller
​1925-26

Joe Braney
G Providence
Syracuse, Fordham
Providence Steam Roller
1925-26

Curly Oden
QB/RB Providence
Brown
Providence Steam Roller, Boston Braves
​1925-32

Bert Shurtleff
C Little Compton
Brown
​NY Giants, Prov. Steam Roller, Bos. Bulldogs
1925-26, 1929

Firpo Avedisian
G Providence
​None
Providence Steam Roller
​1925

Pinky Lester
E East Providence
None​
Providence Steam Roller
​1926
​​​Bruce Caldwell
TB Cumberland
Yale
​​​New York Giants
​1928

​​Thurston Towle

E Pawtucket
Brown
Boston Bulldogs
​1929

​​​Bill Connor
G Providence
R.I. State, P.C., Catholic U.
​​​Boston Bulldogs, Newark Tornadoes
​1929-30

​​​Herb Titmus
BB Pawtucket
Syracuse
​Providence Steam Roller
1931

​Red Franklin
TB Hope
Oregon State
​​Brooklyn Dodgers
​1935-37

​​Ray Monaco
G Providence
​Holy Cross
​​​Washington Redskins, Cleveland Rams
​1944-45

​​Ken Steinmetz
FB Warwick
None
Boston Yanks
​1944-45 ​
​Stan Kozlowski
FB Rumford
​Notre Dame, Holy Cross
​Miami Seahawks
​1946

​​​Lou Abbruzzi

HB Warren
R.I. State
​​Boston Yanks
​1946

​Hank Soar
RB Pawtucket
​Providence College
​​​New York Giants
​1937-46

​​​Walt Slater
TB Providence
​Tennessee
​Pittsburgh Steelers
​1947

​Frank Maznicki
HB West Warwick
​Boston College
​​Chicago Bears, Boston Yanks
​1942, 1946-47

​​Bill Osmanski
FB Providence
​Holy Cross
​​Chicago Bears
​1939-47

​Paul Briggs
T Providence
Colorado
​Detroit Lions
​1948
​Earl Audet
T Providence
​Georgetown, USC
​​Washington Redskins, Los Angeles Dons
​1945-48

​​Al Russas
DB Providence
​Tennessee
​​Detroit Lions​
​1949


​​Jim Mello
DB West Warwick
Notre Dame
​Bost. Yanks, Chicago Rockets, LA Rams, Det. Lions
​1947-49


​Joe Osmanski
FB Providence
​Holy Cross
Chicago Bears, New York Bulldogs
​1946-49
​
Don Panciera
QB Westerly
BC, San Francisco ​
​New York Yankees, Detroit Lions, Chicago Cardinals
​1949-50, 1952

Gordon Polofsky
LB/G Cranston
Tennessee
Chicago Cardinals
1952-54

John Mellekas
​C-DT-T Newport
Arizona
Chicago Bears, SF 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles
1956-63
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  • Home
  • 1. The Story of ...
    • The Bear's First Quarterback
    • Brown Iron Men
    • Hank Soar
    • The Three Musketeers
    • The Dixie Kid
    • High School to the Pros
    • The Cranston Cooneys
    • Poosha Madonna
    • The Perfect Season
    • The Other Steam Roller
    • Sunday Baseball at the Parks
    • The Queen of Baseball
    • The Viking Named Curly
    • Like Father Like Son
    • The Ace of Harts
    • A Man Called Smiley
    • The Pride of Ashton
    • The Rangers on the Pitch
  • 2. The Story Of ....
    • It's All in the Name
    • Cinderella on the Gridiron
    • Howie Crins
    • Semi-Tough
    • The Wordsmith
    • Friar Football
    • Rhody on the Roller
    • The Giants
    • Coach McGee
    • Football Heroes
    • Down-the-River Eleven
    • "Speed" Braney
    • Motor-Paced
    • Cycledrome
    • Young Montreal
    • 32,000 AT LONSDALE
    • If I had a hammer
    • "Dinky" Ballou
    • Leo Cotter
    • Steam Roller Nine
    • The Iron Man Lefty
    • The Miniature World Series
    • The Return of the Roller
  • Football
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