Vincent John McCarthy (November 3, 1899 – November 1968) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

player who played for three years with the Rock Island Independents of the

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(NFL) and the first American Football League. Once he became owner of the team in 1924,

Dale Johnson Dale Johnson (August 15, 1902 – April 24, 1963) was a local businessman in Rock Island, Illinois, who is best known for his role in the ownership of the Rock Island Independents of the National Football League from 1923 until 1925. He took over ...

made McCarthy, who was the team's back-up quarterback, his new

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1899 births 1968 deaths National Football League general managers Rock Island Independents players Rock Island Independents (AFL) players St. Viator Irish football players {{quarterback-stub