Earl Potteiger

Earl Potteiger

Date of birth	(1893-02-11)February 11, 1893
Place of birth	Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Date of death
Place of death	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Career information
Position(s)	Halfback
College	Ursinus, Albright
Career history
As coach
1925	Kenosha Maroons
1927–1928	New York Giants
As player
1914–1919	Conshohocken Athletic Club
1920	Union Club of Phoenixville
1920	Buffalo All-Americans
1921	Chicago Cardinals
1921	Frankford Yellow Jackets
1922	Milwaukee Badgers
1924	Kenosha Maroons
1925–1928	New York Giants
Career highlights and awards
NFL Champion (1927)
Career stats
Playing stats at NFL.com Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

William Earl Potteiger (February 11, 1893 – April 7, 1959) was an American football, baseball, and basketball player and coach. He played professionally in both baseball and football and coached professionally in basketball, baseball and football. Potteiger was player-coach for the New York Giants when they won their first National Football League championship in 1927. He also played minor league baseball from 1913 to 1917, in 1919, and from 1926 to 1927. He managed in the minors from 1926 to 1927 and in 1932.

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• Career statistics