1911 Detroit Heralds season

1911 Detroit Heralds season
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]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
November 5	Hurons	Mack Park Detroit	W 28–0	1,094	[2]
November 12	Northwesterns	Mack Park Detroit	W 22–0		[3]
November 19	Spartans	Mack Park Detroit	W 35–0		[4][5]
November 26	Wolverines	Mack Park Detroit	T 0–0	1,460	[6]
December 3	Wolverines	Mack Park Detroit	W 2–0		[7]

Players

The team's players included the following, those players with at least three starts shown in bold:

• Beveridge - started 4 games at guard, 1 game at tackle
• Fair - started 1 game at guard
• Hartledge - started 4 games at center
• Jackel - started 4 games at tackle, 1 game at guard
• La Grue - started all 5 games at quarterback; also team captain
• Birtie Maher - started all 5 games at right end
• Mauer - started all 5 games at left halfback
• McGuire - started 1 game at center
• Nedeau - started 4 games at fullback
• Nichols - started 3 games at tackle, 1 game at fullback
• Schaffer - started all 5 games at right halfback
• G. Shields - started 4 games at guard, 1 game at tackle
• R. Shields - started all 5 games at left end
• Sullivan - started 1 game at tackle

References

1. Joe Falls (July 31, 1966). "Old Pro Football Players Never Die". Detroit Free Press. p. 2C – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Hurons Fail To Cross Goal Line". Detroit Free Press. November 6, 1911. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Heralds Crimp Northwesterns". Detroit Free Press. November 13, 1911. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Heralds Expect a Hard Battle". Detroit Free Press. November 19, 1911. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Heralds Record Is Untarnished". Detroit Free Press. November 20, 1911. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Scoreless Draw In Title Battle". Detroit Free Press. November 27, 1911. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "City Title Goes To The Heralds". Detroit Free Press. December 4, 1911. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.