Gaylord Stinchcomb Gaylord Roscoe " Pete " Stinchcomb ( June 24 , 1895 – August 24 , 1973 ) was an American football player . He played quarterback and halfback at Ohio State University where he was selected as an All - American in 1920 . He later played professional football for the Chicago Bears ( 1921 – 1922 ) , Columbus Tigers ( 1923 ) , Cleveland Indians ( 1923 ) , and Louisville Colonels ( 1926 ) . He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1973 . Biography . Stinchcomb was a native of Sycamore , Ohio . He played high school football for Fostoria High School in Fostoria , Ohio , and was named an All - Ohio halfback while playing on an undefeated football team . Stinchcomb enrolled at Ohio State University in 1916 . He played for the Buckeyes as a quarterback and halfback in 1917 , 1919 and 1920 . Stinchcomb ' s biography at the College Football Hall of Fame describes him as follows : " Although a lightweight at 165 pounds , Stinchcomb was a halfback blitz , quick and shifty as he made his way through enemy defenses . " As a sophomore in 1917 , Stinchcomb was selected as an All - Big Ten Conference player at the quarterback position . Though All - American Chic Harley was the veteran star of the 1917 Buckeyes team , Stinchcomb ' s play won him praise as a co - star of the Ohio State backfield . One newspaper wrote as follows about Stinchcomb ' s performance in 1917 : " Stinchcomb a Star . On the campus at Ohio State they call him ' Pete , ' and although the stellar performance against Northwestern was his ' curtain ' affair they have learned to mention him in the same breath with ' Chic ' Harley . Last season when Stinchcomb was running through the varsity as a member of the freshman eleven Ohio fans looked a year ahead and longed to see Harley and Stinchcomb paired off as halves on the same team . Today , that situation has come pass , and with what effect the season ' s record shows . " At the end of the 1917 season , one newspaper wrote : " Harley and his teammate , Stinchcomb , of Ohio State , outstepped their rivals and made the greatest pair of backs ever seen in the Western Conference . " In April 1918 , following the entry of the United States into World War I , Stinchcomb enlisted in the U . S . Navy and missed the 1918 football season . He played for a Cleveland Naval football team during the 1918 season . In an 83 – 0 win over Cornell , he ran 100 yards for a touchdown . In a 14 – 6 win over Camp Grant , Stinchcomb was the Navy ' s star , kicking two extra points and returning a punt 65 yards for a touchdown . And at the end of the 1918 season , Stinchcomb scored seven points ( a touchdown and an extra point ) as the Cleveland Naval Reserve team defeated the University of Pittsburgh football team , 10 – 9 . In a profile of Stinchcomb published in November 1918 , one writer observed : The reason for such optimistic predictions is the showing Stlnchcomb has made this season in the ' unofficial ' football season all grid fans have enjoyed . As backfleld man for the Cleveland Naval Reserve team - - in which branch of the service Stinchcomb has been serving - - ' Pete ' has romped around opposing ends - - plunged through their lines and carried his team to the fore ranks of military and naval football ratings . " In late December 1918 , Stinchcomb , described as " the star line - plunger on the Cleveland Naval Reserve eleven , " announced his plan to return to Ohio State in 1919 . After the war , Stinchcomb returned to Ohio State and played for the Buckeyes football team in 1919 and 1920 . He also founded the Student Bookstore at Ohio State in 1920 . In 1919 , he played for the first Ohio State football team to defeat the University of Michigan . Stinchcomb and fellow backfield star Chic Harley were the stars in the Buckeyes ' first victory over the Wolverines . At the end of the 1919 season , Stinchcomb was selected as a first - team All - Western quarterback . With Harley ' s graduation , Stinchcomb was the star of Ohio State ' s 1920 football team . The 1920 group led by Stinchcomb became Ohio State ' s first undefeated football team , and at the end of the season Stinchcomb was selected as a first - team All - American . Ohio State coach John Wilce later recalled the efficiency of the two stars of his 1920 team : " ' Workmen to Stinchcomb ' was a phrase almost as common in the west as the famous ' Tinker to Evers to Chance . ' Hoge Workman at quarter and Pete Stinchcomb at right half played every phase of footpall expertly but they had developed the aerial game to the last degree of efficiency . . . . Stinchcomb was perhaps the outstanding star of the squad . The critics unanimously picked him for all - American halfback . " While traveling to Pasadena , California in December 1920 to play in the 1921 Rose Bowl , Stinchcomb announced that he would marry Anne Jane Summers of Columbus , Ohio . The two remained married for more than 50 years until Stinchcomb ' s death in 1973 . Stinchcomb also competed for Ohio State in baseball and track and field . As a senior , he won the 1921 NCAA championship in the broad jump . Stinchcomb played several years of professional football . He played two years for George Halas ' s Chicago Bears ( 1921 – 1922 ) and also played some for the Columbus Tigers ( 1923 ) , the Cleveland Indians ( 1923 ) , and the Louisville Colonels ( 1926 ) . He was selected as a first - team All - Pro in 1921 and 1922 and a second - team All - Pro in 1923 . Stinchcomb returned to Ohio State as a backfield coach in 1935 . After retiring from football , Stinchcomb served as president of Linworth Homes Inc . of Findlay , Ohio and Urichsville , Ohio , and as president of Eagle Creek Utility Co . of Findlay . Stinchcomb and his wife , Anne Jane , lived in Upper Arlington , Ohio for many years , but moved to Findlay , Ohio in 1968 when he became president of Linworth Homes . In 1973 , Stinchcomb was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame , but he died at age 78 before the induction ceremony was conducted . There is a street named after him nearby the Ohio State campus .