Stan Cofall Stanley Bingham Cofall ( May 5 , 1894 – September 21 , 1961 ) was a professional football player and manager . Early life . He was born in Cleveland , Ohio , to Fred and Ida Bingham Cofall . In 1910 he played football at East Technical High School . However he then moved to East High School where he became all - scholastic in football and hockey . Notre Dame . Cofall attended the University of Notre Dame where he played halfback . In 1914 , Cofall ' s first year with the Irish , he scored 9 touchdown s , and led the team with 82 points . The following year , Stan scored 9 touchdowns and again led the team with 71 points . After scoring 12 touchdowns and 84 points in 1916 , he was named to several All - American teams . Stan also served as the team ' s captain that year . Professional football . After graduation in 1917 he served as a player - coach with the professional Massillon Tigers . His football career went on hiatus from 1918 to 1919 , while serving in World War I . After the war , Cofall helped organize the Cleveland Indians football team , and the following year he and owner Jimmy O ' Donnell traveled to Canton , Ohio , and attended a meeting where the American Professional Football Association ( later named the National Football league ) was organized . At the meeting Cofall as named as the league ' s first vice president . In 1921 he played one game with the short - lived New York Brickley Giants . In 1920 Cofall played for the Union Club of Phoenixville , an independent team , which featured many players from the Buffalo All - Americans . He later played for Union Quakers of Philadelphia , after the Phoenixville team ' s star player transferred to that newly created team . In 1922 , he signed on to played with the , then - independent , Pottsville Maroons . There he helped the Maroons become the top team in the Pennsylvania coal region . In 1924 , Cofall helped the Maroons win the Anthracite League championship . The following year , the Maroons joined the NFL . College coaching . Later , Cofall coached various professional and college teams . From 1925 to 1927 , he coach Loyola College of Maryland . Cofall was the head coach for Wake Forest football program in 1928 . After football . He returned to Cleveland where he founded Stanco Oil Company in 1935 . That company later merged with the National Solvent Corporation , manufacturer of greases and oils , in 1937 with Cofall as president - treasurer . Cofall continued to be active in the Cleveland sports scene . In 1942 he helped bring the Notre Dame - Navy football game to Cleveland and was a founder of the Cleveland Touchdown Club . He also served as chairman of the Cleveland Boxing Commission and the director of liquor control for the state of Ohio . Family . Cofall was married to Irene Held , and they had three children , Jack , Stanley Jr . , and Mrs . Blossom Cummings . After their divorce in 1953 , he and his second wife , Louise , moved to Peninsula , Ohio . They had a child , Dan Cofall . Cofall died at home in 1962 and was buried at Union Cemetery in Peninsula . Cofall ' s son , Dan Cofall , graduated from Notre Dame and Southern Methodist University . Dan also hosts the daily financial talk show , " The Wall Street Shuffle " , heard daily 4 - 6pm on CNN 1190am radio in Dallas - Ft . Worth .