currentpositionplain finalyear death_date highlights debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date pastteams statseason pfr heightin death_place heightft number image college statlabel debutteam name birth_place nfl weight dbf article_title
center long 1936 12 may 1983 scored -lrb- steelers -rrb- franchise history first points -lrb- a safety -rrb- of pirates 1933 40 2 / 14 1 brooklyn dodgers -lrb- nfl -rrb- 5 august 1910 pittsburgh -lrb- 1935 -- 1936 -rrb- pirates -lrb- 1933 -- 1934 -rrb- brooklyn dodgers 1936 oehlca20 0 pinehurst , north carolina 6 26 reehgege.jpg purdue games played rushes / yds safeties pittsburgh pirates -lrb- nfl -rrb- john `` cap '' oehler queens , new york , u.s. oeh276861 204 oehlejoh01 john oehler

john oehler

john walter `` cap '' oehler -lrb- born august 5 , 1910 - may 12 , 1983 -rrb- was an american football center in the national football league -lrb- nfl -rrb- .
he was a charter member of the pittsburgh pirates -lrb- which would later be renamed the steelers -rrb- .
oehler was born in queens , new york .
he played college football at purdue university where he was named a captain .
in oehler joined the newly formed pittsburgh pirates of the nfl .
in the team 's first game , he blocked a punt which went out the back of the end zone resulting in a safety .
those were the first points recorded in franchise history and the lone points in that first 23 -- 2 loss .
he would play two years for the pirates before moving on to the brooklyn dodgers where he played two more seasons .
after leaving football , he built a career in sales with shipbuilder dravo corporation .
