playing_years coaching_years death_place death_date databasefootball birth_place coaching_teams article_title position playing_teams birth_date nfl pfr college
1914 -- 1919 1920 1920 1921 1921 1922 1924 1925 -- 1928 1925 1927 -- 1928 philadelphia , pennsylvania 7 april 1959 potteear01 pottstown , pennsylvania kenosha maroons new york giants earl potteiger
 halfback conshohocken chicago cardinals frankford yellow jackets milwaukee badgers kenosha maroons new athletic york giants club union club of phoenixville buffalo all-americans 11 february 1893 pot249174 pottea20 ursinus , albright
earl potteiger

william earl potteiger -lrb- february 11 , 1893 -- april 7 , 1959 -rrb- 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 .
