height_ft finalyear death_date debutyear finalteam birth_date pfr weight_lbs death_place image college debutteam name nflnew birth_place position highschool height_in article_title
5 1920 13 june 1962 1920 detroit heralds 12 august 1896 finsru20 165 athens , ohio russ finsterwald.png syracuse detroit heralds russ finsterwald russfinsterwald/2514044 athens , ohio wingback athens high school 9 russ finsterwald

russ finsterwald

russell weihr finsterwald -lrb- august 12 , 1896 -- june 13 , 1962 -rrb- was an american football and basketball player and coach .
he played both sports at syracuse university between 1916 and 1917 before serving in the u.s. army during world war i .
he played professional football for the 1920 detroit heralds during the first regular season of the national football league -lrb- nfl -rrb- , then known as the american professional football association -lrb- apfa -rrb- .
he also served as the head coach of the ohio university football and men 's basketball teams in the early 1920s .
