other_team playing_years death_date death_place birth_place other_years playing_team other_title image_size article_title position birth_date image college name
rock island independents 1912-1914 18 june 1962 rock island , illinois , united states beardstown , illinois , united states 1915-1923 rock island independents owner 200px walter flanigan
 owner , end may 7 , 1890 walterhflanigan.jpg '' none '' walter flanigan
walter flanigan

walter harrison flanigan -lrb- may 7 , 1890 -- june 18 , 1962 -rrb- was a professional football player , and later the owner , for the rock island independents .
he was also one of the co-founders of the national football league .
