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5 unusual facts about Staten Island Stapletons


Basil Wilkerson

Basil Glenn Wilkerson (January 22, 1907 – September 1967) was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Boston Braves, Staten Island Stapletons, and the Cin. Reds/STL Gunners.

Cookie Cunningham

After the folding of the AFL, he played the same position for the Cleveland Bulldogs (1927), Chicago Bears (1929), and the Staten Island Stapletons (1931) of the National Football League.

Dan Blaine

Daniel Blaine (1891–1958) was a professional football player for the Staten Island Stapletons from 1915 until 1924.

Dick Frahm

Herald Samuel Frahm (April 11, 1906 – October 19, 1977) was an American football halfback for the Staten Island Stapletons, the Boston Redskins, and the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League and the St. Louis/Kansas City Blues of the 1934 version of the American Football League.

Providence Steam Roller

The marathon string began against the Staten Island Stapletons, the Chicago Cardinals and concluded with a two-game series against the Frankford Yellow Jackets.


1929 NFL season

The league increased back to 12 teams with the addition of the Staten Island Stapletons, Orange Tornadoes and Minneapolis Red Jackets and the re-entry of the Buffalo Bisons.

Oran Pape

Following college, he played in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers, the Minneapolis Red Jackets, the Providence Steam Roller, the Boston Braves, and the Staten Island Stapletons, it was with the Packers, that he was a member of their 1930 NFL Championship team, he left the NFL in 1934, and returned to Iowa, where he attended the State Police Academy At Camp Dodge.


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