The 1918 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team represented the Naval Station Great Lakes, the United States Navy's boot camp located near North Chicago, Illinois, in college football during the 1
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John Leo "Paddy" Driscoll was an American professional football and baseball player and football coach. A triple-threat man in football, he was regarded as the best drop kicker and one of the best ove
1918 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team
…1918 college football season. The team compiled a 7–0–2 record, won the 1919 Rose Bowl, and featured three players (George Halas, Jimmy Conzelman, and Paddy Driscoll) who were later inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Charlie Bachman, who was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach…
Driscoll c. 1926
Driscoll was thrown out of the first 1922 game with the Chicago Bears for fighting and wound up on the back cover of the Chicago Tribune.
Driscoll carries the ball around end in tune-up game ahead of the 1925 National League season.
Driscoll's grave at All Saints Cemetery