NIC-10 pro football players

NIC-10 pro football players
Player	High School	College	Teams, Years	Games
Harry Englund	Rockford	None	Chicago Bears, 1921-22	16
Laurie Walquist	Rockford	Illinois	Chicago Bears, 1922-31	111
Walt McGaw	Rockford	Beloit	Green Bay Packers, 1926	1
Rex Enright	Rockford	Notre Dame	Green Bay Packers, 1926-27	19
Ray Marelli	Rockford	Notre Dame	Chicago Cardinals, 1928	2
Leo Stasica	Rockford	Illinois/Colorado	Brooklyn Dodgers, 1941 Washington Redskins, 1943 Boston Yanks, 1944	18
Stan Stasica	Rockford	S. Carolina/Illinois	Miami Seahawks, 1946	1
Merwin Hodel	West	Colorado	New York Giants, 1953	2
Jerry Stalcup	East	Wisconsin	Los Angeles Rams, 1960 Denver Broncos, 1961-62	34
Marshall Starks	West	Illinois	New York Jets, 1963-64	18
Preston Pearson	Freeport	Illinois	Baltimore Colts, 1967-69 Pittsburgh Steelers, 1970-74 Dallas Cowboys, 1975-80	198
Seth Miller	Auburn	Arizona State	Hamilton (CFL), 1970 Memphis (WFL), 1974-1975	34
Jerry Latin	East	Northern Illinois	St. Louis Cardinals, 1975-78 Los Angeles Rams, 1978	51
Ira Matthews	East	Wisconsin	Oakland Raiders, 1978-81	41
Leonard Bell	Jefferson	Indiana	Cincinnati Bengals, 1987	1
Reggie Sims	West	Northern Illinois	Cincinnati Bengals, 1987	1
Mike Junkin	Belvidere	Duke	Cleveland Browns, 1987-88 Kansas City Chiefs, 1989	21
Carlos Polk	Guilford	Nebraska	San Diego Chargers, 2001-07 Dallas Cowboys, 2008	75
Dean Lowry	Boylan	Northwestern	Green Bay Packers, 2016	18

 

NFL/AFL Draft List
Player	High School	College	Year	Round	Team
Stan Stasica, HB	Rockford	Illinois	1944	8th	Rams
Bob Funderburg, B	Belvidere	Northwestern	1946	24th	Lions
Al Mastrangeli, C	East	Illinois	1949	13th	Packers
Merwin Hodel, FB	West	Colorado	1952	4th	Giants
Jerry Stalcup, LB	East	Wisconsin	1960	6th	Rams
Tom Lewis, RB	East	Lake Forest	1961	20th/29th	Oilers/Lions
Marshall Starks, DB	West	Illinois	1961	8th	Cardinals
Ron Carlson, E	East	Wisconsin	1963	25th	Bills
Preston Pearson	Freeport	Illinois	1967	12th	Colts
Seth Miller, DB	Auburn	Arizona St.	1970	8th	Falcons
Mitch Anderson, QB	East	Northwestern	1975	17th	Falcons
Jerry Latin, RB	East	N. Illinois	1975	11th	Cardinals
Ira Matthews, RB	East	Wisconsin	1979	6th	Raiders
Stuart Walker, LB	East	Colorado	1979	12th	Falcons
Jerry Holloway, TE	East	W. Illinois	1979	10th	Cardinals
Mike Junkin, LB	Belvidere	Duke	1987	1st	Browns
Leonard Bell	Jefferson	Indiana	1987	3rd	Bengals
Tim Scharf, LB	Boylan	Northwestern	1997	6th	Jets
Carlos Polk, LB	Guilford	Nebraska	2001	4th	Chargers
Dean Lowry, DE	Boylan	Northwestern	2016	4th	Packers

 

1962 football

1962 Standings
School	Conf. record	Overall	Points scored	Points against
Auburn	5-2	7-2	181	39
Aurora East	5-2		115	53
Elgin	5-2		94	89
West	3-3-1	4-4-1	80	77
East	3-4	3-6	79	111
Freeport	2-3-2	3-3-3	71	52
LaSalle-Peru	2-5		78	125
Aurora West	1-5-1		53	118

 

All-Conference
John Newcomb	Aurora East	End
Bill Brunka	Freeport	End
Sam Stonefield	East	End
Sid Porch	West	End
Ron Gabbett	Aurora West	Tackle
Martin Stebbins	Freeport	Tackle
Ray Nardelli	Auburn	Tackle
Bernie Brown	West	Tackle
Ron Simmons	Aurora East	Guard
Dave Petroe	Aurora West	Guard
Bruce Land	Elgin	Guard
Terry Meyer	Auburn	Guard
Dewey Meinders	Freeport	Center
Steve Schach	West	Center
Rick Venturi	Auburn	Quarterback
Dave Sabowiak	LaSalle-Peru	Quarterback
Jim Davis	Aurora East	Halfback
Pete Nines	Elgin	Halfback
Jim Kuhlemeier	Freeport	Halfback
Dave Foster	Auburn	Halfback
Willie Ellis	West	Fullback
Larry Croft	Auburn	Fullback

 

Honorable Mention (East, West, Freeport)
Ron Hansen	East	End
Arne Larsen	Auburn	End
Bob Fisher	Auburn	End
Mike Hart	Auburn	Tackle
Willie Jones	East	Tackle
Rich Powell	West	Tackle
John Heidenreich	Freeport	Guard
Arthur Barkhafter	West	Guard
Jerry Fisher	East	Center
Jim Crufhoff	East	Quarterback
Mike Holby	West	Quarterback
Preston Pearson	Freeport	Halfback
Dave Hicks	Auburn	Halfback
John Marks	West	Halfback
Steve Anderson	West	Halfback
Curt Hollimon	West	Halfback
Jim Hollimon	East	Halfback
Don Arenz	Auburn	Halfback
Joe Contie	East	Fullback
Austin Thompson	Auburn	Fullback
Corby Myers	West	Fullback

 

Leaders – rushing (conf. only)
Player	School	G	Att	Yards	Avg.
Larry Croft	Auburn	7	87	736	8.5
Dave Foster	Auburn	7	93	720	7.7
John Marks	West	7	94	442	4.7
Joe Conti	East	7	71	390	5.5
Jim Holliman	East	7	65	361	5.6
Curt Holliman	West	7	70	337	4.8
Jerry Mahlock	Guilford	7	72	294	4.1
Willie Ellis	West	7	55	287	5.2
Don Oft	Guilford	7	62	255	4.1
Dave Hicks	Auburn	7	52	208	4.0
Only Rockford stats were reported

 

Passing (conf. only)
Player	School	G	Cmp.	Att.	Pct.	Yards	TDs	Int
Cruthoff	East	7	31	111	27.9%	356	7	17
Johnson	Guilford	7	26	81	32.1%	278	0	5
Holby	West	7	14	58	24.1%	264	1	4
Venturi	Auburn	7	17	50	34.0%	219	3	2
Gilbert	West	7	3	15	20.0%	111	1	3
Freeport
Norman	Freeport	9					8

 

Receiving (conf. only)
Player	School	G	Rec.	Yards	Avg.	TDs
Ron Hansen	East	7	11	178	16.2	5
Brad Nelson	Guilford	7	13	168	12.9	0
Larry Croft	Auburn	7	7	138	19.7	1
Curt Holliman	West	7	4	126	31.5	1
Jim Brown	West	7	4	108	27.0	0
Jim Holliman	East	7	6	104	17.3	2
Jim Kuhlemeier	Freeport	9				5

 

Breakout players
Division 1	School	College	Years
Ray Nardelli	Auburn	Purdue
Rick Venturi	Auburn	Northwestern
Dave Foster	Auburn	Yale	1964-1966
NFL/AFL draftees	School	Team	Round
Preston Pearson	Freeport	Cowboys	12
NFL players	School	Years	Teams
Preston Pearson	Freeport	1967-1980	Colts, Steelers, Cowboys