26 Facts About Guy Chamberlin

Berlin Guy "Champ" Chamberlin, sometimes misspelled Guy Chamberlain, was an American professional football player and coach.

Guy Chamberlin was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1962 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1965.

Guy Chamberlin was named in 1969 to the NFL 1920s All-Decade Team.

Guy Chamberlin transferred to the University of Nebraska in 1913 and played at the halfback and end positions for the undefeated 1914 and 1915 Nebraska Cornhuskers football teams that won consecutive Missouri Valley Conference championships.

Guy Chamberlin was a consensus first-team All-American in 1915, and he was selected in 1936 as the greatest player in Nebraska football history.

Guy Chamberlin is the only coach to win NFL championships with three different clubs.

Guy Chamberlin was raised with five siblings on a family farm in Blue Springs.

Guy Chamberlin graduated from Blue Springs High School in 1911.

Guy Chamberlin was selected by the Omaha World-Herald as an all-state halfback while playing for the undefeated 1911 Nebraska Wesleyan football team that won the NIAA championship.

Guy Chamberlin competed for Nebraska Wesleyan in baseball as a pitcher and outfielder and in track as a sprinter and weight man.

Guy Chamberlin returned to the Nebraska Wesleyan football team in the fall of 1912 and was again selected as an all-state player.

Guy Chamberlin is a fierce and aggressive runner and adopts the system of bowling over the opposing tacklers in much the same style as the famous Coy of Yale.

Guy Chamberlin rarely used a stiff arm, and yet many times it was next to impossible to stop him.

Guy Chamberlin played halfback for Jumbo Stiehm's undefeated 1914 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team that won the Missouri Valley Conference championship and became known as the "Stiehm Rollers".

In 1915, Guy Chamberlin moved to the end position for the undefeated 1915 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team that again won the Missouri Valley championship.

Guy Chamberlin served in the United States Army from May 1918 to October 1919.

Guy Chamberlin served in a field artillery unit with the rank of second lieutenant and was stationed at Camp Zachary Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky, Fort Sill in Oklahoma, and Camp Kearny in San Diego County, California.

Guy Chamberlin was a tremendous tackler on defense and a triple-threat performer on offense.

In 1922, Guy Chamberlin joined the Canton Bulldogs in multiple roles as a player, head coach, team captain, and part owner.

Guy Chamberlin strengthened the team in the off-season by signing guard Tarzan Taylor, with whom he had played on the Staleys, and tackle Link Lyman, an All-American who played at Chamberlin's alma mater, Nebraska.

Guy Chamberlin led the team in scoring with seven touchdowns, two of them on interception returns.

In 1925, Guy Chamberlin joined the Frankford Yellow Jackets in Philadelphia as player and coach.

In 1926, Guy Chamberlin returned to Philadelphia and appeared in all 17 games as a player, despite being the oldest player on the team at age 32.

Guy Chamberlin received numerous honors for his accomplishments as a football player and coach.

Guy Chamberlin returned to Blue Springs in 1932, where he managed his father's farm.

Guy Chamberlin died in 1967 at age 73 in Lincoln, Nebraska.