13 Facts About Nesser brothers

Nesser brothers were a group of American football-playing brothers who helped make up the most famous football family in the United States from 1907 until the mid-1920s.

The group consisted of seven brothers who worked for Panhandle Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Columbus, Ohio, and who were later used as the foundation for the Columbus Panhandles of the Ohio League, and later the National Football League, when the club was founded by future NFL president Joe Carr in 1907.

Nesser brothers eventually got a job with the German railroad as an apprentice boilermaker.

John Nesser brothers: Born April 25,1875, in Triere, Germany and died August 1,1931, in Columbus, Ohio.

Nesser brothers eventually designed the steam engine that would be used by the railroad the years to come.

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The Nesser brothers did backbreaking, muscle-straining work for 10 hours a day at the shops of the Panhandle Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

None of the Nesser brothers attended college they were offered various scholarships.

The Nesser brothers were bigger and stronger than most of their opponents.

The Nesser brothers were written up extensively in out-of-town newspapers, but barely received notice in their hometown of Columbus.

Four of the Nesser brothers retired as players after the 1921 season, including 46-year-old John, who held the record as the NFL's oldest player until it was later broken by George Blanda.

Nesser brothers worked as a boilermaker for the Pennsylvania Railroad for a remarkable 57 years, starting in 1890 at age 13, and continuing until his retirement in 1947.

Nesser brothers didn't follow his brothers into the boilermaker trade, either; instead he became a police officer for the city of Columbus.

Ted, the first Nesser brothers to make money at football, played for Massillon's state championship team in 1904,1905 and 1906.