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Francis Louis “Jug” Earp

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Francis Louis “Jug” Earp

Birth
Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois, USA
Death
8 Jan 1969 (aged 71)
Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Allouez, Brown County, Wisconsin, USA GPS-Latitude: 44.491217, Longitude: -88.0202602
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Jug Earp played eleven seasons (1922-1932) in the National Football League, as a center and tackle with the Green Bay Packers. He was amongst the first 8 inductees into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1970. He also played with the Rock Island Independents, the New York Yankees (3 games), and the Frankford Yellow Jackets (1 game). The nickname "Jug" was a shortened version of his college nickname, "Juggernaut".

Earp was also the first president of the Packers Alumni Association and was the Packers Publicity Director from 1950-1954.

He is related to Wyatt Earp; his grandfather Francis Asbury Earp Sr. and Nicholas Porter Earp were brothers.
Contributor: David Brown (48306200) • [email protected]
Jug Earp played eleven seasons (1922-1932) in the National Football League, as a center and tackle with the Green Bay Packers. He was amongst the first 8 inductees into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1970. He also played with the Rock Island Independents, the New York Yankees (3 games), and the Frankford Yellow Jackets (1 game). The nickname "Jug" was a shortened version of his college nickname, "Juggernaut".

Earp was also the first president of the Packers Alumni Association and was the Packers Publicity Director from 1950-1954.

He is related to Wyatt Earp; his grandfather Francis Asbury Earp Sr. and Nicholas Porter Earp were brothers.
Contributor: David Brown (48306200) • [email protected]

Gravesite Details

On same stone with: Alice G.



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