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Babe Ruetz
George Gerhard "Babe" Ruetz (September 23, 1893 – May 24, 1927) was a sports promoter and professional football coach for the Racine Legion of the National Football League (NFL). Coaching the team from 1922 through 1924, Ruetz posted a record of 14 wins, 11 losses, and 6 ties, for an all-time winning percentage of .560.
A gridiron giant of the era, weighing in at 285 pounds, Ruetz was regarded as one of Racine, Wisconsin's best amateur football players of the 1910s and helped manage the local semi-pro club in that city prior to the establishment of the Horlick-Legion team in 1922.
Ruetz died in 1927 at the age of 33, following a protracted illness.
George Ruetz was born September 23, 1893, in Racine, Wisconsin. He was later nicknamed "Babe" Ruetz as a play on the name of George Herman "Babe" Ruth, iconic slugger of the New York Yankees.
Beginning in 1910, Ruetz made a name for himself locally playing on various school and local semi-pro teams. He was elected the president of the Racine Football Association in August 1914, in charge of organizing the town semi-pro team that played that fall.
In 1918 Ruetz volunteered and became a member of the American armed forces, playing football for one of the many camp teams.
In 1921, Ruetz persuaded officials in the Racine post of the American Legion to sponsor a football team. Assisting in the club's creation through financial sponsorship was William Horlick, president of his family's eponymous malted milk company in Racine, a profitable firm of the day. Horlick also provided use of his company's employee ball yard, Horlick Athletic Field, for home games.
The Racine Horlick-Legion team joined the fledgling National Football League (NFL) in 1922, with Ruetz traveling to Canton, Ohio to make the $100 payment necessary to secure a club franchise for the legion.
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Babe Ruetz
George Gerhard "Babe" Ruetz (September 23, 1893 – May 24, 1927) was a sports promoter and professional football coach for the Racine Legion of the National Football League (NFL). Coaching the team from 1922 through 1924, Ruetz posted a record of 14 wins, 11 losses, and 6 ties, for an all-time winning percentage of .560.
A gridiron giant of the era, weighing in at 285 pounds, Ruetz was regarded as one of Racine, Wisconsin's best amateur football players of the 1910s and helped manage the local semi-pro club in that city prior to the establishment of the Horlick-Legion team in 1922.
Ruetz died in 1927 at the age of 33, following a protracted illness.
George Ruetz was born September 23, 1893, in Racine, Wisconsin. He was later nicknamed "Babe" Ruetz as a play on the name of George Herman "Babe" Ruth, iconic slugger of the New York Yankees.
Beginning in 1910, Ruetz made a name for himself locally playing on various school and local semi-pro teams. He was elected the president of the Racine Football Association in August 1914, in charge of organizing the town semi-pro team that played that fall.
In 1918 Ruetz volunteered and became a member of the American armed forces, playing football for one of the many camp teams.
In 1921, Ruetz persuaded officials in the Racine post of the American Legion to sponsor a football team. Assisting in the club's creation through financial sponsorship was William Horlick, president of his family's eponymous malted milk company in Racine, a profitable firm of the day. Horlick also provided use of his company's employee ball yard, Horlick Athletic Field, for home games.
The Racine Horlick-Legion team joined the fledgling National Football League (NFL) in 1922, with Ruetz traveling to Canton, Ohio to make the $100 payment necessary to secure a club franchise for the legion.