Frank and Ted Nesser question
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2026 5:45 pm
I was doing some research on the 1919 Taylorville (IL) Independents team, and saw in the the 11/12/1919 edition of the Taylorville and Decatur papers, that both Ted and Frank Nesser played for the Taylorville Independents against the Decatur Staleys on 11/11/1919. I know players bounced around all the time back then...Does anyone have a list of the teams/games that the Nesser brothers played for (except for Akron, Detroit and Columbus)? I know that Jim Thorpe bounced around also, playing for the Pine Village (IN) team back on thanksgiving 1915. Might be a topic for a Coffin Corner article....??? thanks!