Joseph Carr - St. Joseph Cemetery

Joseph Carr
Coach/Owner/GM of the Columbus Panhandles
NFL Commissioner 1921-1939

St. Joseph Cemetery
Lockbourne, Ohio

 

Joseph Carr - St. Joseph Cemetery

Joseph Carr
President of the National Football League 1921-1929
President/coach of the Columbus Panhandles 1901-1922
President of the American Basketball League 1925-1927
President of the Columbus Senators 1926-1931

St. Joseph Cemetery
Lockbourne, Ohio

Frank Nesser - St. Mary Cemetery

Frank Nesser

Nesser Brothers

Columbus Panhandles

St. Mary Cemetery
Lancaster, Ohio

Joseph Carr - St. Joseph Cemetery

Joseph Carr
President of the NFL 1921-1939
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Carr

https://www.profootballhof.com/players/joe-carr/

St. Joseph Cemetery
Lockbourne, Ohio

Joseph Carr (NFL President) - St. Joseph Cemetery

St. Joseph Cemetery
Lockbourne, Ohio

Joseph Carr

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Carr

NFL Commissioner

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_NFL_Commissioner

NFL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League

President of the American Basketball League

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Basketball_League_(1925%E2%80%9355)

Columbus Panhandles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Panhandles

The Man Who Built the National Football League: Joe F. Carr - by Chris Willis

The Columbus Panhandles - also by Chris Willis

Joseph Carr (NFL) - St. Joseph Cemetery

St. Joseph Cemetery
St. Agnes section, Lot 229

Joseph Carr

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Carr

Managed the Columbus Panhandles from 1907 to 1922.

Columbus Panhandles circa 1915.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Panhandles

President of the Columbus Senators from 1925-1931.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Red_Birds

President of the American Basketball League from 1925 to 1928.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Basketball_League_(1925%E2%80%9355)

There is a book available about the Columbus Panhandles bt Chris Willis.

Two other markers in the Carr lot.

Joseph Carr (NFL President) - St. Joseph Cemetery

St. Joseph Cemetery
Section St. Agnes
Lockbourne, Ohio

Carr was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1880.

He was director of the Columbus Panhandles from 1907 to 1922. The Panhandles were a semi-pro then pro football team. The team joined the American Professional Football League (APFL) in 1920. The league changed it's name to the National Football League (NFL) in 1921. The Pandhandles changed their name to the Tigers and folded after the 1926 season.

Joseph Carr served as the president of the American Basketball League from 1925 to 1928. He was president of the Columbus Senators, a minor league baseball team from 1926 to 1931. He was elected to the pro football hall of fame in 1963.

Other family markers: