Joey Sternaman

Joseph Theodore Sternaman (February 1, 1900 – March 10, 1988) was an American professional football player who was a quarterback for eight seasons for the Chicago Bears and Duluth Kelleys of the National Football League (NFL).

At 5'6" and 135 pounds he was called "the strongest little man I ever met" by sportswriter Grantland Rice.

In 1926, he was the quarterback, head coach, and owner of the Chicago Bulls of the first American Football League (AFL).

He attended Springfield High School, where he was a star athlete in three sports, earning athletic letters in football for three seasons — in two of which he earned All-State honors, playing guard on the basketball team, and running for the school track and field squad.

[5] Joe earned a letter in 1919 as quarterback of the Illinois freshman football team and looked to join the varsity for the coming season.

Sternaman makes use of the interference of Bears teammates Red Grange and the body-blocking Bill Senn to neutralize a Buffalo Bisons end, October 1929.