John Kinport "Sal" Brallier (December 12, 1876 – September 17, 1960) was one of the first professional American football players.

"[1][2] The young football star graduated from Indiana Public School that spring and was awaiting the start of college when something happened 30 miles away in Latrobe, Pennsylvania that was to affect his career and the rest of his life.

Manager David Berry, who was now seeking a replacement for Blair, had heard of Brallier's performance as Indiana Normal's quarterback.

The young quarterback was afraid that an injury would jeopardize his scholarship, so the Latrobe offered to pay him to "make it worthwhile".

Brallier promptly won the varsity quarterback position at Washington & Jefferson,[2] and made his first start for the Presidents on September 28, 1895, against Denison University.

The 1895 Washington & Jefferson team won six games, tied Penn State University, and lost only to the Pittsburgh Athletic Club, which was composed of former college stars.

After the Washington & Jefferson season, Brallier returned to Latrobe to play another game, against Greensburg Athletic Association on November 30, 1895, which ended in a 4–0 loss.

After the Lafayette game, Brallier accepted a Latrobe Athletic Association's offer to serve as its quarterback and coach.

After a week of practice and occupancy of the hotel's third floor, the game at DuBois lasted only 12 minutes before a riot ended play with Punxsutawney leading, 12–0.

Speculation was that the riot gave DuBois a chance to escape what may have been a rather sound drubbing in a game on which great amounts of money had been wagered.

He played three games, then left in mid-October to join the Pittsburgh Athletic Club at an increase in salary.

However, Penn had worried that Brallier had played so much professional ball that the school's amateur standing would be at stake.

After the Penn incident Brallier toured the city's dental schools and decided to attend Medico-Chirurgical College,[1][2] from where his older brother had graduated the year before.

Before leaving for school that fall, Brallier helped coach the Indiana Normal team and turned down a Latrobe offer.

Brallier was elected captain and quarterbacked the school's undefeated team which wound up gloriously with a win over rival Jefferson Medical College.

Brallier went on to practice dentistry,[2] and served the community during a 20-year tenure as a school director, from which he retired at the end of 1931.

[2] In 1979, John Brallier was voted one of the "Best Pros Not in the Hall of Fame" by the Pro Football Researchers Association.

In February 1904, Brallier's engagement to Bess Garnette Moorhead of Indiana was announced, and a wedding followed on April 7.