1918 Great Lakes Naval Training Station Football Team
Great Lakes Naval Training Station is located north of Chicago along Lake Michigan. With up to 45,000 men in training at its peak, it was the Navy's largest training station during WWI and drew most of its recruits from the central states.
The 1918 team returned four players from its 1917 team and was loaded with college players. Great Lakes finished the 1918 season 6-0-2 and their game results follow:
9/29/18 | Great Lakes 10 | Iowa 0 | @ Iowa Field, Iowa City, IA
10/12/18 | Great Lakes 7 | Illinois 0 | @ Illinois Field. Campaign-Urbana, IL
10/26/18 Great Lakes 0 | Northwestern 0 | @ Sailors Field, Great Lakes NTS
11/8/18 | Great Lakes 7 | Notre Dame 7 | @ Cartier Field, South Bend, IN
11/1618 | Great Lakes 54 | Rutgers 14 | @ Ebbets Field, New York City
11/2318 | Great Lakes 7 | Naval Academy 6 | @ Worden Field, Annapolis, MD
11/30/28 | Great Lakes 27 | Purdue 0 | @ Northwestern Field, Evanston, IL
1/1/19 | Great Lakes Naval 17 | Mare Island 0 | @ Tournament Park, Pasadena (Rose Bowl)
The roster of the sailors that played in games or practiced with the team during the regular season is below.
Abrahamson, Elmer Julius | HB | Lawrence ’11-‘14
Andrews, LeRoy B. ‘Roy’ | B | Pittsburg State ’15-’17
Bachman, Jr., Charles Smith | C | Notre Dame ’14-‘16
Barnard, Chester Smith | End | Missouri State ’14-'17, Northwestern ‘19
Barnard, Lester Smith | End | Missouri State ’13-'16 Northwestern ‘19
Blacklock, Hugh McNeal ‘Chief’ | RG | Michigan State ’13-’15, Great Lakes ’17
Bliss, Harry William | HB | Ohio State ’19-‘20
Byers, William McKinley ‘Mac’ | QB | Iowa State ‘17, ‘20, Drake track ‘21
Chapeck, Addison Travis | QB | Lane Tech HS (IL) ’14, Knox ‘15, Illinois '17
Collins, John Richard ‘J.R.’ | T | Baylor ’17
Combs, John Perry | G | Threkeld Select HS (KY)
Conrad, Martin Henry ‘Marty’ | C | Kalamazoo ’14-‘16
Conzelman, James Gleason ‘Jimmy’ | QB | Washington U (MO) ‘16, Great Lakes ’17, Washington U (MO) ’19
Dastillung, Harry | T | Unknown
Dobson, Paul Arthur | HB | Nebraska ’16-‘19
Doherty, John Lawrence ‘Mel’ | C | Marietta ’19
Driscoll, John Leo ‘Paddy’ | QB | Northwestern ’14-’16
Eielson, Harry Albert ‘Dizzy’ | RHB | Northwestern ’17, Northwestern basketball & T&F ’19; Washington & Jefferson ’19-'20
Eklund, Conrad Lawrence ‘Con’ | LT | Macalaster ’14, Minnesota ’16-‘17
Erickson, Harold Alexander ‘Swede’ | LHB |St. Olaf '16, Great Lakes ’17, Washington & Jefferson ’19-‘22
Foley, Joseph Algernon 'Jack' | QB | Blackburn '17, '20 Washington & Jefferson '21
Griffith, Bartholomew Joseph ‘Bert’ | G | Christian Brothers College (MO)
Halas, George Stanley | RE | Illinois ’14-‘17
Hyde, Merrill James | FB | Alma ’14-’15
Ivy, Hyrle Archibald ‘Red’ | T | Salina HS (KS), Kansas ’20, ‘22
Jones, Jerald Joseph | RG | Notre Dame ’14-’15, Dubuque ‘16
Keefe, Emmett | LG |Notre Dame ’12-‘15
Knight, Charles E. | C |Northwestern ’17, ‘19
Langenstein, Chester Gift | G | Freeport HS (IL) '15-'17, Northwestern ’19
Lauer, Harold Sebastian ‘Dutch’ | FB | Detroit ’17, ’19-‘21
McCauley, George K. 'Kent' | FB | Geneva (PA) '15-'16, Great Lakes ’17-‘18, Denver ’19-‘21
McClellan, William Oswald | QB | Parkersburg HS (WV) ’15
Mendenhall, Leland Lester ‘L.L.’ | QB | Drake ‘13, Iowa ’15-‘17
Miller, Bernard Howard | End | Bridgewater HS (IA) '17, Northwestern ’19
Minton, Roscoe ‘Cow’ | End | Indiana ’16-’17, ’19
Moxley, Auben Edwin | C | Bethel (KY) '14, '19
Nevins, Zenas Arthur | C | Baker (KS) '15-'17, '19
Novinger, George John | G | Kirksville HS (MO), Missouri '19-'20, Truman State ‘22
Paulsen, C. L. 'Whitey' | UNK | Kansas Normal
Reeves, Andrew J. ‘Jack’ or ‘Blondy’ | FB | Ottawa (KS) ’16-‘17, Emporia (KS) ‘20
Reichle, Richard Wendell | LE | Illinois ’16, ’19, ‘21
Richards, Vernon R. | End | Alma ‘14-‘17
Swanekamp, Frederick William | UNK | Superior HS (WI)
Welch/Welsh, H. E. | UNK | Toledo HS
Willaman, Frank Reeves | FB | Ohio State ‘16-’17, ’19-’20
Williams, Roy Wesley | End | Emporia State ’16
A profile of each player is in the book, Fields of Friendly Strife.