Jug Earp

{{Short description|American football player (1897–1969)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1897|7|22}}

| birth_place = Monmouth, Illinois, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1969|1|8|1897|7|22}}{{cite web |url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/earp00200.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-10-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924120104/http://www.profootballarchives.com/earp00200.html |archive-date=2015-09-24 }}

| death_place = Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.

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| position1 = Center, end

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|College=Monmouth (IL)

| playing_years1 = 1921–1922

| playing_team1 = Rock Island Independents

| playing_years2 = 1922–1924

| playing_team2 = Green Bay Packers

| playing_years3 = 1925

| playing_team3 = Frankford Yellow Jackets

| playing_years4 = 1925–1927

| playing_team4 = Green Bay Packers

| playing_years5 = 1927

| playing_team5 = New York Yankees

| playing_years6 = 1928–1932

| playing_team6 = Green Bay Packers

| career_highlights = * 3x NFL champion (1929, 1930, 1931)

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Francis Louis "Jug" Earp (July 22, 1897 – January 8, 1969) was a professional American football player. He attended Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois with the class of 1921. He played 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), mostly with the Green Bay Packers, and was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1970.{{Cite web | url = https://www.packers.com/history/hof/francis-jug-earp | title = Francis "Jug" Earp | last = Christl | first = Cliff | author-link = Cliff Christl | website = Packers.com | access-date = September 20, 2023 | archive-date = October 3, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231003140427/https://www.packers.com/history/hof/francis-jug-earp | url-status = live }} He also played with the Rock Island Independents, three games for the New York Yankees, and one game for the Frankford Yellow Jackets.

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