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) Second-Team All-Pro (1929) Green Bay Press-Gazette: 2nd Team all-NFL (1929)

• Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame

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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 was named to the Green Bay Press-Gazette's list of All-Pros as a 2nd Teamer in 1929. {{cite web | url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/E/EarpJu20.htm | title=Jug Earp | publisher=Sports Reference LLC | work=pro-football-reference.com | accessdate=21 May 2025}} He also played with the Rock Island Independents, three games for the New York Yankees, and one game for the Frankford Yellow Jackets.