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Football History: All-Time Captains

1900’s
1906 “Tubby” Myers, HB
1907 “Tubby” Myers, HB
1908 “Tubby” Myers, HB
1909 John McGuiness, T
1910 Alvin Berger, HB
1910’s
1911 Glenn Mayer, FB
1912 Edgar Roper, E
1913 Graham Barker, E
1914 William Anderson, G
1915 Bob McKay, T
1916 Scott Burke, QB
1917 Warren Allen, T
1918 Frank Thomas, QB
1919 Walt Olsen, QB
1920’s
1920 Grant Westgate, E
1921 Reed Waterman, T
1922 Leo Redmond, C
1923 Harry Potter, HB
1924 Oscar Johnson, T
1925 Walter Farrer, QB
1926 Frank Banach, FB
1927 George Fulgoni, HB/C
1928 Dick Frankowski, C
1929 Herman Seborg, HB
1930’s
1930 Clarence Frendt, HB
1931 Al Briggs, FB
1932 Trueman Pippel, T
1933 Maurice Tingstad, C
1934 John Miller, HB
1935 Frank Secory, G
Harold Reynolds, QB
1936 George Ockstadt, HB
1937 George Bond, QB
1938 Walter Oberlin, C
Dale Morris, HB
1939 Art Guse, C
1940’s
1940 Wayne Falan, G
Harold Benge, G/QB
1941 Bob Metzger, E
1942 Bill Yambrick, C
1943 Bob Mellen, HB
1944 Dick Leahy, G
1945 None
1946 Clinton Brown, T
1947 Al Bush, HB
1948 Art Gillespie, FB
Emerson Grossman, G
1949 Bob Carlson, G
1950’s
1950 Pat Clysdale, E
Bill Zabonick, DE
1951 Bill Pitkin, T
1952 Chuck Higgins, QB
1953 Floyd Stollsteimer, G
1954 Les Koster, T
1955 Jim Devine, G
Jerry Ganzel, QB
1956 Bob Soderman, C
1957 Bob Mason, QB
1958 Jack Krueger, G
Jim Eger, C
1959 Dick Olmsted, G
1960’s
1960 Leroy Repischak, C
1961 Mike Snodgrass, C
Ken Reasor, G
1962 Mike Maul, C
Roger Theder, QB
1963 Allen Gibbs, HB
Bill Somerville, E
1964 Troy Allen, QB
Paul Rakow, T
Tom Titcomb, E
1965 Jim Reid, C
Nelson Jackson, G
1966 Bob Rowe, DT
Gary Crain, HB
1967 Bill Devine, HB
Orv Schneider, LB
1968 Jerry Collins, DE
Tim Majerle, FB
1969 Mike Siwek, DT
Paul Minnis, T
1970’s
1970 Vern Davis, S
Greg Flaska, TE
1971 Ted Grignon, QB
Tom Elias, LB
1972 Bernard Thomas, DT
Keith Pretty, TE
1973 Larry Cates, FB
Dominic Riggio, LB
1974 Greg Crowser, TE
Paul Jorgensen, QB
1975 Duncan McKerracher, LB
Jim White, FB/MG
1976 Dave Gapinski, DHB
Pepper Powers, QB
1977 Howard Nevins, LB
Keith Rogien, FB
1978 Jerome Persell, TB
Keith Rogien, FB
Greg Williams, S
1979 Tom Henry, TE
Matt Murphy, DT
1980’s
1980 Jim Hinkle, DE
Bud Sitko, T
1981 Reggie Hinton, WB
John Schuster, LB
1982 Les Garrett, LB
Dave Knapp, DT/MG
Duane Wilson, T
1983 Kurt Barterian, FB
Demetrius Jones, DHB
1984 Jeff Kacmarek, DT
Tom Toth, T
1985 Chris Conklin, QB
Sam Culbert, S
John Offerdahl, LB
1986 Chris Conklin, QB
Sam Culbert, G
Mark Garalczyk, DT
1987 Bert Henderson, DLB
Jim Kramer, DT
Jim Kreutzer, S
Scott Sypniewski, C
1988 Tony Kimbrough, QB
Kevin Haverdink, T
Eric Hoffman, LB
Willie Berrios, S
1989 Vernon Coakley, TE/SB
Doug Miller, C
Joel Smeenge, DE
Kevin Thomas, LB
1990’s
1990 Allan Boyko, SE
Terry Crews, DE
Don Eastman, G
Sean Mulhearn, LB
1991 Derrick Copeland, OLB
Greg Kelley, LB
Mark Nabozny, DT
Corey Sylve, RB
Brad Tayles, QB
1992 Brad Tayles, QB
Paul Hutchins, OL
Paul Davis, DB
Dave Cutlip, DE
1993 Pierre Hixon, CB
Tom Nütten, G
Andrew Schorfhaar, QB
Peter Tuffo, LB
1994 Jay McDonagh, QB
Tom Nutten, T
Tony Tiefenbach, DE
Peter Tuffo, LB
1995 Jay McDonagh, QB
Dean Polce, OLB
Bill Chopp, OLB
Jim Vackaro, HB
Andre Vaughn, LB
1996 Bill Chopp, OLB
Jim Holland, TE
Zak Kemp, P
Pat Kennedy, C
Joe Lewandowski, T
Rick Lucas, OLB
Chris Rawson, DT
1997 Jim DeWald, C
Rick Lucas, OLB
Tarrence McEvans, SS
Steve Roon, LB
1998 Tim Lester, QB
Dan Falcon, DT
Mike Kershner, T
Brandon Brown, FS
1999 Tim Lester, QB
Jake Moreland, TE
Scott Niles, LB
Brad Selent, K
2000’s
2000 Josh Bush, PR
Mario Evans, LB
Paul Lambert, OT
Garrett Soldano, LB
2001 Jeff Welsh, QB
Josh Bush, WR
Ronald Rogers, CB
Jason Babin, ST
2002 Carlos Smith, FS
Jake Gasaway, C
Bryan Lape, LB
Jason Feldpausch, WS
2003 Jason Feldpausch, WS
Phil Reed, RB
Jason Babin, DE
Kendrick Mosley, WR
2004 Greg Jennings, WR
Mark Ottney, OG
Jack Gitler, DE
Adam Anderson, P
2005 Ryan Cubit, QB
Greg Jennings, WR
Paul Moersch, NG
2006 Ryan Cubit, QB
Dominic Moran, OL
Jimmie Vincent, DB
2007 Louis Delmas, FS
Anthony Gebhart, FS
Robbie Krutilla, C
Jim Laney, P
2008 EJ Biggers, CB
Louis Delmas, FS
Tim Hiller, QB
Branden Ledbetter, TE
2009 Justin Braska, DE
Tim Hiller, QB
Matt Pickens, LB
2010's
2010 Mario Armstrong, DB
Alex Carder, QB
John Potter, K
2011 Alex Carder, QB
John Potter, K
Aaron Winchester, DB
2012 Freddie Bishop, DE
Alex Carder, QB
Justin Currie, DB
Kevin Galeher, C
2013 Travonte Boles, DL
Dareyon Chance, RB
Brian Fields, RB
Kyle Lark, LB
Johnnie Simon, LB
Tyler Van Tubbergen, QB
2014 Varied by game
2015 Varied by game
2016 Varied by game
2017 Varied by game
2018 Varied by game
Jamauri Bogan, RB
Leo Ekwoge, ST/R
Alex Grace, LB
John Keenoy, C
Justin Tranquill, DB
2019 Varied by game
LeVante Bellamy, RB
Luke Juriga, C
Jon Wassink, QB
Antonio Balabani, DE
Justin Tranquill, S