STATISTICS & HISTORY
Lawrance “Laurie” Walquist a football and basketball star at at the University of Illinois. In January of his senior year, it was revealed that Walquist had been moonlighting as a professional football player while playing for Illinois. He was declared ineligible for any more college athletics. Walquist would go on to have a long and success pro football career. He played nine seasons with the Chicago Bears. Walquist also played pro basket basketball. During the 1925-26 season he was player-coach for the Chicago Bruins team in the American Basketball League.
LAURIE WALQUIST | Height: | 5:08 | Weight: | 165 | College: | Illinois’22 | |||||
Lawrance Wilfred Walquist | Born: Mar 9, 1898 | Died: Sep 28, 1985 | Hometown: | Rockford, Ill. | |||||||
Played Professiona Football | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
1919-20 | Illionis (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
1919-20 | Illionis | College | |||||||||
1920-21 | Illionis | College | |||||||||
1921-22 | Illionis | College | |||||||||
1921-22 | Harvard Marvels | Indep | |||||||||
1922-23 | Rockford Thomas Cats | Indep | |||||||||
1924-25 | Chicago Bruins | Indep | |||||||||
1925-26 | Chicago | ABL | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1.7 | ||||
Major League Totals | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1.7 |