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Rube began his professional football career in 1907 with the Minneapolis Marines. Rube Ursella was the true superstar of the team and had a long and successful pro football career with the Marines. He was both an offensive and defensive standout, as well as a skilled kicker and punter. Pro football shut down completely in 1918, due to the 1918 flu pandemic. In 1919 Walter Flanigan, the manager of the Rock Island Independents, was able to lure Ursella away from the Marines. With Rube came several other players as well as their offense which became known as "the Minnesota Shift". The team lost only one game that season, to the Hammond Pros. In 1921 Rube returned to the Marines, however the team was unable to play up to its previous level. He returned for two more seasons with the Independent

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rdfs:label	Rube Ursella
rdfs:comment	Rube began his professional football career in 1907 with the Minneapolis Marines. Rube Ursella was the true superstar of the team and had a long and successful pro football career with the Marines. He was both an offensive and defensive standout, as well as a skilled kicker and punter. Pro football shut down completely in 1918, due to the 1918 flu pandemic. In 1919 Walter Flanigan, the manager of the Rock Island Independents, was able to lure Ursella away from the Marines. With Rube came several other players as well as their offense which became known as "the Minnesota Shift". The team lost only one game that season, to the Hammond Pros. In 1921 Rube returned to the Marines, however the team was unable to play up to its previous level. He returned for two more seasons with the Independent
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Birth Date	1890-01-11(xsd:date)
FontColor	white
Name	Rube Ursella Ursella, Rube
pfr	UrseRu20
Height in	9(xsd:integer)
Date of Death	1980(xsd:integer)
Birth Place	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Weight lbs	172(xsd:integer)
College	None
death date	February 1980
DatabaseFootball	URSELRUB01
Color	#006633
Place of Birth	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Years	1907(xsd:integer) 1919(xsd:integer) 1921(xsd:integer) 1924(xsd:integer) 1926(xsd:integer) 1929(xsd:integer)
Height ft	5(xsd:integer)
Career Highlights	y
Position	Halfback (American football) Quarterback Head coach Fullback (American football) Running back
Teams	Hammond Pros Minneapolis Marines Akron Indians Tampa Cardinals Rock Island Independents Minneapolis Red Jackets
Date of Birth	1890-01-11(xsd:date)
Short Description	American football coach
abstract	Rube began his professional football career in 1907 with the Minneapolis Marines. Rube Ursella was the true superstar of the team and had a long and successful pro football career with the Marines. He was both an offensive and defensive standout, as well as a skilled kicker and punter. Pro football shut down completely in 1918, due to the 1918 flu pandemic. In 1919 Walter Flanigan, the manager of the Rock Island Independents, was able to lure Ursella away from the Marines. With Rube came several other players as well as their offense which became known as "the Minnesota Shift". The team lost only one game that season, to the Hammond Pros. In 1921 Rube returned to the Marines, however the team was unable to play up to its previous level. He returned for two more seasons with the Independents in 1924 and 1925. In January 1926, Rube joined the Tampa Cardinals a team put together by Jim Thorpe for the purpose of playing exhibition games in Florida. The team lost a New Year's Day game to Red Grange and the Chicago Bears and afterward played a series of games against the Millville Big Blue, playing under the banner of the Haven-Villa of Winter Haven. During the 1926 season, Rube played for the Akron Indians and Hammond Pros before retiring at the end of the season. He returned in 1929 to play for the Minneapolis Red Jackets before retiring, for good, after that season.
is Coach of	1920 Rock Island Independents season 1921 Minneapolis Marines season 1925 Rock Island Independents season 1919 Rock Island Independents season Rock Island Independents

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