Arnie Shockley

According to an article by the Professional Football Researchers Association, however, Shockley never played for the Bulldogs in 1929. The player listed on the field as Arnold Shockley was really Perry Jackson, a teammate of Arnie's from Southwestern Oklahoma State University. According to Jackson, he was disappointed when he didn't receive an invitation to tryout for any professional team after playing college football. However Arnold Shockley, received an invitation to try out for the Bulldogs. Shockley decided not to go to the try out and Jackson saw this as an opportunity to tryout for a pro team. He went to the camp, assuming the name of his teammate, Shockley. He made the team and played that year as Arnold Shockley.^[2] The only problem with his story is that Jackson was playing for the Providence Steam Roller in 1928–1930.^[3] However his write up for the SWOSU Hall of Fame states that he played for Providence for four seasons.^[1] This sets up a controversy over which teams Shockley and Perry played for. Also the stats for Perry and Shockley appear to be same according to profootballreference.com and databasefootball.com ^[3][4][5][6] In trying to clear up the mistake in identity of the players, Bob Carroll, also of PFRA stated that the real Jackson, under the alias Shockley, played for Providence, while Shockley, using Jackson's name, played for Boston.^[7]

• Career statistics from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference