Proc Randels

Horace Malvern "Proc" Randels (August 5, 1900 – January 17, 1933) was an American football end who played three seasons in the National Football League with the Kansas City Cowboys, the Cleveland Bulldogs, and the Detroit Wolverines. He played college football at Kansas State.[1]

Proc Randels
No. 13
Position:End
Personal information
Born:(1900-08-05)August 5, 1900
Anthony, Kansas
Died:January 17, 1933(1933-01-17) (aged 32)
Salt Lake City, Utah
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school:Chaparral
(Anthony, Kansas)
College:Kansas State
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Player stats at PFR

Early life

Horace Malvern Randels was born on August 5, 1900, in Anthony, Kansas, to James Bennett Randels and Florence May Coulson Randels.[2] He attended Chaparral High School in Anthony, where he played high school football.[1]

College career

Randels played college football at Kansas State University,[1] then known as Kansas State Agricultural College.[3] His nickname of "Proc" originated during his time at Kansas State, and he was also referred to as "Young Chief" while on the team.[4][5]

Randels' first stint on the Kansas State football team was from 1918 to 1920,[6] during which he played under coach Z. G. Clevenger. He left the team after 1920, but returned in 1925 to play one final season of college football under coach Charlie Bachman.[5][7] That season, Randels made second team All-American.[6]

NFL career

Kansas City Cowboys
See also: 1926 Kansas City Cowboys season

Randels played with the Kansas City Cowboys in 1926, the team's final season. He started all eleven games at left end.[1]

Cleveland Bulldogs
See also: 1927 Cleveland Bulldogs season

Following the 1926 season, the Cowboys merged with the Cleveland Bulldogs,[8] and Randels followed the team to play with them for their final season in 1927. In six games with three starts,[1] he recorded two receptions for 67 yards and one touchdown.[9] He also recorded one rushing touchdown.[1]

In the first quarter of a November 13, 1927 game against the Frankford Yellow Jackets, Randels blocked a punt, scoring a safety for the Bulldogs.[10] The game was a 37–0 blowout win for Cleveland.[11]

Detroit Wolverines
See also: 1928 Detroit Wolverines (NFL) season

In 1928, the Bulldogs relocated to Detroit and were renamed the Wolverines, after Michigan's college football team.[12] Randels played ten games with the Wolverines with three starts,[1] and made four receptions for 75 yards and one touchdown.[9]

Death

In June 1932, Randels moved to Salt Lake City, to help care for his wife's brother, who was ill.[4][13] On the evening of January 17, 1933, Randels' father-in-law, Dr. LaFayette J. Dull, a 72-year-old retired dentist, shot Randels in the chest twice with a revolver "in a moment of fury" following a dispute, reported variously as being over eggs[4] or over the operation of Dull's ranch.[13] Randels died at about 6:30 p.m. with bullet wounds in his back and chest.[2]

Dull was charged with second-degree murder and initially sentenced to 20 years in prison, but was later declared insane and moved to the Utah State Mental Hospital.[13]

References
  1. "Proc Randels Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  2. "State of Utah Death Certificate - Horace Malvern Randels". Utah State Archives. 1933-01-20. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  3. "Reba Wise on Anthony High School Freshmen list 9". The Anthony Bulletin. 1919-09-18. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  4. "Clipped From The Manhattan Mercury". The Manhattan Mercury. 1933-01-18. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  5. "Clipped From The Morning Chronicle". The Morning Chronicle. 1933-01-19. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  6. "2021 K-State Football Media Guide (PDF)" (PDF). Kansas State University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  7. "Proc Randels NFL Stats - Pro Football Archives". www.profootballarchives.com. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  8. "CLEVELAND BULLDOGS". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University. 2018-05-11. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  9. Crippen, Ken. "Lavvie Dilweg Player Profile" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  10. "Every safety … ever". Quirky Research. 2017-09-21. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  11. "Frankford Yellow Jackets at Cleveland Bulldogs - November 13th, 1927". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  12. "Pro football struggled in Detroit during the Roaring 20s (Part II)". Vintage Detroit Collection. 2012-01-07. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  13. "Clipped From The Morning Chronicle". The Morning Chronicle. 1933-08-17. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
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