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{{Short description|American football player (1897–1969)}}
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| image = Jug Earp 1932.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1897|7|22}}
| birth_place = [[Monmouth, Illinois]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1969|1|8|1897|7|22}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/earp00200.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-10-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924120104/http://www.profootballarchives.com/earp00200.html |archive-date=2015-09-24 }}</ref>
| death_place = [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]], U.S.
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| position1 = [[Center (American football)|Center]], [[End (American football)|end]]
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|College=[[Monmouth College|Monmouth (IL)]]
| playing_years1 = 1921–1922
| playing_team1 = [[Rock Island Independents]]
| playing_years2 = 1922–1924
| playing_team2 = [[Green Bay Packers]]
| playing_years3 = 1925
| playing_team3 = [[Frankford Yellow Jackets]]
| playing_years4 = 1925–1927
| playing_team4 = Green Bay Packers
| playing_years5 = 1927
| playing_team5 = [[New York Yankees (NFL)|New York Yankees]]
| playing_years6 = 1928–1932
| playing_team6 = Green Bay Packers
| career_highlights = * 3x [[List of NFL champions|NFL champion]] ([[1929 Green Bay Packers season|1929]],  [[1930 Green Bay Packers season|1930]], [[1930 Green Bay Packers season|1931]]) Second-Team [[All-Pro]] ([[1929 All-Pro Team|1929]]) Green Bay Press-Gazette: 2nd Team all-NFL (1929)
* [[Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame]]
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'''Francis Louis "Jug" Earp''' (July 22, 1897 – January 8, 1969) was a professional [[American football]] player. He attended [[Monmouth College]] in [[Monmouth, Illinois]] with the class of 1921. He played 11 seasons in the [[National Football League]] (NFL), mostly with the [[Green Bay Packers]], and was inducted into the [[Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame]] in 1970. <ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.packers.com/history/hof/francis-jug-earp | title = Francis "Jug" Earp | last = Christl | first = Cliff | author-link = Cliff Christl | website = Packers.com | access-date = September 20, 2023 | archive-date = October 3, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231003140427/https://www.packers.com/history/hof/francis-jug-earp | url-status = live }}</ref>  He was named to the [[Green Bay Press-Gazette]]'s list of All-Pros as a 2nd Teamer in 1929. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/E/EarpJu20.htm | title=Jug Earp | publisher=Sports Reference LLC | work=pro-football-reference.com | accessdate=21 May 2025}}</ref> He also played with the [[Rock Island Independents]], three games for the [[New York Yankees (NFL)|New York Yankees]], and one game for the [[Frankford Yellow Jackets]].

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[[Category:1897 births]]
[[Category:1969 deaths]]
[[Category:American football centers]]
[[Category:Frankford Yellow Jackets players]]
[[Category:Green Bay Packers players]]
[[Category:Monmouth College alumni]]
[[Category:Monmouth Fighting Scots football players]]
[[Category:New York Yankees (NFL) players]]
[[Category:Rock Island Independents players]]
[[Category:People from Monmouth, Illinois]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Illinois]]
[[Category:Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]


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