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{{Short description|American football player (1886–1952)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox CFL biography
| name = Dutch Speck
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = July 30, 1886
| birth_place = [[Canton, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1952|11|18|1886|7|30}}
| death_place = Canton, Ohio, U.S.
| team =
| number =
| status =
| position1 = [[Offensive Lineman]]
| uniform_number = 14 (1921) 17 (1922, 1925) 21 (1923) 18 (1926)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~maxymuk/home/ongoing/canton.html |title=Ongoing Research Project: Canton Bulldogs |access-date=2009-03-23 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052701/http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~maxymuk/home/ongoing/canton.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 220
| college = ''None''
| playing_years1 = 1910
| playing_team1 = [[Shelby Blues]]
| playing_years2 = 1910
| playing_team2 = [[Canton Nutshell Tigers]]
| playing_years3 = 1911–1913
| playing_team3 = [[Canton Bulldogs|Canton Professionals]]
| playing_years4 = 1913
| playing_team4 = [[Elyria Athletics]]
| playing_years5 = 1913
| playing_team5 = [[Coleman Athletic Club]]
| playing_years6 = 1914
| playing_team6 = Canton Professionals
| playing_years7 = 1915–1923
| playing_team7 = [[Canton Bulldogs]]
| playing_years8 = 1924
| playing_team8 = [[Akron Pros]]
| playing_years9 = 1925–1926
| playing_team9 = Canton Bulldogs
| career_highlights =
* 2× [[List of NFL champions|NFL champion]] ([[1922 Canton Bulldogs season|1922]], [[1923 Canton Bulldogs season|1923]])
* 4× [[Ohio League]] champion (1910, 1916, 1917, 1919)
| NFL = SPE144448
| DatabaseFootball = SPECKDUT01
}}

'''Norman John Speck''' (July 30, 1886 – November 18, 1952) was a professional [[American football|football]] player during the early years of the [[National Football League]] (NFL). Speck won two NFL championships with the [[Canton Bulldogs]] in [[1922 NFL season|1922]] and [[1923 NFL season|1923]]. He played for the Professionals-Bulldogs team during their time in the [[Ohio League]] from 1911 until 1919, with the only exception being in 1913, when Speck left Canton after three games to join the [[Elyria Athletics]]. After a 20-0 defeat to the [[Akron Indians]], Speck, and seven other former Athletics showed up under the name of the [[Coleman Athletic Club]] to challenge Canton. Coleman then defeated Canton 26-0. Speck also played during the [[1924 NFL season|1924 season]] with the [[Akron Pros]], however most of his professional career was spent with Canton.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Lets_Play_Two.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-12-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126223933/http://profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Lets_Play_Two.pdf |archivedate=2010-11-26 }}</ref>

==References==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101126223933/http://profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Lets_Play_Two.pdf Let's Play Two]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100929133624/http://profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Shelby_Who.pdf Shelby Who?]

==Notes==
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{{1922 Canton Bulldogs}}
{{1923 Canton Bulldogs}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Speck, Dutch}}
[[Category:1886 births]]
[[Category:1952 deaths]]
[[Category:Canton Bulldogs players]]
[[Category:Canton Bulldogs (Ohio League) players]]
[[Category:Canton Professionals players]]
[[Category:Akron Pros players]]
[[Category:Elyria Athletics players]]
[[Category:Shelby Blues players]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Canton, Ohio]]

Dutch Speck - Revision history

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