Monmouth College Athletics

Jug Earp enjoyed one of the most successful professional careers any Monmouth College athlete ever experienced. After playing with the Rock Island Independents in the fall of 1921, Earp joined the Green Bay Packers in 1922. He played 11 years as a center on offense and a tackle on defense before retiring at the end of the 1932 season. 

Earp led the Packers to the first National Football League championship “three-peat” from 1929-31. The 1929 team, led by Earp at defensive tackle, allowed its opponents only 24 points all season. As a Packer lineman, Earp is credited with the innovation of the one-handed pass from center to quarterback.

Earp, a second cousin once removed of the famed frontier marshall Wyatt Earp, served as publicity director for the Packers from 1950-54 and was inducted into their Hall of Fame in 1970.