Mose Bashaw


Mose Lafayette Bashaw was an American professional football tackle who played one season in the American [Professional Football Association] with the Hammond Pros.

Early life

Mose Lafayette Bashaw was born on April 15, 1889, in Huron, New York. He attended Tilden High School in Chicago, Illinois. He did not play college football.

Professional career

Bashaw played in nine games, starting eight, for the independent Fort Wayne Friars in 1917.
He played in three games, all starts, for the Rock Island Independents during the 1919 season.
Bashaw played in at least three of the seven games played by the Hammond Pros of the American Professional Football Association during the league's inaugural 1920 season. He signed with the Pros again in 1921 but did not play that year. He stood 5'9" and weighed 200 pounds.

Personal life

Bashaw died on June 5, 1933, in Chicago.