Players were generally paid $75-$100 per game during the 1920s. Red Grange was the star of football during that time. It was reported that he asked George Halas, owner of the Chicago Bears, for a 'five figure salary' for the 1926 season. He was refused and with the help of his manager started a new football league in 1926 that lasted one season. It would be safe to say that nobody in the NFL made more than a couple thousand dollars tops during the 1920s.
The highest paid African footballer is the Cameroon striker Samuel Etoo, he gets paid about 13 million pounds a year.
a lot he is the highest payed footballer in the world by all lot
When the American economy in the 1920's boomed and then busted. Much money was lost
1000
Messi is currently the highest paid single footballer on the planet, with a yearly salary of 31 million euros. Not much of a surprise, Cristiano Ronaldo is second, making 29 million euros a year.
think how much Medical and dental specialists get paid a week and then look at the brazillian footballer kaka who gets at least 198,000 a week.
a footballer cost £1.50 with a side oorder of fries... yummy...
same amount as any other footballer.
A schilling is a denomination of Austria, but there was no 1920 Schilling. There was, however, a 1920 Shilling made in the United Kingdom, Australia, and British West Africa. Which country's coin were you interested in?
How much Would $100 in 1920
Much of the work force consisted of immigrants who were willing to work in poor conditions.
150,000