and converted 9 of 10 extra point attempts for a total of 15 points. During World War I, DaPrato's football career was interrupted by military service. He served with the United States Army in Germany and was appointed acting mayor of a German town during the occupation. DaPrato wrote from Germany, "I am the mayor of the town and the boss of everybody in it, Germans included." In September 1920, the NFL (called the American Professional Football Association during the 1920 and 1921 seasons) was founded at a meeting in the Hupmobile auto showroom of the owner of the Canton Bulldogs. In the inaugural season of the NFL, DaPrato played at the fullback position for the 1920 Detroit Heralds. He played in the 1921 NFL season with the Detroit Tigers. Later years In October 1922, DaPrato joined the Michigan National Guard with the rank of captain. He married Elizabeth Parke, a nurse he had met during the war, and the DaPratos were the last family members to reside in the historic David Parke House in Parkesburg, Pennsylvania. DaPrato died there in 1984 at age 91. See also List of NCAA major college football yearly rushing leaders List of NCAA major college football yearly scoring leaders References 1893 births 1984 deaths Players of American football from Michigan Detroit Tigers (NFL) players Michigan State Spartans football players People from Iron Mountain, Michigan