players and a few ex-collegians into a respectable team which he named the Cleveland Tigers. The 1916 Tigers compiled a winning record despite falling to the Bulldogs and splitting a two-game series with the Columbus Panhandles. Parratt played his last professional football game on October 22, 1916, as his Tigers lost to Columbus 9–6. Formation of the NFL After his retirement from football, Parratt's name was always brought up when anyone tried to establish a concrete football league. Peggy was not part of the 1920 meetings set-up by Ralph Hay which saw the birth of the National Football League. He did reappear on the football scene on August 1, 1925, in Chicago, representing Cleveland Tigers owner Samuel Deutsch. A few months later on February 6, 1926, Parratt was appointed to two of the NFL's most important committees. The first committee consisted of a seven-member panel that was charged with redrafting the NFL constitution and by-laws. The second committee was a three-man committee to meet with the Intercollegiate Committee of Athletics (ICA) in New York City. The other two members of this panel were George Halas and Dr. Harry March. Bridge player After his football-playing days, he achieved some notability at tournaments in the later days of auction and the early days of contract bridge. Death Parratt died on January 3, 1959, and was interred at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland. References 1959 deaths 1883 births American football executives Akron Indians (Ohio League) players Akron Indians coaches Akron Pros All-Massillons players Burials at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland Canadian players of American football Case Western Spartans football players Case Western Spartans football coaches Case Western Spartans baseball players Case Western Spartans men's basketball players Cleveland Tigers (NFL) players Franklin Athletic Club of Cleveland players Massillon Tigers players Shelby Blues players Sportspeople from Ontario American men's basketball players