Paul Des Jardien

Paul Des Jardien
	Des Jardien, c. 1914
Profile
Position	Center
Personal information
Born	August 24, 1893; Coffeyville, Kansas, U.S.
Died	March 7, 1956 (aged 62); Monrovia, California, U.S.
Career information
College	University of Chicago
Career history
1920	Chicago Tigers
1922	Minneapolis Marines
Awards and highlights
	Second-team All-Pro (1920); Consensus All-American (1913); Second-team All-American (1914); First-team All-Service (1917); 3× First-team All-Western (1912, 1913, 1914);
	College Football Hall of Fame
Other information
	Baseball career
	Pitcher
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	May 20, 1916, for the Cleveland Indians
Last MLB appearance
	May 20, 1916, for the Cleveland Indians
MLB statistics
Games played	1
Earned run average	18.00
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Cleveland Indians (1916);

Paul Raymond "Shorty" Des Jardien (August 24, 1893 – March 7, 1956) was an American football, baseball and basketball player. He played for the University of Chicago where he was selected as the first-team All-American center in both 1913 and 1914 and also pitched a no-hitter for the baseball team. He later played professional baseball for the Cleveland Indians and professional football for the Cleveland Indians (1916), Hammond Pros (1919), Chicago Tigers (1920) and Minneapolis Marines (1922). He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955.