Wallace Andre "Shorty" Barr (November 30, 1897 – April 26, 1957) was a professional American football player in the National Football League (NFL) for the Racine Legion and the Milwaukee Badgers. He was also a player-coach for the NFL's renamed Racine Tornadoes in 1926.

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Shorty Barr

Date of birth	(1897-11-30)November 30, 1897
Place of birth	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Date of death	April 26, 1957(1957-04-26) (aged 59)
Career information
Position(s)	Quarterback
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg)
US college	Wisconsin
Career history
As coach
1926	Racine Tornadoes
As player
1923–1924	Racine Legion
1925	Milwaukee Badgers
1926	Racine Tornadoes
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com Coaching stats at Pro Football Reference

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Barr played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers.^[1]

On November 25, 1923, as the quarterback for the Legion, Barr was tackled twice in the end zone during a game against the Chicago Cardinals causing the Cards to register a pair of safeties in the only four-point game in NFL history. The Legion won the game though 10–4. In 1924 Barr punted 40 times for Racine and averaged 65 yards per punt.