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 Alpha Tau Omega: Famous Alumni
He played eight NFL seasons as a two-way tackle, punter and kicker and was named to the NFL 1920's All-Decade Team.
He had three 20 win seasons, capped by 22-9 for the Yankees in 1980 (to earn AL All-Star Team status) and was in three World Series.
Returned to WandJ as assistant coach in 1929, became head coach in 1942 and was athletic director until his death in 1952.
www.ato.org /av/gi_famous.shtml   (4238 words)

  
 Pro Bowl - InfoSearchPoint.com
An all-NFL All-Star team provided the opposition over the next four seasons, but the game was cancelled after the 1942 game and season.
Note the year of the game reflects the calendar year it was played, for example the 2003 Pro Bowl was played in February 2003 following the 2002 NFL season.
A postseason All-Star game between the new league champion and a team of professional all-stars was added to the NFL schedule in 1939.
www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Pro_Bowl   (212 words)

  
 Pro Bowl Game: NFL Football All Star Gala
In 1940 and 1942 there were two games the first one in January was against the previous year's champion the second one was played in December against the newly crowned NFL champion.
From 1954 through 1970 the teams represented the NFL's Eastern and Western Conferences and since the merger of the American Football League into the NFL the Pro Bowl has been played again by all-star teams from the American and National Football Conferences.
The Pro Bowl game was formerly rotated among NFL stadiums just like the Super Bowl but since 1980 it has been played at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu.
www.sportspool.com /football/pro_bowl   (410 words)

  
 ESPN Classic - January Moments
Coach Don Shula believes this team (12-2 in the regular season plus three postseason victories by at least 17 points) is superior to last year's squad, which has the only perfect season in NFL history.
In his 13 seasons (only 11 full ones), he has won a record 10 scoring titles and his 31.5 average (29,277 points in 930 games) is the highest in NBA history.
In 10 seasons in the NBA, he averaged 24.2 points and was named to five All-Star teams.
www.espn.go.com /classic/moments/s/january.html   (9771 words)

  
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 Pro Bowl - Psychology Central
An all-NFL All-Star team provided the opposition over the next four seasons, but the event was cancelled after the game at the close of the 1942 season.
A postseason All-Star game between the new league champion and a team of professional all-stars was added to the NFL schedule in January 1939, at the end of the 1938 season.
The NFL revived the game in January 1951, after the 1950 pro football season.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Pro_Bowl   (635 words)

  
 Pro Bowl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An all-NFL All-Star team provided the opposition over the next four seasons, but the event was cancelled after the game at the close of the 1942 season.
A postseason All-Star game between the new league champion and a team of professional all-stars was added to the NFL schedule in January 1939, at the end of the 1938 season.
The NFL revived the game in January 1951, after the 1950 pro football season.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pro_Bowl   (635 words)

  
 NFL.com: NFL's oldest living player not forgotten
After his NFL career, Presnell coached at Nebraska in 1942 before serving a stint in the Navy.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Aug. 9, 2002) -- Glenn Presnell had to upstage the Galloping Ghost to make it from a small Ohio river town to the NFL.
Presnell led the league in scoring in 1933, and two years later, after the team had moved to Detroit, he played on the Lions' NFL championship team.
www.nfl.com /ce/multi/0,3783,5593717,00.html   (705 words)

  
 Pro Bowl - Psychology Central
An all-NFL All-Star team and regular NFL franchise battled on the football field until the end of the 1942 season.
A postseason All-Star game between the new league champion and a team of professional all-stars was added to the NFL schedule in January 1939, at the end of the 1938 season.
The NFL revived the game in January 1951, after the 1950 pro football season.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Pro_Bowl   (793 words)

  
 Pro Bowl biography .ms
An all-NFL All-Star team provided the opposition over the next four seasons, but the event was cancelled after the game at the close of the 1942 season.
A postseason All-Star game between the new league champion and a team of professional all-stars was added to the NFL schedule in January 1939, at the end of the 1938 season.
The listed year reflects the football season involved: for example, the teams in the game listed under 2002 were comprised of players who were all-stars during the 2002 pro football season, while the game was played following the season, in February 2003.
pro-bowl.biography.ms   (793 words)

  
 Pro Bowl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An all-NFL All-Star team provided the opposition over the next four seasons, but the event was cancelled after the game at the close of the 1942 season.
A postseason All-Star game between the new league champion and a team of professional all-stars was added to the NFL schedule in January 1939, at the end of the 1938 season.
In the first game at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles, California the New York Giants beat a team made up of players from NFL teams and two independent clubs the Los Angeles Bulldogs and the Hollywood Stars.
www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Pro_Bowl   (449 words)

  
 HickokSports.com - History - Don Hutson: Winning Respect
When Hutson retired after the 1945 season, he held virtually every NFL receiving record: Most receptions in a game, season, and career; most reception yardage in a game, season and career, and most touchdown receptions in a game, a season, and a career.
Hutson starred as a sprinter on the track team, but didn't become a starting end until near the end of his junior season.
Hutson's TD record in 1942 was like Babe Ruth's 60 home runs in 1927.
www.hickoksports.com /history/hbhutson.shtml   (852 words)

  
 Pro Bowl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An all-NFL All-Star team provided the opposition over the next four seasons, but the event was cancelled after the game at the close of the 1942 season.
The NFL revived the game in January 1951, after the 1950 pro football season.
Currently, players are voted into the Pro Bowl by the coaches, the players themselves, and the fans.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pro_Bowl   (622 words)

  
 Paul Warfield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For example, even though he only caught 28 passes during the 1973 NFL season, 11 of those receptions were touchdown catches, with four coming in the first half of the regular season finale.
In his 13 NFL seasons, Warfield caught 427 passes for 8,565 yards, giving him an amazing 20.1 yards per catch average, and scored 85 touchdowns.
Paul Dryden Warfield (born November 28, 1942 in Warren, Ohio) was a professional American football wide receiver in the 1960s and 1970s.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paul_Warfield   (307 words)

  
 SurfWax Archives: News, Reviews and Articles On Don Hutson
Since the first 1,000-yard receiving season was recorded in 1942, the chronology of NFL single-season record holders has been Don Hutson (1942-50), Elroy ''Crazy Legs'' Hirsch (1951-60), Charley Hennigan (1961-94) and Jerry Rice (1995-current).
Don Hutson finished with 823, followed by Chris Jacke, who finished with 820.
Having already released free wallpapers of Don Hutson, Ray Nitschke and Willie Wood, among others, this week the series continues with tributes to Clarke Hinkle and Mike Michalske.
news.surfwax.com /sports/archives/Don_Hutson.html   (1764 words)

  
 Professional Football Researchers Association- Pro Football History
With the coming of major league football to California in 1946, the PCPFL faded in importance, but from 1942 thru 1945 it was arguably second only to the NFL as a vehicle for pro football.
Kenny Washington, barred from the NFL for years, was still good enough in 1947, at age 29, to average over seven yards per carry with the Los Angeles Rams.
Washington was prohibited from playing in the NFL because he was black, but that was no problem on the West Coast.
www.footballresearch.com /articles/frpage.cfm?topic=pcpfl-40   (1764 words)

  
 Member - Pro Football Hall of Fame
Dudley, who was nicknamed “Bullet Bill,” even though he was never considered to be fast, was a first round draft pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1942.
The following season, Bill again demonstrated his tremendous versatility when he scored 11 touchdowns for the Lions on one punt return, one interception return, seven pass receptions, and two rushes.
Naturally, Bill was named the NFL’s Most Valuable Player that year.
www.profootballhof.com /hof/member.jsp?player_id=61   (397 words)

  
 Member - Pro Football Hall of Fame
Dudley’s nine-year National Football League career was unique in that he played three seasons each with the Steelers (1942, 1945-1946), Detroit Lions (1947-1949), and Washington Redskins (1950-1951, 1953).
Dudley, who was nicknamed “Bullet Bill,” even though he was never considered to be fast, was a first round draft pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1942.
The 1946 season was, for Dudley, one for the record book; as he led the league in rushing, punt returns, interceptions, and lateral passes attempted.
www.profootballhof.com /hof/member.jsp?player_id=61   (397 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Pro Football - Ex-Olympic star, Cowboy Bob Hayes dies - Friday September 20, 2002 02:32 AM
In his rookie season with the Cowboys, Hayes had 1,000 yards and 12 touchdowns while leading the NFL with an average of 21.8 yards a catch.
Hayes had a sparkling athletic career, and as a Cowboys receiver forced the rest of the NFL to change the way pass defense was played.
Robert Lee Hayes was born in Jacksonville on Dec. 20, 1942, and went on to become a track star at Florida A&M. In 1964, the Cowboys drafted him in the seventh round, taking a chance on a sprinter with blazing speed but unrefined football skills.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /football/news/2002/09/19/hayes_obit_ap   (1167 words)

  
 College Football Hall of Fame
He was the MVP in the 1942 College All Star Game against the NFL's Chicago Bears and, after enlisting as a U.S. Navy fighter pilot, won the Player of the Year honors in Armed Forces competition.
Smith's post-season play proved to be a continuation of his collegiate excellence.
In pacing the Gophers to the first of their back-to-back 8-0-0 campaigns, Smith was a sensation in 1940, scoring come-from-behind touchdowns that doused threats by Nebraska, Ohio State and Michigan.
www.collegefootball.org /famersearch.php?id=40080   (174 words)

  
 Professional Football Researchers Association- Pro Football History
Wartime manpower shortages eroded the Dodgers but because he was a welder at a shipyard, Kinard was still able to play with Brooklyn on Sundays for the 1942, 1943, and 1944 seasons.
Kinard was taken in the second round of the NFL's player-draft by the Brooklyn Dodgers, a pro football team named after their major league baseball counterparts.
The Dodgers struggled in Kinard's first two seasons, but Kinard was chosen as a tackle on the All- Pro team in his first season, 1938.
www.footballresearch.com /articles/frpage.cfm?topic=kinard   (174 words)

  
 Ballparks of the Negro Leagues and Barnstorming Black Baseball Teams
These factors, along with the city's desire to build a single stadium that could house both the Reds and the Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL led to the closure of Crosley and the mid-season move of the Reds in 1970 to Riverfront Stadium.
The park was named Ruppert Stadium from 1938 to 1942, Blues Stadium from 1943 to 1954, and Municipal Stadium from 1955 to 1976.
The stadium structure was built in 1937 and the grandstand took its current shape by 1941.
www.nlbpa.com /ballparks.html   (3647 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Paul Krause (football player)
He was named to the All-NFL first team his rookie season by leading the league in interceptions with twelve.
Paul Krause (born February 19, 1942 in Flint, Michigan) is a former professional American football player.
Paul Krause graduated from the University of Iowa, where he starred on both sides of the line of scrimmage.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Paul-Krause-(football-player)   (512 words)

  
 Information about U.S. FDC: 33¢ Pittsburgh Steelers: Celebrate the Century Series
Although the Steelers had a few winning seasons after 1942, it would be 32 years before they celebrated their first NFL championship.
Two years later, under head coach Walt Kiesling, the Steelers posted their first winning season, going 7-4 behind the leagueleading rushing of rookie running back Bill Dudley.
In 1940, Rooney changed the team's name to the Pittsburgh Steelers to reflect the town's heritage.
www.unicover.com /EA1CAUR2.htm   (301 words)

  
 Bob Hayes, Olympic gold medalist and former Cowboys star, dead at 59
In his rookie season with the Cowboys, Hayes had 1,000 yards and 12 touchdowns while leading the NFL with an average of 21.8 yards a catch.
Robert Lee Hayes was born in Jacksonville on Dec. 20, 1942, and went on to become a track star at Florida A&M. In 1964, the Cowboys drafted him in the seventh round, taking a chance on an incredibly fast sprinter with unrefined football skills.
Hayes retired in 1976 and lived in Dallas, before moving back to Jacksonville in the mid-1990s where he lived with his parents in relative obscurity.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2002/09/19/obituary1728EDT0369.DTL   (1046 words)

  
 NAPST A-D
Dallas Texans, NFL (1952)- played out of Hershey, PA for the last five games of the season
Cincinnati Buckeyes, NAL (1942) - moved to Cleveland
Boston Pilgrims, AL (1903-06) - changed name to Red Sox
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 Definition of carl eller
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 Carl Eller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1964 Eller was drafted in the 1st round of the NFL draft by the Minnesota Vikings.
Carl Eller (born January 25, 1942) was a professional American football player in the National Football League from 1964 through 1979.
Eller played his final season in 1979 with the Seattle Seahawks.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carl_Eller   (3873 words)

  
 ALL-CENTURY TEAM:
Twice league MVP (1941 and 1942), Hutson was a charter member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963.
Hutson led the NFL in receiving a record eight times, including five straight (1941-45).
On the first offensive play of his second regular-season appearance in 1935, Hutson turned an Arnie Herber pass into an 83-yard scoring sprint that singlehandedly beat the Chicago Bears 7-0 at old City Stadium.
www.packersnews.com /archives/allcentury/fhutsondon.shtml   (215 words)

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