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(Complete 5/21/07-8/13/20)

Detroit professional football

Detroit Lions

  1. Steve Banas (fullback, 1935) [created 2010]
  2. Lem Barney (cornerback 1967-1977, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1992) [expanded 2016]
  3. Les Bingaman (middle guard 1948-1954, heaviest player at 350 pounds; 1st-team All Pro 1951-54) [expanded 2016]
  4. Cloyce Box (receiver from 1949-54; had 302 receiving yard game in 1950) [expanded 2016]
  5. Dexter Bussey (running back with Lions, 1974-84; held team's career rushing record, 1981-84) [expanded 2016]
  6. Ernie Caddel DYK ... that Stanford and Detroit Lions running back Ernie Caddel, known as the "Blond Antelope," led the NFL in average yards gained per rushing carry for three consecutive years? [expanded 2010]
  7. Stan Campbell (offensive guard, 1957, 1959-61; won 3 NFL championships with Detroit and Philadelphia) [expanded 2016]
  8. George Christensen DYK ... that former Oregon Ducks and Detroit Lions George Christensen co-founded a multinational manufacturing company with factories in France, Japan, Canada and the United States? (captain of the first Detroit Lions professional football team in 1934 and was a starter on the 1935 Detroit Lions team that won the 1935 NFL Championship Game) [expanded 2010]
  9. Jack Christiansen (defensive back and punt returner, 1951-58; later a head coach for 49ers and at Stanford; inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1970) [expanded 2016]
  10. Dutch Clark (QB, Portsmouth and Detroit, 1931-32, 1934-38; NFL Player of the 1930s; 6x 1st-team All-Pro) [expanded to "B" 2017]
  11. Gail Cogdill (1960 NFL Rookie of the Year, set Lions records for receptions and receiving yards) [expanded 2016]
  12. Lou Creekmur (Offensive lineman, 1950-58; inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1996) [expanded 2015]
  13. Robert Derleth (lineman for Michigan, 1942-43, 1945-46; missing 1944 due to military service; played for Detroit Lions in 1947) [created 2010]
  14. Don Doll DYK ... that Don Doll, the only player in NFL history to register 10 or more interceptions in 3 separate seasons, changed his surname to "Doll" after being discharged from the United States Marine Corps? [expanded 2010]
  15. Mel Farr (consensus first-team All-American at UCLA in 1966 and NFL Rookie of he Year in 1967 with the Lions) [expanded 2016]
  16. Ed Flanagan (starting center for the Lions, 1965-74; 4-time Pro Bowler) [expanded 2016]
  17. Sonny Gandee (defensive end and linebacker, 1952-1956) [expanded 2016]
  18. John Greene DYK: ... that Johnny Greene, a converted lineman, was nicknamed the "Cinderella Kid" when he became one of the leading pass receivers in the NFL in the late 1940s? [expanded 2013]
  19. Mel Groomes DYK ... that in April 1947, halfback Mel Groomes became the first African-American player signed by the Detroit Lions? [created 2013]
  20. Ace Gutowsky DYK ... that in the 1932 NFL championship game, Chicago Bears coach George Halas stuck out his foot from the sidelines and tripped Ace Gutowsky while he was returning a kickoff for the Portsmouth Spartans? [expanded 2010]
  21. Larry Hand (defensive end and tackle, 1965-1977; 164 games as a Lion) [expanded 2016]
  22. Chuck Hanneman (Lions' leading receiver, 1939) [created 2016]
  23. Leon Hart (1949 Heisman Trophy winner; end for Lions 1950-57) [expanded 2016]
  24. Robert Hoernschemeyer (running back 1950-55; led NCAA in total offense and passing, 1943) [expanded 2016]
  25. Horace King (running back, 1975-83) [expanded 2016]
  26. Ralph Kohl DYK ... that long-time NFL scout Ralph Kohl was considered the top "judge of football flesh" in BLESTO, the scouting combine of the Bears-Lions-Eagles-Steelers Talent Organization? [expanded 2010]
  27. Thomas Hupke (guard, 1934-37; All-American at Alabama) [created 2010]
  28. Steve Junker (end 1957, 1959-60, caught 2 TD passes in 1957 NFL Championship Game) [expanded 2016]
  29. Night Train Lane (defensive back, 1952-65; PFHOF) [expanded 2016]
  30. Yale Lary (punter, defensive back, return specialist, 1952-54; Pro Football Hall of Fame) [expanded 2016]
  31. Gil Lefebvre (set an NFL record with a 98-yard punt return that was not broken until 1994) [created 2010]
  32. Dan Lewis (first African-American to lead Lions in rushing, fourth all-time rusher in club history when he was traded in 1965) [expanded 2017]
  33. John Lomakoski (offensive tackle 1962) [created stub 2017]
  34. Bob Mann DYK ... that Bob Mann, the first black player for the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, claimed he was "railroaded" out of football when he objected to a pay cut after leading the NFL in receiving yards? [expanded 2010]
  35. Joe Margucci (quarterback/fullback, 1947-48) [created 2016]
  36. Jack Matheson (American football) (end/guard 1943-1946, set Lions' receiving yardage record) [created 2017]
  37. Darris McCord (Lions defensive lineman for 13 years, 1955-67) [expanded 2016]
  38. Dave Middleton (Lions wide receiver 1955-1960) [expanded 2017]
  39. Bill Munson (Lions QB in continuous competition with Greg Landry, 1968-75) [expanded 2016]
  40. Paul Naumoff (consensus All-American linebacker at Tennessee, 1966; played in 142 consecutive games for the Lions and missed only two games in 12 years with the club) [expanded 2016]
  41. Nick Pietrosante (first-team All-American in 1958, NFL Rookie of the Year in 1959, Pro Bowl player 1960-61; set a Lions team record with 3,933 rushing yards) [expanded 2016]
  42. Glenn Presnell (halfback for Portsmouth/Detroit, 1931-36; set the NFL single-season scoring record in 1933 and led the league in total offense) [expanded 2011]
  43. Mickey Sanzotta (Lions fullback, leading rusher 1942) [created 2016]
  44. Joe Schmidt (linebacker 1953-65, head coach 1967-72; Pro and College Football Halls of Fame) [expanded 2016]
  45. Bob Smith (defensive back and punter, 1949-54) [expanded 2016]
  46. Red Stacy (lineman, 1935-37) [created 2010]
  47. Dick Stanfel (offensive lineman for Detroit, 1952-1955; inducted to Hall of Fame 2016) [expanded 2016]
  48. Rich Strenger DYK: ...that offensive tackle Rich Strenger told reporters that Michigan Wolverines football coach Bo Schembechler ran a more strenuous training camp at the college level than he experienced in the NFL with the Detroit Lions? [created 2008]
  49. Bill Swiacki (consensus All-American 1947, end for Lions 1951-52) [expanded 2016]
  50. Altie Taylor (running back, 1969-75; set Lions career rushing record) [expanded 2016]
  51. LaVern Torgeson (linebaker 1951-54) [expanded 2016]
  52. Bill Triplett (running back for St. Louis, NY and Detroit; made comeback after missing 1964 season with tuberculosis) [expanded 2016]
  53. Pug Vaughan (running back, 1935) [created 2010]
  54. Tom Vaughn (safety 1965-71) [expanded 2020]
  55. Sid Wagner DYK ... that Sid Wagner led Michigan State to their first consecutive football wins over the Michigan Wolverines and was the first player selected by the Detroit Lions in the first NFL Draft? [expanded 2009]
  56. Wayne Walker (linebacker, placekicker, 1958-1972; 200 games as a Lion) [expanded 2016]
  57. Larry Walton (wide receiver, 1969-77) [expanded 2016]
  58. Camp Wilson (fullback, led Lions in rushing, 1946-48; traded for Bobby Layne in April 1950) [created 2016]
  59. Alex Wojciechowicz (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, Lions' center 1938-46) [expanded 2016]
  60. Roger Zatkoff (linebacker 1957-58, first-team All-Pro with Green Bay, 1954-55) [expanded 2015, 2016]

Detroit NFL 1920s

  1. Butch Brandau (fullback for Detroit Tigers, 1921) [created 2014]
  2. Charlie Carman (guard for Detroit Heralds/Tigers (1920-1921) [expanded 2014]
  3. Walt Clago (end for 1921 Detroit Tigers) [expanded 2017]
  4. Jimmy Conzelman (owner, coach and player for the Detroit Panthers, PFHOF in 1964) [expanded 2016]
  5. Cy DeGree (tackle/guard for Detroit Tigers 1921) [created 2015]
  6. Russ Finsterwald (wingback 1920; college at Syracuse) [created 2014]
  7. Joe Fitzgerald (end 1920) [expanded 2014]
  8. Charlie Guy (guard/center for Detroit Heralds/Tigers 1920-1921) [expanded 2014]
  9. Steamer Horning DYK ... that Steamer Horning was an All-American football player for Colgate and a two-time All-NFL player for Toledo? [expanded 2014]
  10. Ty Krentler (fullback 1920) [created 2014]
  11. Waddy Kuehl (back for Detroit Tigers, 1921) [created 2014]
  12. Alvin Loucks (guard for Detroit Heralds 1920) [created 2010]
  13. Hugh Lowery DYK ... that Hugh Lowery taught formation flying in World War I and later played in the National Football League's first season? [created 2014]
  14. Tom McNamara (guard/fullback for Detroit Panthers 1925-1926) [created 2015]
  15. Eddie Moegle DYK ... that halfback Eddie Moegle scored the first touchdown for Detroit in the first season of the NFL? [created 2014]
  16. Ray Whipple (end 1920; college at Notre Dame) [created 2014]
  17. Pryor Williams (end for Detroit Tigers, 1921) [created 2014]
  18. Perce Wilson (quarterback for Detroit Heralds 1920) [expanded 2014]

Detroit Heralds

  1. Ty Krentler
  2. Birtie Maher

Michigan college players/coaches

Michigan State Spartans

123 articles

  1. Tony Arena (center/linebacker, MVP of MSC 1941 team,then played for Lions in 1942) [created 2015]
  2. Art Beckley (back who then played in NFL in 1926) [created 2015]
  3. Leroy Bolden (halfback 1952-54) [created 2015]
  4. Les Bruckner (fullback who then played in NFL 1945) [created 2015]
  5. Carl Charon (DB/FB who then played in AFL 1962-63) [created 2015]
  6. Koester Christensen (end who then played in NFL 1930) [created 2015]
  7. Don Coleman DYK ... that Don Coleman was the first Michigan State football player to have his number retired, the Spartans' first African-American] coach, and the first African-American teacher at Flint Central High School? [expanded from stub in 2010]
  8. Fred Danziger (fullback who then played in NFL 1931) [created 2015]
  9. Neno DaPrato DYK ... ... that Michigan State halfback Neno DaPrato was called "the greatest scoring machine of the year" after scoring 130 points, in just six games, during the 1915 season? [created 2014]
  10. George Denman (coach at Michigan State, 1901-02) [expanded 2011]
  11. Dave Diehl (end who then played in NFL 1939-1945) [created 2015]
  12. Don Dohoney (consensus All-American end for Michigan State, 1953) [created in 2014]
  13. Bob Friedlund (end who then played in NFL 1946) [created 2015]
  14. Lyman Frimodig DYK ... that Frim Frimodig played high school football with George Gipp and held Michigan State's single-game basketball scoring record for 35 years? (only athlete in MSU history to receive 10 varsity letters, 4 each in basketball and baseball and 2 in football) [created 2010]
  15. George Gauthier DYK ... that Gooch Gauthier coached a "little band of Battling Bishops" to victory over the Michigan Wolverines in the 1928 season opener at The Big House? (Michigan State football and basketball player and coach) [expanded 2010]
  16. Dale Hansen (tackle who then played for Lions 1944, 1948)[created 2015]
  17. Bob Jewett (end who then played in NFL 1958) [created 2015]
  18. George E. Julian (first-team All-American fullback at Michigan Agr., 1913) [created 2015]
  19. Bill Kennedy (guard, fullback who then played for Lions 1942) [created 2015]
  20. Alex Ketzko (tackle who then played for Lions 1943) [created 2015]
  21. Michael Kinek (end who then played in NFL 1940) [created 2015]
  22. Russ Lay (guard/tackle who then played for Lions 1934) [created 2015]
  23. DeWayne Lewis (played college football at Michigan State; helped lead Team USA to gold medal at 2011 IFAF World Championship in Austria; selected as an All-World defensive back and Best Defensive Back at the World Championship) [AfD rescue 2012]
  24. John Macklin DYK ... that "Big John" Macklin coached the Michigan State Spartans football program to its first wins over Ohio State and Michigan and also coached the school's basketball, baseball and track teams? [created 2010]
  25. John Matsko (American football) (first-team All-Big Ten center at Michigan State) [created 2015]
  26. Marv McFadden (guard who then played in NFL 1953, 1956) [created 2015]
  27. Blake Miller (end at Michigan Agricultural, 1912-1915) [expanded 2015]
  28. Brian Ottney (Michigan State center, 2000-2002, and co-captain; known for shaved head, goatee, and intense and intimidating appearance and style of play) [AfD rescue 2014]
  29. John Pingel (Michigan State halfback and All-American 1937-38; CFHOF) [expanded a bit in 2010]
  30. Paul Podmajersky (guard who then played 1 game in NFL 1944) [created 2015]
  31. Don Ridler (tackle who then played in NFL 1931) [created 2015]
  32. Lyle Rockenbach (guard who then played for Lions 1943) [created 2015]
  33. Stephen Sieradzki (fullback who then played in NFL 1948) [created 2015]
  34. Ed Smith (QB, 1976-1978) [created 2017]
  35. Gideon Smith (first African-American football player at Michigan State, 1913-1914) [expanded a bit 2015]
  36. Matt Snorton (tight end who then played in AFL 1964) [created 2015]
  37. Harry Speelman (guard who then played for Lions 1940) [created 2015]
  38. Bob Suci (defensive back who then played in AFL 1962-1963) [created 2015]
  39. Dick Tamburo (first-team All-American center at Michigan State, 1952; also athletic director at Fresno St., Arizona St., and Missouri) [created in 2015]
  40. Jesse Thomas (defensive back who then played in NFL 1955-57) [created 2015]
  41. Larry Vargo (end, DB, LB who then played for Lions 1962-1963) [created 2015]
  42. Walt Vezmar (guard who then played for Lions 1946-1947) [created 2015]
  43. Sid Wagner DYK ... that Sid Wagner led Michigan State to their first consecutive football wins over the Michigan Wolverines and was the first player selected by the Detroit Lions in the first NFL Draft? [expanded 2009]

Detroit Titans

83 articles

  1. Rip Bachor (All-American tackle who then played for Detroit Wolverines 1928) [created 2015]
  2. Vince Banonis (center 1939-1941, CFHOF, then played for Lions 1951-1953) [expanded 2014]
  3. Lloyd Brazil (halfback 1927-1929, later AD 1943-1951) [created 2009]
  4. Walt Clago (end 1919, later 2 years in NFL) [expanded 2017]
  5. Tom Connell (halfback, captain on 1928 national championship team) [created 2015]
  6. W. Alfred Debo (head coach, 1903-04) [expanded 2018]
  7. Gus Dorais (coach 1925-1942, ND player 1911-13, "father of forward pass", CHFHOF) [expanded 2017]
  8. James F. Duffy (coach 1917-24) [expanded 2017]
  9. Al Ghesquiere (NCAA rushing champion, 1940) [created 2015]
  10. Ty Krentler (fullback who then played for Detroit Heralds/Maroons 1920) [created 2014]
  11. Jack Kurkowski (fullback/halfback who led NCAA in yards/carry 1947) [created 2015]
  12. Birtie Maher (end in 1913, then played for Detroit Heralds 1920) [created 2015]
  13. Gene Malinowski (quarterback 1947, NFL 1948) [created 2017]
  14. Tom McNamara (guard/fullback who then played for Detroit Panthers 1925-1926) [created 2015]
  15. Eddie Moegle (halfback who played for Detroit Heralds/Tigers 1920-1921) [created 2014]
  16. Doug Nott (halfback who then played for Lions 1935) [expanded 2015]
  17. Larry Vargo (end, DB/LB who then played for Lions 1962-1963) [created 2015]

Western Michigan

106 articles

  1. Alex Carder (quarterback at Western Michigan, 2010-12; later played in the CFL) [created 2011]
  2. Daniel Braverman (WMU receiver ranked 2nd in FBS in receptions in 2015 regular season) [created 2015]
  3. Western Michigan Broncos football coaches: [7 articles, created 2010-11]
Tubby Meyers (1906)
Milton Olander (1922–23)
Earl Martineau (1924-28)
Mike Gary (1929-41)
John Gill (1942–52)
Merle Schlosser (1957–63)
Bill Doolittle (1964–74)

Eastern Michigan

120 articles

  1. Central Michigan–Eastern Michigan football rivalry [created 2018]
  2. Eastern Michigan head football coaches [7 articles, expanded 2011, except Rynearson and Trosko, both created 2010]
Andrew Bird Glaspie (1897)
Dwight Watson (1899) (AfD rescue)
Curry Hicks (1910)
Elton Rynearson (1917, 1919–20, 1925–48)
Lynn Bell (1918), Joseph McCulloch (1921–22)
Fred Trosko (1952-64)
Dan Boisture (EMU coach 1967-1973) [expanded a wee bit 2010]

Central Michigan

  1. Central Michigan head football coaches: Harry Helmer (expanded 2018), Butch Nowack (expanded 2018), Carl Pray (expanded 2018)
  2. Ryan Radcliff (quarterback at Central Michigan, 2009-12) [created 2011]

Players

Pre-1900 players

  1. George Adee (consensus All-American quarterback at Yale, 1894) [created 2009]
  2. Walter Irving Badger (Yale QB 1879-81, 3 NC, teammate of Walter Camp) [crated 2018]
  3. John Baird (consensus All-American fullback at Princeton, 1896) [created 2009]
  4. Walter Boal DYK ... that American hammer thrower Walter Boal astonished passengers on a ship traveling to England in 1899 by skipping rope around the deck with another athlete on his back?(consensus All-American guard at Harvard, 1898) [created 2009]
  5. George H. Brooke (consensus All-American halfback at Penn, 1894-95) [created 2009]
  6. Alfred E. Bull (All-American at Penn, 1895) [expanded 2009]
  7. Norman Cabot (consensus All-American end at Harvard, 1895-96) [stub created 2009]
  8. Dave Campbell (American football) (consensus All-American end at Harvard, 1899-1901) [expanded 2014]
  9. Roscoe Channing (consensus All-American halfback at Princeton, 1889) [created 2009]
  10. John J. Corbett
    (consensus All-American halfback for Harvard, 1890) [created 2009]
  11. John Cranston (consensus All-American guard and center at Harvard, 1889-90; first player to wear "nose armor") [created 2009]
  12. Arthur Cumnock (consensus All-American end at Harvard, 1889) [created 2009]
  13. William Cunningham (American football) (consensus first-team All-American center at Michigan, 1898) [created 2007]
  14. Wilton Davis (NCAA rushing leader, 1947) [stub created 2015]
  15. Dudley Dean DYK ... that Harvard's All-American football quarterback Dudley Dean was cited by Theodore Roosevelt for bravery after the Rough Riders' charge of San Juan Hill? (consensus All-American quarterback, 1890) [created 2009]
  16. Charles de Saulles DYK ... that Charles de Saulles coached an undefeated football team of workers from a Kansas zinc smelting works that defeated the Carlisle Indians and was dubbed "the oddest football team in the country"? (consensus All-American quarterback at Yale, 1897) [created 2009]
  17. Benjamin Dibblee (consensus All-American halfback at Harvard, 1897-98) [created 2009]
  18. Allan Doucette (consensus All-American center at Harvard 1897) [stub created 2009]
  19. Clarence Fincke (consensus All-American quarterback at Yale, 1896) [created 2009]
  20. William George (consensus All-American center at Princeton, 1889) [created 2009]
  21. John A. Hall (consensus All-American end for Yale, 1897; coach at Carlisle, 1898) [created 2014]
  22. Frank Hallowell (consensus All-American end at Harvard, 1890, 1892) [created 2009]
  23. John Hallowell (consensus All-American end at Harvard, 1898, 1900; assistant to Herbert Hoover in the U.S. Food Administration after WWI) [created 2013]
  24. Clarence Herschberger DYK ... that University of Chicago fullback Clarence Herschberger has been credited as the first player to run the Statue of Liberty play? (consensus All-American fullback, 1898) [expanded 2009]
  25. Art Hillebrand (consensus All-American tackle at Princeton, 1898-99) [expanded 2009]
  26. Sheppard Homans, Jr.
    DYK ... that Grantland Rice wrote that All-American football fullback Shep Homans, who played in every minute of all 22 games for Princeton in 1890 and 1891, "represented the football that used to be"? (consensus All-American fullback at Princeton, 1890-91) [created 2009]
  27. Frank Hudson DYK ... that in 1898, Frank Hudson, a five-foot, three-inch quarterback from the Laguna Pueblo tribe, became the first Native American to be selected as an All-American football player? [created 2009]
  28. Louis K. Hull (Yale rusher/forward 1878-83, 5 NC) [created 2018]
  29. Walter S. Kennedy DYK ... that quarterback Walter Kennedy's amateur status became a national media story in 1898 after his mother said he was receiving $500 a year to play football at the University of Chicago? [created 2010]
  30. Edward Leonard King (Army halfback, 1894-95, head coach, 1903) DYK ... that footballer Edward King was honored for heroism in the Philippines and tactical skill in France and later became Commandant of the Army Command and General Staff College? [expanded 2010]
  31. Langdon Lea (consensus All-American tackle at Princeton, 1893-95; later coach at Michigan for one year before arrival of Fielding H. Yost) [expanded 2009]
  32. James P. Lee (consensus All-American halfback for Harvard, 1889; cousin of Robert E. Lee; dropped dead playing tennis at age 71) [created 2014]
  33. William H. Lewis DYK ... that William H. Lewis]] became the first African-American college football player in 1888 and the first African-American to serve as U.S. Assistant Attorney General in 1911? (consensus All-American center at Harvard, 1892-93) [created 2009, "B"]
  34. Malcolm McBride (consensus All-American back at Yale, 1898-99; head coach of Yale's undefeated 1900 national championship team) [created 2009]
  35. Franklin Morse DYK ... that American football halfback Franklin Morse was the model for a drawing, prints of which reportedly "hung in most college rooms throughout the country" during the 1890s? (consensus All-American halfback, 1893) [created 2009, "B"]
  36. Marshall Newell DYK ... that "Ma" Newell, one of the few four-year All-Americans in college football history, was run over by a railroad engine on Christmas Eve 1897? (four-time consensus All-American tackle, 1890-93) [expanded 2009, "C"]
  37. Pete Overfield DYK ... that Pete Overfield won a professional American football championship in 1901 and was later nominated by U.S. President William Howard Taft as a federal judge in Alaska? (consensus All-American center, 1898-99) [created 2009]
  38. Lew Palmer (consensus All-American end for Princeton, 1898) [created 2014]
  39. Bemus Pierce DYK ... that Bemus Pierce, a guard for the Carlisle Indian School football team, ran back three kickoffs for touchdowns in an 1896 game against the University of Illinois? [created 2009, "B"]
  40. Edgar Allan Poe (Maryland attorney general)
    (Princeton quarterback and consensus All-American) [expanded 2009]
  41. John Polanski (NCAA rushing leader, 1939) [created 2015]
  42. Howard R. Reiter DYK ... that Howard Reiter has been credited by some with developing the overhand spiral forward pass while playing for the Philadelphia Athletics of the original National Football League (1902)? (consensus All-American halfback at Princeton, 1899) [expanded to "C" 2009]
  43. William Rhodes (consensus All-American tackle at Yale, 1890; Yale coach 1893-94 with 26–1 record and 1894 national championship) [created 2009]
  44. Eugene Lamb Richards (Yale halfback 1881-84, 4 NC) [created 2018]
  45. Paul Rickards (NCAA passing leader, 1944) [stub created 2015]
  46. Dudley Riggs (consensus All-American guard at Princeton, 1895) [created 2009]
  47. Jesse Riggs (consensus All-American guard at Princeton, 1890) [created 2009]
  48. Charles Romeyn DYK ... that Charles Romeyn, All-American fullback for the Army football team, was sent to Montana in 1902 with the charge of "quieting" the Cheyenne Indians? [created 2014]
  49. George A. Sawin (first-team All-American halfback at Harvard, 1899) [created 2015]
  50. Isaac Seneca DYK ... that in 1899 Isaac Seneca became the first Native American to be named as an All-American football player while playing halfback for the Carlisle Indian School? [created 2009, "C"]
  51. Albert Sharpe DYK ... that Albert Sharpe participated in football, basketball, baseball, gymnastics, rowing, and track and field, and was called "the greatest living all round athlete" in 1915? (consensus All-American halfback at Yale, 1899) [created 2009, "B"]
  52. George S. Stillman (consensus All-American tackle at Yale, 1899-1900; head coach of Yale's 1901 national championship team) [created 2011]
  53. Phillip Stillman (consensus All-American center for Yale, 1894) [created 2014]
  54. Johnny Supulski (NCAA passing leader, 1940) [stub created 2015]
  55. Wyllys Terry (Yale rusher 1882-84, 3 NC) [created 2018]
  56. Harry Thayer (consensus All-American halfback at Penn, 1892) [created stub 2009]
  57. Arthur Tipton DYK ... that 1898 All-American football player Arthur Tipton prompted a rule change when he kicked a loose ball down the field and fell on it for a touchdown after it crossed the goal line? [created 2014]
  58. Ray Tompkins (Yale rusher 1881-83, 3 NC) [created 2018]
  59. Alexander Hamilton Wallis (consensus All-American tackle at Yale, 1892) [created 2009]
  60. Ralph Warren (consensus All-American end from Princeton, 1890; disappeared for several days after 1891 loss to Yale, then showed up incoherent) [created 2009, "B"]
  61. Bert Waters DYK ... that Harvard All-American Bert Waters was accused of jabbing a finger into a Yale player's eye in the 1893 football game that became known as "The Bloodbath in Hampden Park"? (consensus All-American lineman, 1892, 1894) [created 2009, "C"]
  62. Charles Wharton (consensus All-American guard at Penn, 1895-96; College Football Hall of Fame) [created 2009]
  63. Martin Wheelock DYK ... that Martin Wheelock, football player for the Carlisle Indian School in the 1890s, was inducted into the American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame in 1980? (first-team All-American at Carlisle, 1899) [created 2009 "C"]
  64. Wayne Williams (NCAA rushing leader, 1944) [created stub 2015]
  65. Wallace Winter (consensus All-American tackle at Yale, 1891) [created 2009]
  66. Edgar Wrightington (consensus All-American halfback at Harvard, 1896) [created 2009]

1900s players

  1. Clarence Alcott (consensus All-American end at Yale, 1907) [created 2010]
  2. Hamlin Andrus (consensus All-American guard at Yale, 1909) [created 2013]
  3. Lucius Horatio Biglow (consensus All-American tackle at Yale, 1906-07) [created 2009]
  4. Crawford Blagden (consensus All-American tackle at Harvard, 1901) [created 2013]
  5. James Bloomer (consensus All-American lineman at Yale, 1900 and 1903) [created 2013]
  6. Edward Bowditch DYK ... that Edward Bowditch was an All-American football player, aide-de-camp to John Pershing, and member of the 1922 Wood-Forbes Mission that concluded that Filipino people were not yet ready for independence? [created 2013]
  7. Karl Brill (consensus All-American tackle at Harvard, 1905) [created 2010]
  8. Paul Bunker DYK ... that Paul Bunker died in a Japanese prisoner of war camp in 1943 but kept hidden a remnant of the U.S. flag from Corregidor that is now displayed at the West Point Museum? (consensus All-American tackle, 1901-02) [expanded to "B" 2009]
  9. Francis Burr (consensus All-American guard at Harvard, 1905-06) [created 2010]
  10. Dave Campbell (American football) (consensus All-American end at Harvard, 1899-1901) [expanded 2014]
  11. George Capron (third-team All-American halfback at Minnesota, 1907) [created 2009]
  12. Adam Casad (second-team All-American halfback at Army, 1901) [created 2015]
  13. George B. Chadwick DYK ... that despite winning seven national championships from 1899 to 1912, the Yale football team had 14 head coaches in those 14 years, including "the phantom line cleaver"? [created 2011, "C"]
  14. Carroll Cooney (consensus All-American center at Yale, 1909) [created 2013]
  15. James Cooney (consensus All-American tackle at Princeton, 1904, 1906) [created 2009]
  16. Hamilton Corbett (consensus All-American fullback for Harvard, 1908) [created 2014]
  17. Ted Coy DYK ... that Yale All-American Ted Coy, who played football with "his long blonde hair held back by a white sweatband," was the basis for a character in a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald? (consensus All-American, 1907-09) [expanded to "C" 2009]
  18. Bill Dague (consensus All-American end at Navy, 1907) [created 2010]
  19. Ralph Tipton Davis (consensus All-American end at Princeton, 1901) [created 2013]
  20. Edward Dillon (consensus All-American quarterback at Princeton, 1906; played professional football for the Lyceum team in Pittsburgh) [created 2010, "C"]
  21. William Erwin (consensus All-American guard for Army, 1907) [created 2014]
  22. Edward Farnsworth (second-team All-American guard at Army, 1902, and halfback, 1903; only person to play in 5 Army-Navy games) [created 2015]
  23. William Fincke DYK ... that William Fincke, an All-American quarterback at Yale in 1900, became a pacifist minister and founder of the Brookwood Labor College and Manumit School? [created 2013]
  24. Robert Forbes (consensus All-American end at Yale, 1906; caught one of the most important early forward passes) [created 2010]
  25. Joseph Gilman
    (consensus All-American guard for Dartmouth, 1904) [created 2014]
  26. Alexander Garfield Gillespie (second-team All-American end at Army, 1904) [created 2015]
  27. Edgar Glass (consensus All-American tackle at Cornell, 1902) [created 2013]
  28. William Goebel (consensus All-American guard for Yale, 1908) [created 2014]
  29. Patrick Grant (consensus All-American center for Harvard, 1907; served with the Royal Canadian Flying Corps; died in fall from 5th floor office in 1927) [created 2014]
  30. Thomas Graydon DYK ... that two-time All-American fullback "Blondy" Graydon performed a tumbling routine with the Barnum & Bailey Circus while dressed "in resplendent pink tights"? (consensus All-American fullback, 1901-02) [created 2009]
  31. John Hallowell (consensus All-American end at Harvard, 1898, 1900; assistant to Herbert Hoover in the U.S. Food Administration after WWI) [created 2013]
  32. Edwin Harlan (consensus All-American halfback for Princeton, 1907) [created 2014]
  33. Peter Hauser DYK ... that Native American football player Peter Hauser has been credited with throwing the first spiral pass? [created 2014, "C"]
  34. Howard Henry (consensus All-American end at Princeton, 1903) [created 2013]
  35. Willie Heston (consensus All-American end at Michigan, 1903, 1904) [expanded to "B" 2010]
  36. Henry Hobbs (consensus All-American tackle at Yale, 1909; Amherst coach, 1910-13)
  37. Clarence Hockenberger (first-team All-American center at Yale, 1906)
  38. Henry Holt (consensus All-American center at Yale, 1901)
  39. Henry Hooper (consensus All-American center at Dartmouth, 1903)
  40. Sanford Hunt (consensus All-American guard at Cornell, 1901)
  41. Dana Kafer (consensus All-American halfback for Princeton, 1903)
  42. Robert Kernan (consensus All-American halfback at Harvard, 1901)
  43. Ralph Kinney (consensus All-American tackle at Yale, 1902)
  44. J. W. Knibbs (Dartmouth, 1901-1904) [expanded 2011]
  45. Daniel Knowlton (consensus All-American tackle at Harvard, 1903)
  46. Hugh Knox (first-team All-American halfback at Yale, 1906) Possible confusion with Wm. F. Knox?
  47. William F. Knox (consensus All-American halfback at Yale, 1906; head coach at Yale, 1907)
  48. Ed Lange (consensus All-American quarterback for Navy, 1908)
  49. George Lee (consensus All-American guard for Harvard, 1901)
  50. Andrew Marshall (consensus All-American guard at Harvard, 1903)
  51. Joseph McAndrew (first-team All-American end at Army, 1902)
  52. John Messmer (second-team All-American guard at Wisconsin, 1908)
  53. Wayland Minot (consensus All-American halfback at Harvard, 1909)
  54. Ledyard Mitchell (consensus All-American fullback at Yale, 1903)
  55. William Newman (consensus All-American center at Columbia, 1906)
  56. Percy Northcroft (consensus All-American tackle at Navy, 1908)
  57. Charles Nourse (consensus All-American center for Harvard, 1908; later a Wall Street lawyer)
  58. Bernard O'Rourke (consensus All-American guard for Cornell, 1908)
  59. Charles Osborne (consensus All-American tackle at Harvard, 1906)
  60. Williamson Pell (second-team All-American tackle at Princeton, 1901)
  61. Stephen Philbin (consensus All-American halfback at Yale, 1909)
  62. Wallace Philoon (first-team All-American center at Army, 1908)
  63. Daniel Pullen (first-team All-American tackle at Army, 1906)
  64. Charles D. Rafferty (consensus All-American end at Yale, 1903; football coach at Yale, 1904)
  65. Adrian Regnier (consensus All-American end for Brown, 1909)
  66. Lawrence Fairfax Reifsnider (second-team All-American end at Navy, 1908)
  67. Napoleon Riley (second-team All-American guard at Army, 1903)
  68. Foster Rockwell (consensus All-American quarterback at Yale, 1902, 1904)
  69. Howard Roome (consensus All-American halfback at Yale, 1905)
  70. Fred Schacht (consensus All-American tackle at Minnesota, 1903; head coach at Kentucky, 1904–05)
  71. Germany Schulz (consensus All-American center at Michigan, 1907)
  72. Henry Schoellkopf (first-team All-American back at Harvard, 1903; head coach at Cornell, 1907-08; shot self in head)
  73. Tom Shevlin DYK ... that four-time All-American football end and millionaire lumberman Tom Shevlin died of pneumonia after contracting a cold while training the Yale football team? (consensus All-American end, 1902, 1904-05)
  74. Frank Slingluff, Jr.
    (first-team All-American center at Navy, 1907)
  75. Walter Smith DYK ... that Walter Smith, chief of staff of the U. S. Army's "All-American division" in the 1930s, was an actual All-American at West Point in 1900?
  76. Neil Snow (consensus All-American end at Michigan, 1901)
  77. Frederick A. Speik DYK ... that in addition to being the captain of the 1904 University of Chicago football team, Fred Speik was a member of Chicago's water polo and track and field teams? (consensus All-American, 1904)
  78. Beaton Squires DYK ... that All-American Beaton Squires wrote an editorial in 1905 against turning football into a "parlor game" after Harvard's president criticized its violent nature? (consensus All-American tackle at Harvard, 1905)
  79. Raymond Starbuck (consensus All-American halfback at Cornell, 1900)
  80. George S. Stillman (consensus All-American tackle at Yale, 1899-1900; head coach of Yale's 1901 national championship team)
  81. Elmer Thompson (consensus All-American guard at Cornell, 1906)
  82. Frederick Tibbott (consensus All-American halfback for Princeton, 1908)
  83. Clark Tobin (consensus All-American guard at Dartmouth, 1908)
  84. Henry Torney DYK ... that Army All-American Henry Torney, who later became a millionaire, was arrested at a 1910 Shirtwaist Strikers protest that led the New York Mayor to rebuke the "police dictators"? (consensus All-American, 1904-05)
  85. Robert Torrey (consensus All-American center at Penn, 1905)
  86. Roswell Tripp (consensus All-American guard at Yale, 1905)
  87. Paul Veeder DYK ... that Yale All-American Paul Veeder has been credited with throwing the "first forward pass in a major game"? (consensus All-American fullback, 1906)
  88. John Wendell
    (consensus All-American halfback for Harvard, 1907)
  89. Caspar Wister (consensus All-American end at Princeton, 1906, 1907)
  90. August Ziegler
    (consensus All-American guard at Penn, 1906, 1907)

1910s players

  1. Ockie Anderson DYK ... that Buffalo's "Ockie" Anderson scored more points in the 1920 NFL season (the league's first) than four entire teams? (consensus All-American quarterback at Colgate, 1916)
  2. Harold Ballin DYK ... that College Football Hall of Fame tackle Harold Ballin was "the hardest-hitting player" ever faced by fellow Hall of Famer Charles Brickley and the last Princeton player to play without a helmet? (consensus All-American at Princeton, 1913-14)
  3. Charley Barrett (consensus All-American quarterback at Cornell, 1914-15; led Cornell to an undefeated season and national championship in 1915; College Football Hall of Fame in 1958)
  4. Lester Belding (consensus All-American end at Iowa, 1919)
  5. Albert Benbrook (consensus All-American guard at Michigan, 1909, 1910)
  6. Haps Benfer DYK ... that 1914 College Football All-Americans Burleigh Cruikshank of Washington & Jefferson and Haps Benfer of Albright College went on to become Presbyterian and United Evangelical ministers? (first-team All-American fullback at Albright, 1914)
  7. Clinton Black (consensus All-American guard for Yale, 1916)
  8. Charles Bolen (consensus All-American end for Ohio State, 1917)
  9. Douglas Bomeisler DYK ... that Yale's two-time All-American "Bo" Bomeisler, called "King of the Hard Luck Players," had his foot crushed by a trolley car on Brooklyn's Flatbush Avenue in 1914? (consensus All-American end, 1911-12)
  10. Frederick Bradlee DYK ... that Frederick Josiah Bradlee was a Boston Brahmin, an All-American halfback and the father of The Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee?
  11. Charles Carpenter (consensus All-American center for Wisconsin, 1919)
  12. Ralph Chapman (consensus All-American guard at Illinois, 1914)
  13. Boyd Cherry (first All-American at Ohio State, 1914)
  14. Charles Comerford (first-team All-American end at Yale, 1916)
  15. Gib Cool (first-team All-American center at Cornell, 1915)
  16. Ernest Cozens (consensus All-American center at Penn, 1910)
  17. James B. Craig (consensus All-American halfback at Michigan, 1913)
  18. George Crowther (consensus All-American quarterback at Brown, 1914)
  19. Burleigh Cruikshank DYK ... that 1914 College Football All-Americans Burleigh Cruikshank of Washington & Jefferson and Haps Benfer of Albright College went on to become Presbyterian and United Evangelical ministers? (first-team All-American center at Washington & Jefferson, 1914)
  20. Frank Culver (tackle and guard, 1917-1919) [created 2009, expanded 2017]
  21. Irby Curry DYK ... that Vanderbilt's 130-pound quarterback Irby "Rabbit" Curry, an elusive runner who "only needed the suspicion of an opening to wriggle through," was killed in aerial combat in 1918?
  22. Neno DaPrato DYK ... ... that Michigan State halfback Neno DaPrato was called "the greatest scoring machine of the year" after scoring 130 points, in just six games, during the 1915 season? [created 2014]
  23. Tom Davies DYK ... that Pitt Panthers All-American Tom Davies threw a touchdown pass, ran 80 yards for a touchdown, returned a kickoff 90 yards and returned an interception 60 yards in the same game? (consensus All-American halfback, 1918)
  24. Paul Des Jardien DYK ... that College Football Hall of Fame center Shorty Des Jardien played in the NFL for the Chicago Tigers and in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians?
  25. Leland Devore (consensus All-American tackle at Army, 1911)
  26. Joseph Duff (consensus All-American guard at Princeton, 1911)
  27. Pat Dunnigan
    (first-team All-American guard at Minnesota, 1915)
  28. Katy Easterday/George McLaren/Skip Gougler/Jake Stahl DYK ... that "Pop" Warner's undefeated 1917 Pitt Panthers football team, known as "The Fighting Dentists", featured dental students "Katy" Easterday, "Tank" McLaren, "Skip" Gougler and "Jake" Stahl?
  29. Wesley Englehorn (consensus All-American tackle at Dartmouth, 1912)
  30. Mark Farnum (first-team All-American tackle at Brown, 1915)
  31. Sam Felton (consensus All-American end at Harvard, 1912)
  32. Freeman Fitzgerald DYK ... that Freeman Fitzgerald played football with Knute Rockne and once struck out 19 batters in a baseball game? (first-team All-American guard at Notre Dame, 1915)
  33. Buck Flowers (second-team All-American halfback at Georgia Tech, 1918) (expand 2014)
  34. Lyman Frimodig DYK ... that Frim Frimodig played high school football with George Gipp and held Michigan State's single-game basketball scoring record for 35 years? (only athlete in MSU history to receive 10 varsity letters, 4 each in basketball and baseball and 2 in football) [created 2010]
  35. Huntington Hardwick DYK ... that College Football Hall of Famer Huntington "Tack" Hardwick was called "a big, fine-looking aristocrat from blue-blood stock" who "loved combat – body contact at crushing force – a fight to the finish"? (consensus All-American end at Harvard, 1914)
  36. Milt Ghee (first-team All-American quarterback at Dartmouth, 1914)
  37. Joseph Gilman
    (consensus All-American tackle at Harvard, 1915)
  38. Eddie Gillette (first-team All-American quarterback at Wisconsin, 1912)
  39. Johnny Gilroy DYK ... that "The Great Gilroy", the leading scorer in college football in 1916, was charged in 1940 with stealing 35 shoe stitching machines from a Massachusetts factory? (All-American, 1915-16)
  40. Perry Graves (consensus All-American end at Illinois, 1914)
  41. Vic Halligan (first-team All-American tackle at Nebraska, 1914; Nebraska's first)
  42. Andy Hastings (first-team All-American halfback at Pitt, 1916)
  43. Leonard Hilty (consensus All-American tackle for Pitt, 1918)
  44. Frank T. Hogg (consensus All-American guard for Princeton, 1916)
  45. Robert Hogsett (consensus All-American end for Dartmouth, 1913)
  46. Art Howe DYK ... that despite winning seven national championships from 1899 to 1912, the Yale football team had 14 head coaches in those 14 years, including "the phantom line cleaver"? (consensus All-American, 1911)
  47. Louis Jordan DYK ... that Louis Jordan was the first University of Texas All-American football player and the first Texas officer killed in action in World War I? (All-American, 1914)
  48. Albert Journeay (first-team All-American center at Penn, 1914)
  49. George E. Julian (first-team All-American fullback at Michigan Agr., 1913)
  50. Bob Karch (first-team All-American tackle at Ohio State, 1916)
  51. Ray Keeler (consensus All-American guard for Wisconsin, 1913)
  52. Dick King DYK ... that Dick King, who played in the early days of the NFL, was called "one of the greatest backs who ever wore moleskins"? (consensus All-American halfback at Harvard, 1915)
  53. Harry LeGore (consensus All-American fullback at Yale, 1914)
  54. John Logan
    (consensus All-American guard for Princeton, 1912; director-general of the Allied Joint Export Import Agency in post-war Germany, received the Army's Exceptional Civilian Service Award for his efforts in laying the foundation for export programs in Germany and Japan)
  55. Bart Macomber DYK ... that after leading Illinois to "the greatest football upset of all time," Bart Macomber left school for the Orpheum vaudeville circuit? (consensus All-American halfback, 1915-16)
  56. Eddie Mahan DYK ... that three-time All-American Eddie Mahan was named by Jim Thorpe as the greatest football player of all time? (consensus All-American halfback at Harvard, 1913, 1914, 1915)
  57. John Maulbetsch (consensus All-American halfback at Michigan, 1914)
  58. Eugene Mayer (first player from South to be consensus All-American; halfback at Virginia, 1915) [created 2009, expanded 2017]
  59. James Russell McKay (first-team All-American halfback at Brown, 1910)
  60. Robert McKay (consensus All-American tackle at Harvard, 1910)
  61. Louis A. Merrilat DYK ... that Louis Merrilat played football with Dwight Eisenhower at West Point, trained Iran's Persian Guard, and served as a soldier of fortune in China and with the French Foreign Legion? (consensus All-American end at Army, 1913)
  62. Dave Morey DYK ... that Dartmouth College football halfback Dave Morey was given the nickname "David the Giant Killer" by American sportswriter Grantland Rice? (All-American, 1912)
  63. George Moseley (first-team All-American end at Yale, 1916)
  64. Frank Murrey (consensus All-American quarterback at Princeton, 1918)
  65. Eugene Neeley
    DYK ... that All-American football player Eugene Neeley used the stump from his severed right arm "with telling effect in blocking and straight arming"?
  66. Nelson Norgren (football and basketball player at Chicago; consensus All-American in basketball, 1914) [created 2009]
  67. Harvey Overesch (third-team All-American and later AD and Commandant at Navy)
  68. Britain Patterson (first-team All-American tackle at Washington & Jefferson, 1914)
  69. Stan Pennock DYK ... that College Football Hall of Fame inductee Stan "Bags" Pennock was killed in an explosion that wrecked the chemical plant he opened in an abandoned New Jersey slaughterhouse? (consensus All-American guard, 1912, 1913, 1914; College Football Hall of Fame)
  70. Lyman Perry (consensus All-American guard for Navy, 1918)
  71. Harold Pogue (third-team All-American halfback at Illinois, 1914)
  72. Miller Pontius (consensus All-American tackle at Michigan, 1913)
  73. Vernon Prichard DYK ... that General Vernon Prichard, commander of the "Old Ironsides" armored division during the Italian Campaign in World War II, was Dwight Eisenhower's quarterback at West Point? (first-team All-American 1914)
  74. Frank Rydzewski (consensus All-American center at Notre Dame, 1917)
  75. Chris Schlachter (first-team All-American guard at Syracuse, 1915)
  76. Fritz Shiverick DYK ... that Fritz Shiverick, known as "a scoring machine", served in 1919 as Cornell's quarterback, punter, drop kicker, kickoff returner and play-caller on both offense and defense? (first-team All-American quarterback at Cornell, 1916)
  77. Laurens Shull DYK ... that University of Chicago football star Laurens "Spike" Shull died of wounds suffered rushing a machine gun nest at the Battle of Château-Thierry?
  78. Gideon Smith (first African-American football player at Michigan State, 1913-1914) [expanded a bit 2015]
  79. Lorin Solon (All-American, 1913-14)
  80. Johnny Spiegel (consensus All-American halfback at Washington & Jefferson, 1914)
  81. Earl Sprackling DYK ... that Earl Sprackling, who was selected as the best college football player of 1910, gained 456 total yards and kicked three field goals in one game? (consensus All-American quarterback, 1910-11)
  82. Thomas Sterck (first-team All-American center at Washington & Jefferson, 1918)
  83. Robert Treat Paine Storer DYK ... that Bob Storer, captain of Harvard's undefeated, untied 1913 football team, was cited for bravery for saving a French officer during World War I? (first-team All-American tackle, 1912)
  84. Everett Strupper DYK ... that Georgia Tech halfback and College Football Hall of Fame inductee "Stroop" Strupper used lip-reading to overcome deafness? (consensus All-American halfback, 1916-17) [expanded 2009, 2016]
  85. Howard Parker Talman (first-team All-American guard at Rutgers, 1913)
  86. John Toohey (first-team All-American tackle at Rutgers, 1914)
  87. Jim Trickey DYK ... that flags at the University of Iowa were flown at half-mast following the death from peritonitis of Jim Trickey, one year after he became the first Hawkeye to win All-American honors in 1912?
  88. Walter H. Trumbull (first-team All-American tackle at Harvard, 1914)
  89. James Walker (consensus All-American tackle for Minnesota, 1910) (start 2013)
  90. Stanfield Wells (consensus All-American end at Michigan, 1910)
  91. Harold White (consensus All-American guard at Syracuse, 1915)
  92. Sanford White (consensus All-American end at Princeton, 1911)
  93. Pudge Wyman DYK ... that Minnesota's Pudge Wyman scored the first kickoff return for a touchdown, the first blocked punt returned for a touchdown, and the first passing touchdown in the history of the National Football League? (first-team All-American fullback, 1916)

1920s players

  1. Carl Bacchus (third-team All-American end at Missouri, 1926; played in the NFL, 1927-28) [stub created 2014]
  2. Rip Bachor (first-team All-American tackle at Detroit, 1925) [stub created 2015]
  3. Stephen Barchet (third-team All-American halfback at Navy, 1921, 1922) [stub created 2015]
  4. Marty Below (consensus All-American tackle at Wisconsin, 1923; College Football Hall of Fame) [expand 2014]
  5. Chuck Bennett DYK ... that Indiana Hoosiers halfback Chuck Bennett built his physique working in coal mines and was selected as the MVP of the Big Ten Conference despite playing for the ninth place team? [created 2010]
  6. Joy Berquist (Nebraska guard; 2nd-team All-Pro 1926) [stub created 2017]
  7. Frank Bissell (Fordham end; 2nd-team All-Pro 1926) [stub created 2017]
  8. Jack Blott (consensus All-American center at Michigan, 1923) [created 2007]
  9. George Bogue (third-team fullback at Stanford, 1926; played in the NFL, 1930) [stub created 2014]
  10. James Bond DYK ... that James Bond played briefly in the National Football League after completing his military service? [expanded 2012]
  11. Lloyd Brazil DYK ... that Lloyd Brazil, once called "the ideal football player," averaged more than eight yards per carry and gained 5,861 yards in three years at the University of Detroit? (All-American halfback, 1928-29) [created 2012]
  12. Fritz Breidster (first-team All-American guard at Army, 1922) [created 2009]
  13. Hal Broda (second-team All-American end at Brown, 1926; played in the NFL, 1927) [stub created 2014]
  14. Fiske Brown (consensus All-American guard for Havard, 1921) [created 2014]
  15. Charles Buell (first-team All-American quarterback at Harvard, 1922) [created 2015]
  16. Edward Burke (consensus All-American guard for Navy, 1928) [created 2014]
  17. Tim Callahan (consensus All-American guard for Yale, 1920) [created 2014]
  18. Glen Carberry (All-Pro end 1923) [created stub 2017]
  19. Dana Carey (first-team All-American guard for California, 1925) [stub created 2015]
  20. Emerson Carey (first-team All-American guard for Cornell 1926) (start 2014) [created 2014]
  21. Pete Casey (honorable mention All-Pro halfback 1923) [stub created 2017]
  22. Guy Chamberlin (5x NFL champion, Pro Football Hall of Fame) (expanded to "B" 2017)
  23. John Charlesworth (consensus All-American center for Yale, 1927) [stub created 2014]
  24. Oscar Christianson (third-team All-Pro end in 1924) [stub created 2017]
  25. Harry Connaughton (consensus All-American center for Georgetown, 1926) [created 2014]
  26. Jimmy Conzelman (PFHOF HB and QB 1920-29) [expanded to "B" 2016]
  27. Jack Crangle (second-team All-American fullback at Illinois, 1920, 1921) [created 2010]
  28. Aubrey Devine (consensus All-American quarterback at Iowa, 1921) [expanded 2015]
  29. Jim Dixon (second-team tackle at Oregon State, 1926) (stub created 2014)
  30. Paddy Driscoll (Pro Football Hall of Fame, 1920s All-Decade Team) [expanded to "B" 2017]
  31. Peggy Flournoy (Tulane halfback named first-team All-American, 1925; led nation with 128 points) (created 2014)
  32. Edgar Garbisch (first-team All-American center/guard at Army, 1922-24; College Football Hall of Fame) (expanded to "C" 2014)
  33. Joe Gembis (fullback 1927-1929, later head coach at Wayne State 1932-1945) (start 2011, expanded to "C" 2017)
  34. Willis Glassgow DYK ... that Big Ten MVP Willis Glassgow was called the "Dancing Master" for his shiftiness on the gridiron and because he managed the most popular ballroom in Iowa City? [created 2010]
  35. Tiny Gooch DYK ... that Tiny Gooch, placed third in the discus at the 1927 NCAA Men's Track and Field Championships, won the Southwest Conference heavyweight wrestling championship and was acknowledged as "the tallest attorney in Texas" until 1950? (played tackle at Texas, 1925-27) [created 2010]
  36. Stevens Gould (halfback, Wisconsin; All-Big Ten, 1921) [created 2015]
  37. Mike Gulian (first-team All-American tackle at Brown, 1922) [created 2015]
  38. Bertrand Gulick (first-team All-American tackle at Syracuse, 1920) [stub created 2014]
  39. Ed Hake (consensus All-American tackle for Penn, 1927) [stub created 2014]
  40. Homer Hazel (All-American at 2 positions, 1923-1924, inaugural CFHOF class) [expanded to "C" 2015]
  41. Ed Healey (PFHOF tackle 1920-27) [expanded to "C" 2016]
  42. Pete Henry (tackle, charter inductee into both CFHOF and PFHOF) [expanded to "B" 2017]
  43. Ed Hess (consensus All-American guard for Ohio State, 1925) [created 2014]
  44. Iolas Huffman (consensus All-American lineman at Ohio State, 1920-21) [created 2009]
  45. Redman Hume (third-team All-American halfback at SMU, 1928) [created 2014]
  46. Herb Joesting (consensus All-American fullback at Minnesota, 1926-1927) [expanded 2015]
  47. Johnny Joss (first-team All-American tackle at Yale, 1925) [stub created 2015]
  48. Walt Kiesling (PFHOF, guard/tackle for Cardinals, coach of Steelers) [expanded to "B" 2017]
  49. Ralph King (third-team All-Pro quarterback in 1924) [stub created in 2017]
  50. Harry Kipke (consensus All-American halfback, 1922) [expanded 2007]
  51. Johnny Kyle (third-team All-Pro fullback in 1923) [created stub 2017]
  52. Lester Lautenschlaeger (third-team All-American quarterback at Tulane, 1925; College Football Hall of Fame) [expanded 2014]
  53. Armant Legendre (first-team All-American end at Princeton, 1920; coffee importer and father of U.S. Ambassador to UK) [created 2014]
  54. Ed Lindenmeyer (first-team All-American tackle at Missouri, 1925; Missouri's first All-American) [created 2015]
  55. Benny Lom (first-team All-American halfback at Cale, 1927, second-team, 1929; tried to stop teammate Roy Riegels running the wrong way in the 1929 Rose Bowl) [expanded 2009]
  56. Tim Lowry (Northwestern center 1923-25; Silver Football winner 1925) [created 2010]
  57. Richard Luman (consensus All-American end for Yale, 1924) [created 2014]
  58. Link Lyman (tackle for Nebraska, Pro Football Hall of Fame) [expanded to "B" 2017]
  59. Pete MacRae (consensus All-American end for Syracuse, 1923) [created 2014]
  60. Earl Martineau (first-team All-American halfback at Minnesota, 1922-23) [created 2010]
  61. Arthur Matsu DYK ... that Arthur Matsu was the first Asian American student at The College of William & Mary, the first Asian American quarterback in the NFL and the first Japanese coach in American football? [created at "B" 2011]
  62. Elmer McCormick (first-team All-Pro center in 1924) [stub created 2017]
  63. Herdis McCrary (second-team All-American fullback at Georgia, 1927; played for Green Bay Packers, 1929-33) [stub created 2014]
  64. Mayes McLain DYK ... that Cherokee Indian Mayes McLain held college football's single-season scoring record for more than 60 years and engaged in professional wrestling as the "Masked Manager"? [created "C" 2013]
  65. Ed McMillan (consensus All-American center for Princeton, 1925) [created 2014]
  66. Danny McMullen (second-team All-American guard at Nebraska, 1928; played 4 years in NFL) [created stub 2014]
  67. Mike Michalske (Pro Football Hall of Fame, 1920s All-Decade Team) [expanded to "B" 2017]
  68. Dave Mishel (second-team All-American halfback at Brown, 1926; played in NFL, 1927, 1931) [stub created 2014]
  69. Merwin Mitterwallner (first-team All-American guard at Minnesota, 1925) [stub created 2015]
  70. Warner Mizell (second-team All-American halfback at Georgia Tech, 1928) [stub created 2014]
  71. Nick Nardacci (second-team All-American halfback at West Virginia, 1922) [created 2010]
  72. Andy Nemecek (second-team All-Pro center in 1924) [stub created 2017]
  73. Ernie Nevers (Pro Football Hall of Fame, 1920s All-Decade Team) [expanded to "B" 2017]
  74. Bob Nork (third-team All-American halfback at Georgetown in 1927) [created 2019]
  75. Bennie Oosterbaan (consensus All-American end at Michigan, 1925-1926) [expanded 2007, "Good"]
  76. Nathan Parker (first-team All-American tackle at Dartmouth, 1925) [stub created 2014]
  77. Tootie Perry (Florida guard, 1920-21, later known as the All-American water boy) [created 2014]
  78. Boni Petcoff (first-team All-Pro tackle in 1924) [expanded stub 2017]
  79. Carl Peterson (third-team All-Pro center 1924) [stub created 2017]
  80. Irvine Phillips (consensus All-American end for Cal, 1928) [created 2014]
  81. Lloyd Pixley (guard, Ohio State; first-team All-American, 1919, 1921, 1922) [created 2015]
  82. Otto Pommerening (consensus All-American tackle at Michigan, 1928) [created 2007]
  83. Joe Pondelik (consensus All-American guard for Chicago, 1924) [stub created 2014]
  84. Gap Powell (first-team All-American fullback at Oregon State, 1921; Oregon State's first) [created 2010]
  85. Roy Randall (first-team All-American quarterback at Brown, 1926) [stub created 2014]
  86. Ken Rouse (Chicago center 1925-27; Silver Football 1927) [stub created 2010]
  87. Clarence Schutte (second-team All-American halfback at Minnesota, 1924) [created 2011]
  88. Paul Scull (consensus All-American halfback at Penn, 1928) [created 2011]
  89. Jacob Slagle (first-team All-American fullback at Princeton, 1925) [created 2015]
  90. Elmer Sleight (consensus All-American tackle at Purdue, 1929) [stub created 2009]
  91. Ted Sloan
    (first-team All-American end at Drake, 1925) [created 2015]
  92. Orland Smith (second-team All-American tackle at Brown, 1926) [stub created 2015]
  93. A. Barr Snively (football player at Princeton, 1921-23; coach of football, hockey and lacrosse at Williams) [created 2010, "C"]
  94. Jimmy Steele (Florida lineman selected as second-team All-American, 1928) [created 2014]
  95. Gaylord Stinchcomb DYK ... that Gaylord Stinchcomb, one of the stars of Ohio State's first football victory over Michigan, also won the 1921 NCAA championship in the broad jump? (consensus All-American halfback, 1920; College Football Hall of Fame) [expanded to "C" 2009]
  96. Wendell Taylor (consensus All-American end for Navy, 1922) [stub created 2014]
  97. George Thayer (first-team All-American end for Penn, 1925) [created 2014]
  98. George Trafton (PFHOF center for the Bears, 1920-32) [expanded to "C" 2016]
  99. Herb Treat DYK ... that Herb Treat, unanimously selected as a 1922 College Football All-American, was hit by a car in 1943 and plunged nine stories from a hotel window in 1947? (consensus All-American tackle at Princeton) [created 2009]
  100. Eddie Tryon (first-team All-American halfback at Colgate, 1925; second-team All-NFL for NY Yankees, 1927) [created 2014]
  101. Buddy Tynes (second-team All-Pro halfback in 1925) [stub created 2017]
  102. Ray Wagner (third-team All-American end at Columbia, 1925)
  103. Polly Wallace (won All-American honors as a center at both Iowa State, 1920, and Oklahoma, 1926)
  104. Bill Webster (consensus All-American guard for Yale, 1927)
  105. Gibby Welch DYK ... that University of Pittsburgh halfback Gibby Welch broke the single-season yardage record set by Red Grange, gaining 1,964 yards in just nine games in 1926? (consensus All-American halfback at Pitt, 1927)
  106. Bub Weller (first-team All-American tackle at Nebraska, 1922) [created 2009]
  107. Phil White (first-team All-American halfback for Oklahoma, 1920) [stub created 2014]
  108. Doc Williams (second-team All-Pro quarterback in 1924) [stub created in 2017]
  109. Sonny Winters (third-team All-Pro quarterback in 1924) [stub created in 2017]
  110. Tom Woods (consensus All-American guard for Harvard, 1920) [created 2014]
  111. 1923 stubs:
  112. 1929 stubs: (44 articles created 2020)

1930s players

  1. Garrett Arbelbide (first-team All-American end at USC, 1930)
  2. Red Badgro (PFHOF, end for NY Giants and Brookly Dodgers) [expanded to "C" 2017]
  3. Ted Beckett (consensus All-American guard for Cal, 1930)
  4. Sheldon Beise (Minnesota's "battering ram fullback", first-team All-American 1935)
  5. Chuck Bernard (consensus All-American center at Michigan, 1933)
  6. Andy Bershak (consensus All-American end for North Carolina, 1937)
  7. Red Bethea (set Florida single-game record with 218 rushing yards against Chicago in 1930, record stood until 1987) [created 2013]
  8. Bill Bevan (consensus All-American guard for Minnesota, 1934)
  9. Jack Beynon (Illinois QB, 1932-34; first-time 1933-34)
  10. Henry Bjorkman (first-team All-American end at Dartmouth, 1932)
  11. Tony Blazine (little All-America team, 1934; tackle at Illinois Wesleyan; College Football Hall of Fame) (expand in 2014)
  12. Joe Boyd (American football) (first-team All-American tackle at Texas A&M, 1939)
  13. Mel Brewer (second-team All-American guard at Illinois, 1939)
  14. Jimmie Cain (first-team All-American halfback at Washington, 1936)
  15. Charles Ceppi (first-team All-American tackle at Princeton, 1933)
  16. Red Chesbro (first-team All-American tackle at Colgate, 1936)
  17. Beryl Clark (second-team All-American halfback at Oklahoma, 1939)
  18. Cary Cox (first-team All-American center at Alabama, 1939)
  19. Henry Cronkite (first-team All-American end at Kansas State, 1931)
  20. Paul Geisler (consensus All-American end for Centenary, 1933)
  21. Alex Drobnitch (first-team All-American guard at Denver, 1936)
  22. Lawrence Ely (first-team All-American center at Nebraska, 1932)
  23. Dan Fortmann (Pro Football Hall of Fame, 1930s All-Decade Team) [expanded to "C" 2017]
  24. Bobby Grayson (consensus All-American fullback, 1934 and 1935; Stanford's "Vow Boy")
  25. George Grosvenor (quarterback/halfback, 1934-37, All-AFC 1934) [created 2017]
  26. Harlan Gustafson (first-team All-American end at Penn, 1939; first-team All-AFL, 1940)
  27. Jack Haman (first-team All-American center at Northwestern, 1939)
  28. Tom Harmon (consensus All-American halfback at Michigan, 1939, 1940) [expanded to "B" 2015-2016]
  29. Chuck Hartwig (consensus All-American guard for Pitt, 1934; later head coach at Johns Hopkins and Texas A&M)
  30. Don Heap (first-team All-American halfback at Northwestern, 1936)
  31. Ralph Heikkinen (consensus All-American guard at Michigan, 1938) ["Good"]
  32. Mel Hein (8x first-team All-Pro center, NY Giants, 1931-1945, Pro Football Hall of Fame) [expanded 2017]
  33. Osborne Helveston (first-team All-American guard at LSU, 1935)
  34. Clarke Hinkle (PFHOF fullback, held all-time NFL rushing yardage record when retired in 1941) [expanded to "B" in 2017]
  35. Vern Huffman (halfback and QB at Indiana; Big Ten MVP in 1936) [created 2010]
  36. Cy Kahl (back North Dakota, played in NFL 1930-1931) [created 2020]
  37. Bill Karr (Chicago Bears, 1933-38, All-Pro 1935) [expanded 2019]
  38. Bud Kerr (first-team All-American end at Notre Dame, 1939)
  39. Frank Larson (consensus All-American end for Minnesota, 1934)
  40. Gilbert Lea (second-generation All-American at Princeton, 1935; father was Langdon Lea)
  41. Tuffy Leemans (PFHOF, fullback/halfback with NY Giants) [expanded 2017]
  42. Father Lumpkin (back for Georgia Tech 1928, NFL 1930-37, scored first Detroit Lions TD) [expanded 2017]
  43. Larry Lutz (first-team All-American end at Cal, 1935)
  44. Leonard Macaluso (consensus All-American fullback at Colgate, 1930)
  45. Jose Martinez-Zorilla
    (first-team All-American end at Cornell, 1932)
  46. Dallas Marvil (consensus All-American tackle for Northwestern, 1931)
  47. Red Matal (first-team All-American end at Columbia, 1933)
  48. Tony Matisi (consensus All-American tackle at Pitt, 1937)
  49. Walter Matuszczak (first-team All-American quarterback at Cornell, 1939)
  50. George Melinkovich (first-team All-American fullback at Notre Dame, 1932)
  51. Phil Moffatt (first-team All-American halfback at Stanford, 1930)
  52. Orville Mohler (second-team All-American fullback/quarterback at USC, 1931)
  53. Leroy Monsky (consensus All-American guard at Alabama, 1937)
  54. "Monk" Moscrip (consensus All-American end at Stanford, 1935; College Football Hall of Fame)
  55. Cornelius Murphy (first-team All-American tackle at Fordham, 1930)
  56. Carl Nery (third-team All-American guard at Duquesne, 1939)
  57. Harry Newman (consensus All-American quarterback at Michigan, 1930, 1932)
  58. Dave Nisbet (first-team All-American end at Washington, 1932)
  59. Ken Ormiston (first-team All-American guard at Pitt, 1934)
  60. Win Pedersen (third-team All-American tackle at Minnesota, 1939)
  61. Milt Piepul (second-team All-American fullback at Notre Dame, 1939)
  62. John Polanski (fullback at Wake Forest, NCAA rushing leader 1939) [created 2015]
  63. Dom Principe (third-team All-American fullback at Fordham, 1939)
  64. Duane Purvis (consensus All-American fullback at Purdue, 1933)
  65. Jim Reeder (American football tackle) (first-team All-American tackle at Illinois, 1939)
  66. Bob Reynolds DYK ... that Bob "Horse" Reynolds founded the Los Angeles Angels baseball team and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame within a year? (consensus All-American tackle at Stanford, 1934)
  67. Hugh Rhea (first-team All-American tackle at Nebraska, 1930)
  68. Louis Robertshaw DYK ... that Louis Robertshaw flew combat missions in World War II and Korea and flew an F-4D Phantom fighter in Vietnam as commanding general of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing? (third-team All-American center for Navy, 1935)
  69. Jack Robinson (consensus All-American center for Notre Dame, 1934)
  70. Ted Rosequist (third-team All-American tackle at Ohio State, 1932)
  71. Esco Sarkkinen (consensus All-American end for Ohio State, 1939)
  72. Elmer Schwartz DYK ... that fullback "Elmer the Great" Schwartz led the 1930 Washington State Cougars football team to the 1931 Rose Bowl against Alabama?
  73. Paul Severin (first-team All-American end at North Carolina, 1939, 1940)
  74. William Shakespeare (American football) DYK ... that William Shakespeare was nicknamed "The Merchant of Menace"?
  75. Gaius Shaver DYK ... that USC quarterback Gaius Shaver was the leading rusher in the American football competition at the 1932 Summer Olympic Games? (consensus All-American fullback at USC, 1931)
  76. Dick Smith (first-team All-American tackle for Minnesota, 1935)
  77. Inwood Smith (first-team All-American guard at Ohio State, 1935)
  78. Truman Spain DYK ... that SMU All-American Truman "Big Dog" Spain, known for his "rumba king" good looks, was described as "hard as ship's steel and as torrid as a foundry furnace"?
  79. James Steen (American football)
    (first-team All-American tackle at Syracuse, 1934)
  80. Harry Stella (first-team All-American tackle at Army, 1939)
  81. Vard Stockton (first-team All-American guard at California, 1937)
  82. Ken Strong (CFHOF/PFHOF, halfback/fullback at NYU and NY Giants) [expanded to "B" 2017]
  83. Joe Stydahar (CFHOF/PFHOF, tackle at West Virginia and Bears, head coach LA Rams, 4x NFL championships) [expanded to "B" 2017]
  84. Milton Summerfelt (consensus All-American guard for Army, 1932)
  85. Paul Tangora (first-team All-American guard at Northwestern, 1935; gained notoriety in 1955 for padlocking a transient hotel that he characterized as a "flop house" in which men were living in filth, vowing that "we'll have no skid row in Champaign)
  86. Gaynell Tinsley DYK ... that Gaynell Tinsley, a two-time All-American end at LSU, set an NFL record with 675 receiving yards as a rookie in 1937?
  87. Bud Toscani (second-team All-American at St. Mary's, 1932)
  88. Bart Viviano (second-team All-American fullback at Cornell, 1931, 1932)
  89. Sid Wagner DYK ... that Sid Wagner led Michigan State to their first consecutive football wins over the Michigan Wolverines and was the first player selected by the Detroit Lions in the first NFL Draft? (consensus All-American guard, 1934)
  90. Elmer Ward (first-team All-American center at Utah State, 1934)
  91. Charles Wasicek (first-team All-American tackle for the "unbeaten, untied and uninvited" Colgate team of 1935)
  92. Izzy Weinstock (first-team All-American fullback at Pitt, 1934)
  93. Jac Weller (consensus All-American guard at Princeton, 1935; later became known as a firearms expert and published several works on munitions and military history)
  94. Merle Wendt (first-team All-American end at Ohio State, 1934-35)
  95. Ralph Wenzel (end) (first-team All-American end at Tulane, 1939)
  96. J. C. Wetsel (consensus All-American guard at SMU, 1935; called "Iron Man" Wetesel because of his ability to play every minute of every game)
  97. Ed Widseth (All-American tackle at Minnesota, 1935; All-Pro in the NFL for the New York Giants; inducted into College Football Hall of Fame)
  98. Arleigh Williams (first-team All-American back at Cal, 1934; later dean of men (1959–66), dean of students (1967–70), and vice chancellor of student affairs (1970–76))
  99. Icehouse Wilson (halfback for the St. Mary's Galloping Gaels, 1931-33) [created 2007, expanded 2009]
  100. Walter Winika (second-team All-American end, 1935; the first Rutgers varsity athlete killed in World War II)
  101. Henry Wisniewski (first-team All-American guard at Fordham, 1930)
  102. Whitey Wistert (consensus All-American tackle at Michigan, 1933)
  103. Alex Wojciechowicz (consensus All-American center at Fordham, 1936-37; College and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, Lions' center 1938-46) [expanded to "C" 2016]
  104. Alvord Wolff (consensus All-American tackle at Santa Clara, 1938)
  105. John Wysocki (first-team All-American end at Villanova, 1938)
  106. John Yezerski (first-team All-American tackle at St. Mary's, 1933)
  107. 1930 stubs: (73 articles created 2020)
  108. 1933 stubs: (28 new articles 2020)

1940s players

  1. Vince Banonis (first-team All-American center at Detroit, 1940; College Football Hall of Fame) (expand 2014)
  2. Bernie Barkouskie (first-team All-American guard for Pitt, 1949)
  3. Alf Bauman (consensus All-American tackle at Northwestern, 1940)
  4. Joe Blalock (first-team All-American end at Clemson, 1941)
  5. Bob Chappuis (consensus All-American halfback at Michigan, 1947)
  6. Zygmont Czarobski (first-team All-American tackle at Notre Dame, 1947) (expand 2014)
  7. Daley, Bill (consensus All-American fullback at Michigan, 1943)
  8. Chal Daniel (first-team All-American guard at Texas, 1941)
  9. Wilton Davis (back at Hardin-Simmons, NCAA rushing leader 1947) [created 2015]
  10. Buddy Elrod (first-team All-American end at Mississippi State, 1940)
  11. Jackie Fellows (first-team All-American halfback at Fresno State, 1942; set single-season record with 23 passing TDs)
  12. Forest K. Ferguson (first-team All-SEC end, 1941) [created 2014]
  13. Ralph Fife (first-team All-American guard at Pitt, 1941)
  14. Pat Filley (consensus All-American guard at Notre Dame, 1943)
  15. Marion Flanagan (back at Texas A&M, NCAA receiving leader 1942) [created 2015]
  16. Clyde Flowers (first-team All-American guard at TCU, 1944)
  17. Jim Fordham (among NFL rushing leaders in 1944) [created 2016]
  18. Bob Foxx (second-team All-American halfback at Tennessee, 1940)
  19. Leon Gajecki (first-team All-American center at Penn State, 1940)
  20. Monk Gafford (first-team All-American guard at Auburn, 1942)
  21. Al Ghesquiere (NCAA rushing leader, 1940; played for University of Detroit) [created 2015]
  22. Jug Girard (All-American at Wisconsin in 1944, later played for Lions) [expanded 2015]
  23. Gene Goodreault (consensus All-American end at Boston College, 1940; College Football Hall of Fame) (expand 2014)
  24. Harold Griffin (American football) (halfback at Florida, led NCAA in punt returns 1942) [created 2015]
  25. John Grigas (first-team All-NFL, led NFL in all-purpose yards, in 1944; famously left his team before final game of winless 1944 season) [expanded 2016]
  26. Frank Grigonis - football player for Chattanooga and Detroit Lions (created 2019)
  27. Tom Harmon (consensus All-American halfback at Michigan, 1939, 1940)
  28. Billy Hillenbrand (consensus All-American halfback at Indiana, 1943)
  29. Dick Hoerner DYK ... that Dick Hoerner played in three consecutive NFL Championship Games, became the Los Angeles Rams' all-time leading rusher and was considered "a murderous line backer"? [expanded 2010]
  30. Junie Hovious (halback at Ole Miss, NCAA punt return leader 1940) [created 2015]
  31. Clyde Johnson (first-team All-American tackle at Kentucky, 1942)
  32. Bruiser Kinard (CFHOF/PFHOF, tackle at Ole Miss and Brooklyn/New York) [expanded 2017]
  33. George Kinard (fourth-team All-American guard at Ole Miss, 1940)
  34. Jim Kisselburgh (third-team All-American back at Oregon St., 1940)
  35. Johnny Knolla (halfback at Creighton, NCAA total offense leader 1940, edging Tom Harmon) [created 2015]
  36. Jack Kurkowski (back at Detroit, NCAA rushing leader 1947) [created 2015]
  37. Henry Mazur (second-team All-American halfback at Army, 1942)
  38. Rudy Mobley (back at Hardin-Simmons, NCAA rushing leader 1942 and 1946) [created 2015]
  39. Max Morris (consensus All-American end at Northwestern, 1945)
  40. Reid Moseley (end at Georgia, NCAA receiving leader 1944 and 1945) [created 2015]
  41. Spencer Moseley (first-team All-American center at Yale, 1942)
  42. Derace Moser (MVP of Southwest Conference and first-team All-American halfback at Texas A&M, 1941; killed in WWII)
  43. Art Murakowski DYK ... that East Chicago native Art Murakowski survived a kamikaze attack during the Battle of Okinawa and was named the most valuable football player in the Big Ten Conference in 1948?
  44. Ike Owens (first African-American football star at Illinois, 1st-team All-Big Ten, 1946-47) [created 2016]
  45. Pete Pihos (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) [expanded a bit 2017]
  46. Helge Pukema (first-team All-American guard at Minnesota, 1940)
  47. David Rankin (American football) (consensus All-American end for Purdue, 1940; Purdue track coach, 1946-81)
  48. Bob Ravensberg (consensus All-American end at Indiana, 1945)
  49. Paul Rickards (quarterback at Pitt, NCAA passing leader 1944)
  50. Dick Rifenburg (consensus All-American end at Michigan, 1948)
  51. Bill Sewell (third-team All-American quarterback at Washington St., 1941)
  52. Abe Shires (third-team All-American tackle at Tennessee, 1940)
  53. Walt Slater (back at Tennessee, NCAA punt return leader 1941) [created 2015]
  54. Joe Stanowicz (first-team All-American guard at Army, 1944)
  55. Hank Stanton (end at Arizona, NCAA receiving leader 1941) [created 2015]
  56. Johnny Supulski (quarterback at Manhattan, NCAA passing leader 1940) [created 2015]
  57. Harry Szulborski (halfback at Purdue, first-team All-Big Ten, 1947-48) [created 2016]
  58. Henry Toczylowski (first-team All-American quarterback at Boston College, 1940)
  59. Bulldog Turner (CFHOF and PFHOF inductee; Chicago Bears center 1940-1952) [expanded 2017]
  60. Robert Wahl (first-team All-American tackle, 1949, 1950)
  61. Bob Waterfield (Pro Football Hall of Fame, 1945 NFL MVP, 1940s All-Decade Team) [expanded 2017]
  62. Fred Wendt (back at UTEP, NCAA rushing leader 1948) [created 2015]
  63. Bob Westfall (consensus All-American fullback at Michigan, 1941)
  64. Broughton Williams (end at Florida, NCAA receiving leader 1946) [created 2015]
  65. Wayne Williams (American football) (back at Minnesota, NCAA rushing leader 1944)
  66. Alvin Wistert (consensus All-American tackle at Michigan, 1948) [expanded 2011]

AAFC

  1. Charlie Armstrong (AAFC player, created 2020)
  2. George Bernhardt (AAFC player, created 2020)
  3. Lamar Blount (AAFC player, created 2020) File:Lamar Blount.jpg
  4. Jim Brutz (AAFC player, created 2020) File:Jim Brutz.jpg
  5. Harry Burrus (AAFC player, created 2020) File:Harry Burrus 1966 .jpg
  6. Daryl Cato (AAFC player, created 2020) File:Daryl Cato.jpg
  7. Lloyd Cheatham (AAFC player, created 2020)
  8. Walt Clay (AAFC player, created 2020) File:Walt Clay.jpg
  9. Mickey Colmer (AAFC player, created 2020)
  10. Marty Comer (AAFC player, created 2020)
  11. Gerry Conlee (AAFC player, created 2020)
  12. Harry Connolly (American football) (AAFC player, created 2020)
  13. Nick Daukas (AAFC player, created 2020)
  14. Joe Davis (end)
    (AAFC player, created 2020)
  15. George Doherty (AAFC player, created 2020) File:George Doherty 1967.jpg
  16. Andy Dudish (AAFC player, created 2020) File:Andy Dudish.jpg
  17. Ray Ebli (AAFC player, created 2020)
  18. Dutch Elston (AAFC player, created 2020)
  19. Dale Gentry (AAFC player, created 2020) File:Dale Gentry.jpg
  20. Ken Holley (AAFC player, created 2020) File:Ken Holley.jpg
  21. Dick Horne (AAFC player, created 2020)
  22. Frank Hrabetin (AAFC player, created 2020) File:Frank Hrabetin.jpg
  23. Charlie Huneke (AAFC player, created 2020)
  24. Nate Johnson (American football) (AAFC player, created 2020) File:Nate Johnson 1949.jpg
  25. Pres Johnston (AAFC player, created 2020)
  26. Elmer Jones (AAFC player, created 2020)
  27. Saxon Judd (AAFC player, created 2020) File:Saxon Judd.jpg
  28. Buddy Jungmichel (AAFC player, created 2020) File:Buddy Jungmichel.jpg
  29. Quentin Klenk (AAFC player, created 2020) File:Quentin Klenk.jpg
  30. Nick Klutka (AAFC player, created 2020)
  31. Pat Lahey (AAFC player, created 2020)
  32. Jim McCarthy (American football) (AAFC player, created 2020)
  33. Russ Morrow (AAFC player, created 2020)
  34. Bob Nelson (center) (AAFC player, created 2020) File:Bob Nelson 1956.jpg
  35. Herb Nelson (AAFC player, created 2020)
  36. Bud Nygren (AAFC player, created 2020) File:Bud Nygren.jpg
  37. Jim O'Neal (guard) (AAFC player, created 2020)
  38. Jim Pearcy (AAFC player, created 2020) File:Jim Pearcy.jpg
  39. Felto Prewitt (AAFC player, created 2020)
  40. Dewey Proctor (AAFC player, created 2020)
  41. Cal Purdin (AAFC player, created 2020) File:Cal Purdin.jpg
  42. Frank Quillen (AAFC player, created 2020)
  43. Don Reece (AAFC player, created 2020) File:Don Reece.jpg
  44. Jim Reynolds (American football) (AAFC player, created 2020)
  45. Charley Riffle (AAFC player, created 2020) File:Charley Riffle.jpg
  46. Tom Robertson (American football) (AAFC player, created 2020)
  47. Jack Russell (American football) (AAFC player, created 2020) File:Jack Russell 1951.jpg
  48. Curt Sandig (AAFC player, created 2020)
  49. Prince Scott (AAFC player, created 2020)
  50. George Sergienko (AAFC player, created 2020) File:George Sergienko.jpg
  51. Rhoten Shetley (AAFC player, created 2020) File:Rhoten Shetley.jpg
  52. C. B. Stanley (AAFC player, created 2020) File:C. B. Stanley.jpg
  53. Doyle Tackett (AAFC player, created 2020) File:Doyle Tackett.jpg
  54. Jimmy Tarrant (AAFC player, created 2020) File:Jimmy Tarrant.jpg
  55. Hub Ulrich (AAFC player, created 2020) File:Hub Ulrich.jpg
  56. Sam Vacanti (AAFC player, created 2020)
  57. Ken Whitlow (AAFC player, created 2020)
  58. Lou Zontini (AAFC player, created 2020)
  59. George Zorich (AAFC player, created 2020) File:George Zorich.jpg

1950s players

  1. Joe Arenas DYK ... that Lupe Joe Arenas, one of the first Mexican-American football stars, once held the NFL career record with 4,572 kick and punt return yards? [expanded 2010]
  2. Bill Austin (American football) (first-team All-American back for Rutgers, 1958) (created in 2015)
  3. Jim Bakhtiar (first-team All-American fullback at Virginia, 1957; born in Iran) (created in 2015)
  4. Tommy Bell (first-team All-American halfback for Army, 1954) (created in 2015)
  5. Pat Bisceglia (first-team All-American guard at Notre Dame, 1955) (created in 2015)
  6. Rex Boggan (first-team All-American defensive tackle at Ole Miss, 1954) (created in 2015)
  7. Don Branby (first-team All-American end at Colorado, 1952) (created in 2015)
  8. Ed Brown (American football) (end at Fordham, NCAA receiving leader 1952) [created 2015]
  9. Rosey Brown (OT for NY Giants, 1953-65; PFHOF) [expanded 2016]
  10. Pat Cannamela (first-team All-American linebacker at USC, 1951) (created in 2015)
  11. Ralph Chesnauskas (first-team All-American guard at Army, 1954) (created in 2015)
  12. Bill Ciaravino (first-team All-American linebacker at Lehigh, 1950) (created in 2015)
  13. Don Coleman DYK ... that Don Coleman was the first Michigan State football player to have his number retired, the Spartans' first African-American] coach, and the first African-American teacher at Flint Central High School? (expanded from stub in 2010)
  14. Paul Copoulos (halfback a Marquette, led NCAA in kickoff returns 1943 and 1944) [created 2015]
  15. Buddy Cruze (first-team All-American end at Tennessee, 1956) (created in 2015)
  16. Overton Curtis (halfback at Utah State, led NCAA in punt returns 1957) [created 2015]
  17. Ted Daffer (first-team All-American guard at Tennessee 1950, 1951) (created in 2015)
  18. Frank D'Agostino
    (first-team All-American tackle at Auburn, 1955) (created in 2015)
  19. Bob Davenport (first-team All-American fullback at UCLA, 1954) (created in 2015)
  20. Don Dohoney (consensus All-American end for Michigan State, 1953) (created in 2014)
  21. Maurice Doke (first-team All-American guard at Texas, 1959) (created in 2015)
  22. Dean Dugger (first-team All-American end at Ohio State, 1954) (created in 2015)
  23. Hal Easterwood (first-team All-American center at Mississippi State, 1954) (created in 2015)
  24. Al Ecuyer (consensus All-American guard at Notre Dame, 1957) (created in 2015)
  25. Redmond Finney (first-team All-American center at Princeton, 1950) (created in 2015)
  26. Tom Forrestal (first-team All-American quarterback at Navy, 1957) (created 2015)
  27. Bernie Flowers (consensus All-American end at Purdue, 1952) (started in 2009)
  28. Al Goldstein (first-team All-American end at North Carolina, 1958) (created in 2015)
  29. Leon Hardeman (first-team All-American halfback at Georgia Tech, 1952) (created in 2015)
  30. Vel Heckman (1958 first-team All-American tackle at Florida) (created in 2014)
  31. Dave Hibbert (American football) (halfback at Arizona, NCAA receiving leader 1958) [created 2015]
  32. Dick Hightower (consensus All-American center for SMU, 1951) (created in 2014)
  33. Irving Holdash
    (first-team All-American center and linebacker at North Carolina, 1950) (created in 2015)
  34. Bill Johnson
    (first-team All-American guard at Tennessee, 1957) (created 2015)
  35. Kosse Johnson (first-team All-American fullback at Rice, 1953) (created in 2015)
  36. Nick Liotta (first-team All-American guard/linebacker at Villanova, 1951; hung himself prior to end of 1951 season) (created in 2015)
  37. Paul Larson (first-team All-American quarterback at Cal, 1954) (created in 2015)
  38. Bill Leeka (first-team All-American tackle at UCLA, 1958) (created in 2015)
  39. Art Luppino (back at Arizona, NCAA rushing leader 1954 and 1955) [created 2015]
  40. Tom Maentz (second-team All-American end at Michigan, 1955) (created in 2009)
  41. Mickey Mangham (All-SEC end at LSU, 1958-60; caught winning touchdown pass in 1959 Sugar Bowl to give LSU the 1958 national championship) [created 2010]
  42. John Matsko (American football) (first-team All-Big Ten center at Michigan State) [created 2015]
  43. Fred Mautino (first-team All-American end at Syracuse, 1959) (created in 2015)
  44. Dewey McConnell (first-team All-American end at Wyoming, 1951) (created in 2015)
  45. Frank McDonald (first-team All-American end at Miami, 1954) (created in 2015)
  46. Frank Mincevich (first-team All-American guard at South Carolina, 1954) (created in 2015)
  47. Bob Momsen (first-team All-American linebacker at Ohio State, 1950) (created in 2015)
  48. Nick Mumley (second-team All-American tackle at Purdue, 1957) (created 2015)
  49. Ben Needham (American football) (linebacker, 1978-1979, 1981; All-USFL) [created 2015]
  50. Bob Newman (quarterback at Washington St., NCAA passing and total offense leader 1957)
  51. Dwight Nichols (first-team All-American halfback at Iowa State, 1959) (created in 2015)
  52. Bob Novogratz (first-team All-American guard from Army, 1958) (created in 2015)
  53. Chuck Ortmann (third-team All-American halfback at Michigan, 1950) (created in 2008)
  54. Jim Pace (first-team All-American halfback at Michigan, 1957) (started in 2007)
  55. Pug Pearman (first-team All-American tackle at Tennessee, 1951) (created in 2015)
  56. Lowell Perry (first-team All-American end at Michigan, 1952) (expanded in 2011)
  57. Hugh Pitts (second-team All-American center at TCU, 1954) (created in 2015)
  58. Don Schaefer (first-team All-American fullback at Notre Dame, 1955) (created in 2015)
  59. Gene Selawski (first-team All-American tackle at Purdue, 1958) (created in 2015)
  60. Jack Shanafelt (first-team All-American tackle at Rice, 1953) (created in 2015)
  61. Dick Sprague (first-team All-American defensive back at Washington, 1950) (created 2015)
  62. Bill Steiger (first-team All-American end at Washington State, 1956) (created in 2015)
  63. Elmer Stout (first-team All-American linebacker at Army, 1950) (created in 2015)
  64. Bob Stransky (first-team All-American back at Colorado, 1957) (created in 2015)
  65. Scott Suber (first-team All-American guard at Mississippi State, 1955) (created in 2015)
  66. Dick Tamburo (first-team All-American center at Michigan State, 1952; also athletic director at Fresno St., Arizona St., and Missouri) (created in 2015)
  67. Aurealius Thomas (first-team All-American guard at Ohio State, 1957; College Football Hall of Fame) (expanded 2015)
  68. Tom Topping (first-team All-American tackle at North Carolina, 1957) (created in 2015)
  69. Emlen Tunnell (first African-American in PFHOF, set all-time NFL interceptions record) [expanded to "B" 2017]
  70. Sam Valentine (first-team All-American guard at Penn State, 1956) (created in 2015)
  71. Stuart Vaughan (American football) (halfback at Utah, NCAA receiving leader 1957) [created 2015]
  72. Primo Villanueva DYK ... that "Calexico Kid" Primo Villanueva led UCLA to the NCAA football championship in 1954 and was inducted into the British Columbia Restaurant Hall of Fame in 2009? [created 2009]
  73. Bill Vohaska (first-team All-American center at Illinois, 1950) (created in 2015)
  74. Robert Wahl (first-team All-American tackle, 1949, 1950) (created in 2007)
  75. Art Walker (first-team All-American tackle at Michigan, 1954) (created in 2009)
  76. Dick Wallen (consensus All-American end at UCLA, 1957) (created in 2009)
  77. Les Walters (second-team All-American end at Penn State, 1957) (created 2015)
  78. Hogan Wharton (first-team All-American tackle from Houston, 1958) (created in 2015)
  79. Elmer Wilhoite (consensus All-American guard for USC, 1952) (created in 2014)
  80. Stan Williams (first-team All-American end at Baylor, 1951) (created in 2015)
  81. Ed Withers (first-team All-American defensive back at Wisconsin, 1950) (created in 2015)
  82. Jim Wood (first-team All-American end from Oklahoma St., 1958) (created in 2015)

1960s players

  1. Jim Barnes (consensus All-American offensive guard for Arkansas, 1968)
  2. Charles Casey (1965 first-team All-American end at Florida; was the all-time receiving leader in the SEC)
  3. Dave Casinelli (fullback at Memphis, NCAA rushing leader 1963) [created 2015]
  4. Larry Dupree (first Florida running back to be selected as a first-team All-American, 1964)
  5. Tommy Ford (American football) (tailback at Texas, first-team All-American 1963) [created 2015]
  6. Ken Hebert (end at Houston, NCAA scoring leader 1966) [created 2015]
  7. Jerry Hendren (wide receiver at Idaho, NCAA receiving leader 1969) [created 2015]
  8. Dave Hoppman
    (halfback at Iowa St., first-team All-American 1962) [created 2015]
  9. Ron Hull (center at UCLA, first-team All-American 1961) [created 2015]
  10. Joe Iacone DYK ... that American footballer Joe Iacone gained 3,983 rushing yards in three years and set PSAC rushing and scoring records that remained unbroken for decades? [AfD rescue 2011]
  11. Pat Killorin (All-American center for Syracuse, 1964) [created 2019]
  12. Ray Kubala (center at Texas, second-team All-American 1963) [created 2015]
  13. Chuck Kyle (consensus All-American middle guard for Purdue, 1968) [created 2015]
  14. Roy McKasson (center at Washington, first-team All-American 1960) [created 2015]
  15. Paul Naumoff (consensus All-American linebacker at Tennessee, 1966) [expanded 2016]
  16. Sal Olivas (quarterback at New Mexico St., NCAA total offense and passing leader 1967) [created 2015]
  17. Preacher Pilot (halfback at New Mexico St., NCAA rushing leader 1961 and 1962) [created 2015]
  18. Stan Quintana (quarterback at New Mexico, 1963-65) [created 2019]
  19. Charles Rosenfelder (consensus All-American guard for Tennessee, 1968) [created 2015]
  20. Johnny Treadwell (consensus All-American guard at Texas, 1962)
  21. Jay Wilkinson (halfback at Duke, first-team All-American 1963) [created 2015]

1970s players

  1. Mike Anderson (consensus All-American linebacker for LSU, 1970)
  2. Brian Baima (wide receiver at The Citadel, NCAA receiving leader 1971) [created 2015]
  3. Tom Brzoza (consensus All-American center for Pitt, 1977)
  4. Dick Bumpas (consensus All-American defensive tackle for Arkansas, 1970)
  5. Tim Clifford (Indiana QB, Big 10 MVP 1979) [created 2016]
  6. Craig Curry (quarterback) (Minnesota QB, led Big Ten in total offense in 1971) [created 2017]
  7. Maurie Daigneau (Northwestern QB, led Big Ten in passing yards in 1971) [created 2017]
  8. Peter Demmerle (consensus All-American wide receiver for Notre Dame, 1974)
  9. Rufus Ferguson (1st-team All-Big 10 RB 1971 and 1972, broke Wisconsin career rushing record) [created 2017]
  10. Mike Ford (American football) (quarterback at SMU, NCAA total offense and passing leader 1978) [created 2015]
  11. Jimmy Johnson (Pro Football Hall of Fame, 1970s All-Decade Team) [expanded 2017]
  12. Billy Marek (Wisconsin running back; first-team All-Big Ten, 1974-1975) [created 2015]
  13. Jay Miller (American football) (wide receiver at BYU, NCAA receiving leader 1973)
  14. Dennis Mosley (running back Iowa 1976-1979) [created 2017]
  15. Dave Petzke (wide receiver at N. Illinois, NCAA receiving leader 1978) [created 2015]
  16. Robert Popelka (consensus All-American wide receiver for SMU, 1972)
  17. Don Popplewell (consensus All-American center for Colorado, 1970)
  18. John Provost (consensus All-American defensive back for Holy Cross, 1974)
  19. Mike Pruitt (Purdue fullback, 1973-1975; 2x Pro Bowl selection) [expanded 2015]
  20. John Roush (consensus All-American offensive guard for 1974 undefeated national champion Oklahoma)
  21. Ron Rusnak (consensus All-American offensive guard for North Carolina, 1972)
  22. Bill Wyman (consensus All-American center for Texas, 1973)

1980s players

  1. Lynwood Alford (linebacker at Syracuse, 1983-85) [expanded a bit 2011]
  2. Peter Anderson (consensus All-American center at Georgia, 1985; proclaimed "We restored order" after upset victory over #1 Florida)
  3. Clayton Beauford (Auburn wide receiver, 1981-84; scandal about falsifying records to make him scholarship eligible) [expanded 2011]
  4. Tony Eason (Illinois quarterback, 1980-82) [expanded 2010]
  5. Keith English
    (consensus All-American punter for Colorado, 1988)
  6. Tootie Robbins (NFL 1982-93, died of COVID) [expanded 2020]
  7. Dave Schnell (Indiana quarterback, 1987-1988)
  8. Bob Stephenson (tight end at Purdue, 1st-team All-Big Ten, 1981) [created 2015]

1990s players

  1. Joe Kristosik (consensus All-American punter for UNLV, 1998)
  2. Cody Ledbetter (quarterback at New Mexico St., NCAA total offense leader 1995) [created 2015]
  3. Brian Lee (consensus All-American defensive back at Wyoming, 1997)
  4. Carlton McDonald (consensus All-American cornerback at Air Force, 1992)
  5. Brian Robinson (Auburn safety and consensus All-American, 1994; intercepted 3 passes in upset victory over #1 Florida)
  6. Chris Smith (consensus All-American tight end at BYU, 1990; set NCAA record for receiving yards by a tight end)
  7. Aaron Turner (American football) (wide receiver at Pacific, NCAA receiving leader 1991) [created 2015]
  8. Josh Wallwork (quarteback at Wyoming, NCAA total offense and passing leader 1996) [created 2015]
  9. Shawn Walters (USC running back) [created 2020]
  10. Delon Washington (USC running back) [created 2020]

2000s players

  1. John Deraney (kicker, NC State) [AfD rescue 2020]
  2. Casey Fitzgerald (wide receiver at North Texas, NCAA receiving leader 2008) [created 2015]
  3. Rylan Reed (first-team All-American offensive tackle at Texas Tech, 2008) (AfD rescue)
  4. Josh Vogelbach (quarterback at Guilford, set the NCAA Division III career record with 13,605 passing yards) [created 2017]

2010s payers

  1. C. J. Beathard (quarterback, Iowa) [created 2015]
  2. Giovani Bernard (North Carolina running back) [created 2011]
  3. D'Angelo Brewer (running back at Tulsa 2014-2017) [created 2017]
  4. Jordan Canzeri (running back, Iowa 2011-15) [created 2015]
  5. Asher Clark (running back at Air Force, 2008-11; second leading rusher in Air Force history) [created 2011, 2016]
  6. Tyler Ervin (San Jose State running back 2015) [created 2015]
  7. Dane Evans (Tulsa quarterback, 2015) [created 2015]
  8. Cody Fajardo (quarterback at Nevada-Reno, 2011-14) [created 2011]
  9. Keyarris Garrett (Tulsa receiver led FBS in receiving yards during 2015 regular season) [created 2015]
  10. Chris Givens (wide receiver at Wake Forest, 2009-11; St. Louis Rams, 2012-14) [created 2011]
  11. Chandler Harnish (quarterback at Northern Illinois, 2008-11; more than 11,000 yards of total offense) [started 2011]
  12. Brian Hill (American football) (Wyoming running back 2015) [created 2015]
  13. Ronnie Hillman (running back at SD State and Denver Broncos) [created 2011]
  14. Jordan Howard (running back for Indiana, 2015) [created 2015]
  15. Steve Ishmael (wide receiver for Syracuse) [created 2017]
  16. Justin Jackson (American football) (running back, Northwestern) [created 2015]
  17. Jermar Jefferson (running back, Oregon State) [created 2018]
  18. A. J. Jenkins (wide receiver at Illinois, 2008-11; NFL, 2012-present) [created 2011]
  19. Matt Johnson (quarterback) (Bowling Green quarterback, 2015) [created 2015]
  20. Henry Josey (running back at Missouri, 2010-13) [created 2011]
  21. Roger Lewis (American football) (Bowling Green receiver, 2015) [created 2015]
  22. William Likely (return specialist, Maryland) [created 2015]
  23. Phillip Lindsay (Colorado running back) [created 2017]
  24. Vavae Malepeai (USC running back) [created 2020]
  25. Gardner Minshew (Washington State quarterback) [created 2018]
  26. Bryant Moniz DYK ... that American football player Bryant Moniz, who began the 2009 season as a walk-on for Hawaii delivering pizzas to pay his expenses, currently leads the NCAA in both passing yards and total offense? [created 2010]
  27. Nick Mullens (quarterback at Southern Miss, 2015) [created 2015]
  28. Griffin Oakes (kicker, Indiana) [created 2015]
  29. Rashaad Penny (running back at San Diego St. 2014-2017) [created 2017]
  30. Keith Price (quarterback at Washington, 2010-13) [created 2011]
  31. Silas Redd (running back for Penn State and USC, 2010-13)
  32. Bryn Renner (quarterback at North Carolina, 2010-13)
  33. Corey Robinson (quarterback at Troy, 2010-13; passed for over 13,000 yards at Troy)
  34. Tyler Rogers (quarterback at New Mexico St. 2014-2017) [created 2017]
  35. Robbie Rouse (Fresno State running back, 2009-12) [created 2011]
  36. Diocemy Saint Juste (Hawaii running back) [created 2017]
  37. Devin Singletary (Florida Atlantic running back) [created 2017]
  38. Ito Smith (Southern Miss running back, 2014-15) [created 2016]
  39. Ryan Switzer (wide receiver at North Carolina, led NCAA in punt returns, 2013) [created 2015]
  40. Tramaine Thompson (wide receiver at Kansas State, led NCAA in punt returns, 2012) [created 2015]
  41. Robert Turbin (running back for Utah, then in NFL) [created 2011]
  42. DeAndre Washington
    (Texas Tech running back, 2015) [created 2015]
  43. Jordan Westerkamp (receiver, Nebraska) [created 2015]
  44. Kermit Whitfield (wide receiver at Florida State, led NCAA in kickoff returns 2013) [created 2015]
  45. Marquess Wilson (wide receiver at Washington State, 2010-12; Chicago Bears, 2013) [created 2011]

Coaches and administrators

103 articles

  1. List of college football coaches with 200 career wins
    DYK ... that the list of college football coaches with 200 career wins is topped by John Gagliardi, Eddie Robinson, and Joe Paterno? (2010)
  2. List of Michigan Wolverines head football coaches DYK ... that all nine individuals who served as Michigan Wolverines head football coaches from 1900 to 1989 have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame?
  3. Chick Agnew (coach at Wisconsin Whitewater) (created 2015)
  4. Albion football coaches: Bud Daugherty (1926-35), Del Anderson (1948–53), Morley Fraser (1954–68), Pete Schmidt (1983–96), Craig Rundle (1997-) [5 articles, created 2010]
  5. William L. Allen DYK: ... that William Allen played on the undefeated 1898 Michigan football team and led Washington State to an undefeated record as head football coach in 1900?
  6. Martin F. Angell [created 2019]
  7. T. L. Anthony (AfD rescue 2018)
  8. Willard Bailey (head coach at Virginia Union, Norfolk St., and St. Paul's, 1971-2010; career record of 230–149–7)
  9. Jeff Beard (Auburn athletic director, 1951-1972)
  10. Albert Berg DYK ... that Albert Berg, the first Purdue football coach, was a deaf-mute whose coaching reportedly "consisted of excited sign language and some rather bizarre sounds from his throat"?
  11. Boston College ADs:
    John Curley (1929-1957), William Flynn (1957-1990), Brad Bates (2012-2017), Martin Jarmond
    (2017-) [4 articles, created 2017]
  12. Richard Bowers
    (South Florida athletic director) [created 2018]
  13. R. R. Brown DYK ... that Robert Roswell Brown (pictured) was a head football coach at six colleges, including Virginia Tech, North Carolina, Tulane, and New Mexico State?
  14. Mike Brumbelow DYK ... that Mike Brumbelow was captain and MVP of the TCU Horned Frogs' first Southwest Conference championship team in 1929 and coached UTEP to two wins in three appearances in the Sun Bowl in the 1950s?
  15. Bucknell athletic directors: [[Al Humphreys], Ben Kribbs, Bob Latour [created 2018]
  16. Dom Callicrate (Columbia [Portland]] coach 1909-1916) [created 2019]
  17. George P. Campbell (Utah State coach) [created 2019]
  18. Joseph Carr (NFL president, 1921-39) [expanded 2016]
  19. Marino Casem (head football coach at Alcorn State (1964–1985), compiling a career college football record of 159–93–8 [expanded 2010]
  20. Mike Casteel (head football coach at Arizona) [expanded 2018]
  21. Larry Catuzzi DYK ... that former Ohio State football coach Larry Catuzzi served on the Flight 93 Federal Advisory Commission after his daughter died on United Airlines Flight 93?
  22. Eddie Cochems (first football coach to build an offense around the forward pass, his 1906 SLU team led the nation in scoring and outscored opponents 407-11)
  23. Edward A. Dalton
    DYK ... that E. A. Dalton, the first paid coach for the Iowa Hawkeyes football team, had a coaching tenure that lasted for ten days in October 1892?
  24. Dartmouth athletic directors: Harry R. Heneage, William H. McCarter, Seaver Peters [created 2018]
  25. George Denman (coach at Michigan State, 1901-02)
  26. Dennis Douds (head coach at East Stroudsburg, 1974–present; college coaching record of 230–159–3)
  27. Harold Drew DYK ... that Maine native Harold Drew coached the Alabama Crimson Tide football team to a 54–28–7 record and appearances in the Sugar, Orange and Cotton Bowls?
  28. Robert Emmons (played and coached college football for Harvard University from 1891 to 1895; managing owner of the Resolute in its successful defense of the America's Cup in 1920)
  29. Edgar Fauver DYK ... that Dr. Edgar Fauver, a football and baseball player in the 1890s, became a pioneer in women's athletics coaching women's basketball and baseball at Barnard College in the 1900s?
  30. John Field DYK ... that despite winning seven national championships from 1899 to 1912, the Yale football team had 14 head coaches in those 14 years, including a lingerie manufacturer?
  31. Brian Fogarty [created 2019]
  32. Stuart Forbes (head coach at Arizona, 1899) DYK .. that Stuart Forbes, the first head coach of the Arizona Wildcats football team, was also the author of Trail Sketches: Word Pictures of the West?
  33. George Gauthier DYK ... that Gooch Gauthier coached a "little band of Battling Bishops" to victory over the Michigan Wolverines in the 1928 season opener at The Big House? (Michigan State football and basketball player and coach)
  34. Frank Girardi (head coach at Lycoming, 1972–2007; compiled college coaching record of 257–97–4)
  35. William Goodyear DYK ... that Billy Goodyear, the first football coach at Washington State, became a newspaper publisher, ran for Congress and died weeks after having his leg amputated?
  36. James Griffin (athlete and coach at Hampton, 1937-1970) [created 2019]
  37. Adolph Hamblin (head coach at West Virginia State 1922-1944) [created 2019]
  38. Eric Hamilton (head coach at TCNJ, 1977–2012; college coaching record of 212–144–6)
  39. Lee Hayley (Auburn football player (1950-52), assistant football coach (1963-66), and athletic director (1972-81))
  40. Arthur S. Herman (head coach at Franklin & Marshall, 1917) (AfD rescue)
  41. Thomas C. Holiday
    (UTEP coach) (created 2019)
  42. Hootie Ingram DYK ... that Hootie Ingram tied the SEC record for interceptions, coached football at Clemson, and was the athletic director at Florida State and Alabama?
  43. Jim Jarrett (Old Dominion athletic director) [created 2018]
  44. Gordon Johnston (head coach North Carolina 1896; Medal of Honor winner) [expanded 2010]
  45. Edgar C. Jones (Florida halfback, 1923-25, athletic director, 1930–36)
  46. Travis Jones (asst coach for 2003 LSU national championship and 2009 New Orleans and 2013 Seattle Super Bowl teams) [expanded 2019]
  47. Frank Joranko DYK ... that Frank Joranko was selected as the most valuable football player in the MIAA and later coached Albion College to nine MIAA baseball championships?
  48. Mike Kelly (head coach at Dayton, 1981–2007; college coaching record of 246–54–1)
  49. Dick Larkins DYK ... that petitions called for the firing of Ohio State athletic director Dick Larkins when he hired little-known football coach Woody Hayes in 1951 instead of Paul Brown?
  50. Richard S. Lyon (head coach, Ithaca & RPI; DC Army) [AfD rescue Dec 2017]
  51. Patrick Lyons (Seton Hall athletic director) [created 2018]
  52. John Macklin DYK ... that "Big John" Macklin coached the Michigan State Spartans football program to its first wins over Ohio State and Michigan and also coached the school's basketball, baseball and track teams?
  53. James S. Malosky
    (head coach at Minnesota-Duluth, 1958–1997; college coaching record of 255–125–13)
  54. Manny Martin (defensive back at Alabama State; played in NFL and CFL; Denard Robinson's high school coach) [created 2010]
  55. Peter Mazzaferro (head coach at Bridgewater State, 1968–2004; college coaching record of 209–157–11)
  56. Sam P. McBirney DYK ... that Irish-American banker Sam McBirney coached a football team from a college with 400 students to a 16–0 win that broke the Oklahoma Sooners' 18-game winning streak?
  57. Kevin McGarry [created 2019]
  58. Clement J. McNaspy (head football, baseball, and basketball coach and athletic director at Southwestern Louisiana Institute) [created 2012]
  59. J.D. Morgan DYK ... that J.D. Morgan led UCLA to at least 6 NCAA championships as tennis coach and 30 NCAA championships, including 10 men's basketball titles, as athletic director
    ?
  60. George Munger DYK ... that the George Munger Award, given since 1989 to the college football coach of the year, is named for long-time Penn coach and decathlon champion George Munger?
  61. Gene Murphy (coach of Portland 1927-1936) [created 2019]
  62. New Mexico football coaches: Bob Titchenal, Bill Mondt [expanded 2019]
  63. New Mexico State football coaches: Arthur Burkholder, Joseph T. Coleman, James Patton [created 2019]
  64. Richard C. Nolan (coach of Southwestern 1940-41) [expanded 2009]
  65. Cleo A. O'Donnell DYK ... that Cleo O'Donnell coached the 1914 Everett High School team that outscored opponents 600 to 0 and was rated by Sports Illustrated as the greatest high school football team of all time?
  66. Jim Ostendarp DYK ... that Jim "the Darp" Ostendarp, Amherst College football coach for 33 years, refused to allow ESPN to televise a game saying, "We're in education. We aren't in the entertainment business"?
  67. Jack Owsley DYK ... that despite winning seven national championships from 1899 to 1912, the Yale football team had 14 head coaches in those 14 years, including a manufacturer of machine guns?
  68. Ted Payseur (Northwestern athletic director, 1945-56; hired Ara Parseghian as football coach)
  69. Keith W. Piper (head coach at Denison, 1954–1992; coaching record of 200–141–18; gained national fame for perpetuating the single-wing football formation)
  70. Shorty Ray (first technical advisor for NFL from 1938 to 1952, PFHOF 1966) [expanded 2016]
  71. Harry Rockafeller (Rutgers head coach, 1927-30, 1942-45) DYK .. that Harry Rockafeller (pictured), who played for the Rutgers football team from 1912 to 1915, was still athletic director in 1961?
  72. James O. Rodgers (Yale tackle, 1897-98, football coach, 1899)
  73. Craig Rundle DYK ... that Craig Rundle, a college football head coach for 24 years, led Albion College to the 2001 MIAA championship with his sons playing at quarterback and tight end?
  74. Rutgers football coaches: H. W. Ambruster (1895), John C. B. Pendleton (1896-97), William V. B. Van Dyck (1898-99), Arthur P. Robinson (1901), Henry Van Hoevenberg (1902), Alfred Ellet Hitchner (1904), Oliver D. Mann (1903, 1905), Herman Pritchard (1909), John Wallace (1924-26), Harry Rockafeller (1927-30, 1942-45), John Stiegman (1956–59) [11 articles, created 2015]
  75. Ed Schwager (Wisconsin-Whitewater)
  76. Jack Siedlecki (head coach at Amherst, 1993-96, Yale, 1997-2008)
  77. Amos Alonzo Stagg (added coaching tree 2020)
  78. Amos Alonzo Stagg, Jr.
    DYK ... that brothers Amos Jr. and Paul Stagg both played quarterback for their father Amos Alonzo Stagg at the University of Chicago, and later led teams against each other as college coaches themselves?
  79. Herman G. Steiner (head coach at Duke, 1922)
  80. Harry Stiteler DYK ... that Texas A&M football coach Harry Stiteler resigned in 1951 after admitting he had misrepresented the facts about being beaten by a stranger near a Houston hotel?
  81. Joseph R. Swan
    DYK ... that despite winning seven national championships from 1899 to 1912, the Yale football team had 14 head coaches in those 14 years, including the senior partner of Smith Barney & Co.?
  82. Steve Szabo (held coaching positions with 18 collegiate and professional football teams from 1969 to 2011)
  83. Joe Taylor (head coach at Virginia Union, 1984–91, Hampton, 1992–2007, Florida A&M, 2008–2012; college coaching record of 233–96–4)
  84. Tulsa football coaches: Howard Acher, Chet Benefiel, Vince Carillot, Vic Hurt, Norman Leard, Hal Mefford, Bernie Witucki [7 articles]
  85. UTEP football coaches: Mack Saxon, George B. Powell, Jack Curtice, Tommy Dwyer, Harry Van Surdam (5 articles created or expanded 2019)
  86. William V. B. Van Dyck DYK ... that William V. B. Van Dyck coached football at Rutgers, worked on a project to light the Strait of Magellan and participated in the first chess game played by "wireless"?
  87. Jerry Vandergriff (head coach at Angelo State, 1982–2004)
  88. Mike Welch (head coach at Ithaca with .736 winning percentage)
  89. Wesleyan football coaches: Larry Vorhis (1910–11), Jake High (1912), Danny Hutchinson (1913), Dan Kenan (1916 and 1920), Emil Liston (1919), John Martin (1922-24), Norm Daniels (1945-63), Donald Russell (1964-70), Bill MacDermott (1971-86), Frank Hauser (1992-2009), Mike Whalen (2010-2014) [11 articles, created or expanded 2010]
  90. Williams coaches: Len Watters (1948–62); Joseph W. Brooks (football player at Williams and Colgate, coach at Williams); Fred Daly (football player at Yale, coach at Williams, 1909-15); Douglas Lawson (football player at Harvard, coach at Williams, 1912-27) [4 articles, created 2010]
  91. Albert Wittmer (played and coached both football and basketball at Princeton; basketball coach, 1922-32 with 115–86 record)
  92. Cal Young DYK ... that Cal Young, the first head coach of the Oregon Ducks football team, was born in a log cabin? [created 2012]
  93. Ernie Zampese DYK ... that Ernie Zampese coached the leading pass offense in the NFL six times in seven years and has been credited with putting the "air" in Air Coryell? [expanded 2010]

Season articles

Miscellaneous

  1. Template:1995 NCAA Division I-A football season navbox [created 2016]
  2. Pro Football Hall of Fame improvement campaign [created 2016]
  3. Category:American football ends (632 articles in category) [created 2014]
  4. Category:American football guards (583 articles in category) [created 2014]
  5. Category:American football tackles (569 articles in category) [created 2014]
  6. Category:Armenian players of American football [created 2015]
  7. Category:Mid-American Conference football seasons: 1948-1969 [created 2016]
  8. List of NCAA football teams by wins [created 2010]
  9. List of NCAA major college football yearly passing leaders [created 2015]
  10. List of NCAA major college football yearly receiving leaders [created 2015]
  11. List of NCAA major college football yearly rushing leaders [created 2015]
  12. List of NCAA major college football yearly scoring leaders [created 2015]
  13. List of NCAA major college football yearly total offense leaders [created 2015]
  14. List of NCAA major college yearly punt and kickoff return leaders
    [created 2015]
  15. W.J. Voit Memorial Trophy DYK ... that UCLA Bruins end Dick Wallen
    won the 1957 Voit Trophy as the outstanding football player on the Pacific Coast? [created 2009]
  16. Georgia Tech–Tennessee football rivalry [expanded 2015]
  17. Edward K. Hall (rules committee pioneer, part of inaugural class inducted to CFHOF) [expanded 2015]
  18. Goodfellow Game (annual high school football game for the unofficial city of Detroit high school football championship, 1937-67) [expanded 2015]
  19. Alan J. Gould DYK ... that sports editor Alan J. Gould invented college football's AP Poll in 1936 as an "exercise in hoopla," to fill space between games, and "to keep the pot boiling"? [created 2011]
  20. Alex Moffat (played at Princeton, 1882-84; active in the development of the game as a coach and founding member of football's rules committee; held a place in Princeton athletic history similar to that held by Walter Camp at Yale) [expanded 2014]
  21. NCAA College Division
  22. NCAA University Division
  23. electric football
    ?
  24. Template:Alabama Crimson Tide football rushing leaders navbox (created 2020)
  25. Template:Michigan Wolverines football rushing leaders navbox (created 2020)
  26. Template:USC Trojans football rushing leaders navbox (created 2020)

Regional independent templates

  1. Eastern: 1886-1933, 1935-1955
  2. Midwestern: 1887-1933, 1935-1952
  3. Southern:
    1947-1948
  4. Western: 1889-1929, 1941 1947-1948 (222 templates created or expanded 2019-2020)

Championship selectors

  1. Berryman QPRS (created 2016)
  2. Billingsley Report (created 2016)
  3. College Football Researchers Association (created 2016)
  4. Collyer's Eye [created 2017]
  5. Dunkel System (created 2016)
  6. Football World [created 2015]
  7. Houlgate System (created 2016)
  8. National Championship Foundation (created 2016)

AfD and BLP rescues

  1. Bill Adamaitis DYK .. that Catholic University's Bill Adamaitis was hailed as the "hero of the Orange Bowl" after both catching and throwing touchdown passes in the 1936 game? (AfD rescue 2014)
  2. Tui Alailefaleula (AfD rescue 2010)
  3. Charles Alexander (LSU defensive tackle, 2004-09) (AfD rescue 2010)
  4. Curtis Alexander
    (Alabama running back) (AfD rescue 2012)
  5. Robert Appleby (coach) (AfD rescue 2018)
  6. Steve Aponavicius (AfD rescue 2011)
  7. Damien Berry (All-ACC running back for Miami) (AfD rescue 2011)
  8. Greg Carter (American football) (AfD rescue 2011)
  9. Tommie Campbell (cornerback at Pitt, Edinboro, Cal (PA); NFL 2011-14) (AfD rescue 2011)
  10. Garrett Chisolm (offensive guard at South Carolina, 2009-10) (AfD rescue 2011)
  11. Steve Collins (Oklahoma quarterback, 1989-92) (AfD rescue 2011)
  12. Nate Costa (quarterback at Oregon, 2008-10) (AfD rescue 2011)
  13. Dowayne Davis (safety at Syracuse, 2004-07) (AfD rescue 2011)
  14. John Deraney (NC State punter/placekicker) (AfD rescue 2020)
  15. Doane coaches: John Lyman, F. P. Reed, F. W. Sweeney (AfD rescue 2020)
  16. Jameel Dumas (Syracuse linebacker) (AfD rescue 2010)
  17. Obi Egekeze (place-kicker at Maryland, 2007-08; ranks 10th in scoring in Maryland football history) (AfD rescue 2011)
  18. Ken Fantetti (linebacker, 1979-85) [BLP rescue 2010]
  19. Byron Hardmon (linebacker at Florida, 1999-2002) (AfD rescue 2010)
  20. Rudy Harris [BLP rescue 2010]
  21. Trevor Harris (quarterback in CFL, 2012-15) (AfD rescue 2010)
  22. Joe Iacone DYK ... that American footballer Joe Iacone gained 3,983 rushing yards in three years and set PSAC rushing and scoring records that remained unbroken for decades? (AfD rescue 2011)
  23. Amarri Jackson (AfD rescue 2010)
  24. Vontrell Jamison (AfD rescue 2010)
  25. Vlade Janakievski (AfD rescue 2010)
  26. A. D. Kenamond (AfD rescue 2019)
  27. Kyle Killion (linebacker for Indiana, 2002-2005] (AfD rescue) [expanded 2016]
  28. Wade Koehl (Univ. Houston linebacker, 2003-06) (AfD rescue 2011)
  29. Eddie Lacy (running back at Alabama, 2009-12; Green Bay Packers, 2013-14) (AfD rescue 2011)
  30. Pascal Matla (BLP rescue 2010)
  31. Marquis Maze (wide receiver at Alabama, 2008-11) (AfD rescue 2011)
  32. David McCarty (American football) (AfD rescue 2010)
  33. Edorian McCullough (cornerback at Texas, 2002, CCSF, 2004) (AfD rescue 2010)
  34. Walter Mendenhall (running back at Illinois State, rushed for 811 yards in 2008; brother of Rashard Mendenhall) (AfD rescue 2012)
  35. Eugene Messler (Yale player, Centre coach, AfD rescue 2020)
  36. Joe Mickles (BLP rescue 2010)
  37. Stan Mikawos (BLP rescue 2010)
  38. John Minardi (BLP rescue 2010)
  39. Tony Moll (BLP rescue 2010)
  40. Mike Nesbitt (punter for New Mexico, 1992-95; OC at Houston, 2012) (AfD rescue 2012)
  41. Alvin Nnabuife (linebacker, safety and cornerback for SMU Mustangs, 2001–04) (Afd rescue 2009)
  42. Victor Orsatti (USC quarterback, 1925-26; later became a Hollywood agent who represented Judy Garland, Betty Grable, Edward G. Robinson, Frank Capra, George Stevens, and Sonja Henie; married singer/actress Marie "The Body" McDonald) (AfD rescue 2014)
  43. Bear Pascoe (AfD rescue 2009)
  44. Billy Pittman (wide receiver at Texas, 2003-07) (AfD rescue 2010)
  45. Anthony Pudewell (Nevada tight end 2003-06) (BLP rescue 2010)
  46. Tim Rebowe (AfD rescue)
  47. Fred Russell (prod rescue 2019)
  48. Robert Sherwin (guard at Army 1969-73; winner of the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award) (AfD rescue)
  49. Jacques Smith (linebacker at Tennessee, 2010-13) (AfD rescue, 2015)
  50. Alex Tanney (quarterback at Monmouth, 2007-11; set NCAA record for all-time career touchdown passes) (AfD rescue 2009)
  51. Zane Taylor (center at Utah, 2008-10) (AfD rescue 2011)
  52. Chris Todd (Auburn quarterback, 2008-09) (AfD rescue 2011)
  53. Terrence Toliver (wide receiver at LSU, 2007-10; Detroit Lions, 2011) (AfD rescue 2011)
  54. Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story (AfD rescue 2011)
  55. Chalmers Tschappat (tackle for the 1921 Dayton Triangles) (AfD rescue 2014)
  56. Bob Valesente (head coach at Kansas, 1986-87, assistant coach many places for almost 40 years) [BLP rescue 2010]
  57. Drew Wahlroos (linebacker at Colorado and in NFL, 1999-2005) [BLP rescue 2010]
  58. Ryan Winterswyk (tight end at Boise State, 2007-10) (AfD rescue 2011)
  59. Jeff Wolfert (2x All-Big 12 place-kicker at Missouri, 2007-08; set Missouri's single-season and career scoring records) (AfD rescue 2009)
  60. Ashton Youboty (BLP rescue 2010)
  61. Anthony Zuzzio
    (AfD rescue 2012)