In 2019 the NFL celebrated its 100th season. During that historic year the league selected an All-Time Team of 100 former star players. Among them were seven from before football's free substitution rule (1920-1945), two-way players who were skilled at both offense and defense. They were: Sammy Baugh (Quarterback), Dutch Clark (Running Back), Dan Fortmann (Guard), Mel Hein (Center), Cal Hubbard (Tackle), Don Hutson (Wide Receiver) and Bill Hewitt (Defensive End). There were more than just seven great players from those years, when men in leather helmets played multiple positions on dirt fields…mehr
In 2019 the NFL celebrated its 100th season. During that historic year the league selected an All-Time Team of 100 former star players. Among them were seven from before football's free substitution rule (1920-1945), two-way players who were skilled at both offense and defense. They were: Sammy Baugh (Quarterback), Dutch Clark (Running Back), Dan Fortmann (Guard), Mel Hein (Center), Cal Hubbard (Tackle), Don Hutson (Wide Receiver) and Bill Hewitt (Defensive End). There were more than just seven great players from those years, when men in leather helmets played multiple positions on dirt fields for modest salaries. This book ranks the NFL's top two-way players, with detailed biographies and analysis by their contemporaries.
Chris Willis has been the head archivist at NFL Films since 1996. He is the author of multiple books on professional football and was awarded the Professional Football Researchers Association's Ralph Award for lifetime achievement in pro football research and historiography in 2012. In 2016 he won an Emmy for his work on HBO's Hard Knocks. He lives in Audubon, New Jersey.
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Table of Contents Preface delete Introduction delete No. 1. Dutch Clark No. 2. Don Hutson No. 3. Sammy Baugh No. 4. Mel Hein No. 5. Guy Chamberlin No. 6. Bronko Nagurski No. 7. Verne Lewellen No. 8. Sid Luckman No. 9. Cal Hubbard No. 10. Paddy Driscoll No. 11. Pete "Fats" Henry No. 12. Dan Fortmann No. 13. Clarke Hinkle No. 14. Roy "Link" Lyman No. 15. Bill Hewitt No. 16. Mike Michalske No. 17. Benny Friedman No. 18. Ernie Nevers No. 19. Cliff Battles No. 20. Ken Strong No. 21. Johnny "Blood" McNally No. 22. Red Grange No. 23. Fritz Pollard No. 24. Albert "Turk" Edwards No. 25. Ox Emerson No. 26. Arnie Herber No. 27. George Trafton No. 28. Ray Flaherty No. 29. Clyde "Bulldog" Turner No. 30. Tuffy Leemans No. 31. Duke Slater No. 32. Ward Cuff No. 33. George Musso No. 34. Joe Stydahar No. 35. George Christensen No. 36. LaVern "Lavvie" Dilweg No. 37. Joe Kopcha No. 38. Cecil Isbell No. 39. Jack McBride No. 40. Red Dunn No. 41. Ed Danowski No. 42. Ace Parker No. 43. Charley Brock No. 44. Glenn Presnell No. 45. Roy "Father" Lumpkin The Best of the Rest delete Final Analysis delete Appendix I: The Author's All-Time Two-Way Teams delete Appendix II: Historical Sources of NFL All-Pro and All-Time Teams, 1920-1945 delete Chapter Notes delete Bibliography delete Index delete
