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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.
List of contents
Table of ContentsPreface 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
About the author
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.
Summary
In 2019 the NFL 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. This book ranks the NFL’s top two-way players, with detailed biographies and analysis by their contemporaries.
