The Hall of Fame class of 1971

24 players and six coaches inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971. Every class

Players

Albert BenbrookGuard · Michigan
Charley BrewerFullback · Harvard
Gary CochranEnd · Princeton
Bill EdwardsGuard · Princeton
Nello FalaschiQuarterback · Santa Clara
Doc FentonQuarterback · Mansfield, LSU
Joe GuyonRunning back · Carlisle, Georgia Tech
Bill HickokGuard · Yale
Clarke HinkleFullback · Bucknell
Glenn KillingerQuarterback · Penn State
Bobby MarshallEnd · Minnesota
Rags MatthewsEnd · TCU
Dan McMillanOffensive tackle · USC, California
Alex MoffatRunning back · Princeton
Bill MorleyRunning back · Columbia
Ernie NeversFullback · Stanford
Louis SalmonFullback · Notre Dame
Joe SchmidtLinebacker · Pittsburgh
Clyde ScottFullback · Navy, Arkansas
Bob SteuberRunning back · Missouri, DePauw
Joe ThompsonRunning back · Geneva, Pittsburgh
Robert TorreyGuard · Pennsylvania
Bill WarnerGuard · Cornell
Bill WillisOffensive tackle · Ohio State

Coaches

Eddie AndersonCoach, 1922–⁠1964, 201–⁠128–⁠15 · Columbia (IA), DePaul, Holy Cross, Iowa
Jesse HarperCoach, 1906–⁠1917, 57–⁠17–⁠7 · Notre Dame
Jess NeelyCoach, 1924–⁠1966, 207–⁠176–⁠19 · Rhodes, Clemson, Rice
Homer H. NortonCoach, 1919–⁠1947, 143–⁠75–⁠18 · Centenary (LA), Texas A&M
George SanfordCoach, 1899–⁠1923, 84–⁠46–⁠6 · Columbia, Virginia, Rutgers
Francis SchmidtCoach, 1919–⁠1942, 157–⁠58–⁠11 · Tulsa, Arkansas, TCU, Ohio State, Idaho

From Wikipedia’s lists of College Football Hall of Fame inductees, which link each one to the Hall’s own biography. Coaching records are as the Hall lists them and can differ from our game-by-game records. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s and coach’s page.