The Hall of Fame class of 1973

24 players and five coaches inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1973. Every class

Players

Earl AbellOffensive tackle · Colgate
Harold BallinOffensive tackle · Princeton
Larry BettencourtCenter · Saint Mary’s (CA)
Johnny CainRunning back · Alabama
Fred CrawfordOffensive tackle · Duke
Aubrey DevineQuarterback · Iowa
Bob FisherGuard · Harvard
Forest GeyerFullback · Oklahoma
Vic HansonEnd · Syracuse
Leon HartEnd · Notre Dame
Art HoweQuarterback · Yale
Johnny MaulbetschRunning back · Adrian, Michigan
Bill McCollEnd · Stanford
Donn MoomawCenter · UCLA
Billy NeighborsGuard · Alabama
Bill OsmanskiFullback · Holy Cross
Endicott PeabodyGuard · Harvard
Henry SeibelsRunning back · Sewanee
Murray SheltonEnd · Cornell
Gaylord StinchcombRunning back · Ohio State
Clarence SwansonEnd · Nebraska
Hube WagnerEnd · Pittsburgh
Bobby WilsonRunning back · SMU
Harry WilsonRunning back · Penn State, Army

Coaches

Rip EngleCoach, 1944–⁠1965, 132–⁠68–⁠8 · Brown, Penn State
Bill IngramCoach, 1922–⁠1934, 75–⁠42–⁠9 · William & Mary, Indiana, Navy, California
Morley JenningsCoach, 1912–⁠1940, 153–⁠77–⁠18 · Ouachita, Baylor
Herb McCrackenCoach, 1921–⁠1935, 75–⁠48–⁠7 · Allegheny, Lafayette
James PhelanCoach, 1920–⁠1947, 137–⁠87–⁠14 · Missouri, Purdue, Washington, Saint Mary’s

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.