Beattie Feathers, 1932
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Running back, Tennessee, 1931–⁠33

Beattie Feathers

Born
Aug 20, 1909, in Bristol, Virginia
Died
Mar 11, 1979, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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Beattie Feathers played running back at Tennessee (1931–⁠33). He was a consensus All‑American in 1933. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955.

Honors

Team titles: Southern champions, 1932

All-America: consensus 1933; AP third team 1932; INS third team 1932; UP third team 1932

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

In the NFL

First-team All-Pro (AP): 1934

All-Pro teams: AP first team 1934; Chicago Daily News first team 1934; Collyer’s Eye first team 1934; Green Bay Press-Gazette first team 1934; United Press first team 1934; Collyer’s Eye second team 1936; and 1 more.

Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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