Fullback, Holy Cross, 1935–38
Bill Osmanski
- Born
- Dec 29, 1915, in Providence, Rhode Island
- Died
- Dec 25, 1996, in Chicago, Illinois
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Bill Osmanski played fullback at Holy Cross (1935–38). The Chicago Bears took Osmanski in the first round, No. 6 overall in the 1939 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1973.
Honors
All-America: AP second team 1937; INS second team 1937; Irving Dix second team 1938; INS third team 1936; NEA third team 1937
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: 2 (1939, 1941)
All-Pro teams: Collyer’s Eye first team 1939, 1941; INS first team 1939; New York Daily News first team 1939; Pro Football Weekly first team 1939; the league first team 1939; United Press first team 1939.
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