Back, Tennessee, 1938–⁠40

Bob Foxx

Born
Sep 15, 1917, in Knoxville, Tennessee
Died
Jun 22, 1975

Bob Foxx played back at Tennessee (1938–⁠40). The Chicago Cardinals took Foxx in round 3, No. 17 overall in the 1941 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1939
SEC Player of the Year and First-team All-SEC
Drafted
No. 17
Round 3, 1941 NFL Draft (Chicago Cardinals)

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 1938 and 1940; SEC champions, 1938, 1939 and 1940

All-America: INS second team 1940; AP third team 1940; Central Press fourth team 1940

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.

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