Running back, Purdue, 1935–37
Cecil Isbell
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Cecil Isbell played running back at Purdue (1935–37). The Green Bay Packers took Isbell in the first round, No. 7 overall in the 1938 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1967.
At a glance
Honors
All-America: AP second team 1936; AP third team 1937; UP third team 1937; Central Press 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 (AP): 1941 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 1942
All-Pro teams: AP first team 1941; AP second team 1942; New York Daily News first team 1941–42; the league first team 1941–42; Chicago Herald-American first team 1941; Collyer’s Eye first team 1941; and 7 more.
Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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