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Charley Trippi
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Running back, Georgia, 1942–⁠46

Charley Trippi

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Charley Trippi played running back at Georgia (1942, 1945–⁠46). He won the 1946 Maxwell Award. He finished second in the 1946 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 1946. The Chicago Cardinals took Trippi first overall in the 1945 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1959.

Best season
1946
Maxwell Award, Consensus All-American and 2 more
Heisman vote
2nd
In the 1946 vote
Drafted
No. 1
Overall, 1945 NFL Draft (Chicago Cardinals)

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 1942; SEC champions, 1942 and 1946

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

Pro Bowls: 2 (1952–⁠53) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 1948

All-Pro teams: AP first team 1948; Sporting News first team 1948; United Press first team 1948.

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

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