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Don Meredith
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Quarterback, SMU, to 1959

Don Meredith

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Don Meredith played quarterback at SMU (to 1959). He finished third in the 1959 Heisman vote. The Chicago Bears took Meredith in round 3, No. 32 overall in the 1960 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1982.

Best season
1959
First-team All-Southwest Conference
Heisman vote
3rd
In the 1959 vote
Drafted
No. 32
Round 3, 1960 NFL Draft (Chicago Bears)

Honors

All-America: FWAA 1958 and 1959; AP second team 1958; UPI second team 1958 and 1959; NEA second team 1959; AP third team 1959; Time 1959

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: 3 (1966–⁠68)

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

Books

Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

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