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George McAfee
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Running back, Duke, 1937–⁠39

George McAfee

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George McAfee played running back at Duke (1937–⁠39). The Philadelphia Eagles took McAfee in the first round, No. 2 overall in the 1940 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1961.

Best season
1939
First-team All-Southern Conference
Drafted
No. 2
Overall, 1940 NFL Draft (Philadelphia Eagles)

Honors

Team titles: Southern champions, 1938 and 1939

All-America: AP second team 1939; NEA second team 1939; UP second team 1939; New York Sun first team 1939; Boys’ Life 1939; Central Press second team 1939; Life magazine second team 1939

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

All-Pro teams: AP first team 1941; Chicago Herald-American first team 1941; Collyer’s Eye first team 1941; New York Daily News first team 1941; the league first team 1941; United Press first team 1941.

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

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