Running back, Indiana, 1945–48
George Taliaferro
- Born
- Jan 8, 1927, in Gates, Tennessee
- Died
- Oct 8, 2018, in Bloomington, Indiana
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George Taliaferro played running back at Indiana (1945–48). The Los Angeles Dons took Taliaferro in the first round, No. 5 overall in the 1949 AAFC Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1981.
At a glance
- Best season
- 2011
- Big Ten Dungy–Thompson Humanitarian Award
Honors
- Inducted 1981College Football Hall of Fame
- 1945First-team All-Big Ten
- 1947Second-team All-Big Nine
- 1948First-team All-Big Nine
- 2011Big Ten Dungy–Thompson Humanitarian Award
Team titles: Big Ten champions, 1945
All-America: INS first team 1948; INS second team 1945; NEA second team 1947; AP third team 1945; Central Press third team 1945
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: 3 (1951–53)
Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | AAFC | Los Angeles Dons |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.
Books
Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.
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