Glenn Dobbs, 1947
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Running back, Tulsa, 1940–⁠42

Glenn Dobbs

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Glenn Dobbs played running back at Tulsa (1940–⁠42). He finished ninth in the 1942 Heisman vote. The Chicago Cardinals took Dobbs in the first round, No. 3 overall in the 1943 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1980.

At a glance

Heisman vote
9th
In the 1942 vote
Drafted
No. 3
Overall, 1943 NFL Draft (Chicago Cardinals)

Honors

Team titles: Missouri Valley champions, 1940, 1941 and 1942

All-America: AP first team 1942; INS first team 1942; NEA first team 1942; Newsweek 1942; Sporting News second team 1942; UP second team 1942; Central Press second team 1942; New York Sun second team 1942

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): 1946

All-Pro teams: AP first team 1946.

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

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
1946–⁠47AAFCBrooklyn Dodgers
1947–⁠49AAFCLos Angeles Dons

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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