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Grenny Lansdell, 1938
Photo: USC quarterback, Grenny Lansdell, looks up to camera while in the locker room during the football game against Notre Dame. He sits on a stool and reaches down to remove his sock from an injured ankle., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, USC, to 1939

Grenny Lansdell

Grenny Lansdell played running back at USC (to 1939). The New York Giants took Lansdell in the first round, No. 10 overall in the 1940 NFL Draft.

Best season
1939
First-team All-Pacific Coast
Drafted
No. 10
Overall, 1940 NFL Draft (New York Giants)

Honors

Team titles: Pacific Coast champions, 1938 and 1939; National champions, 1939

All-America: NEA Sports Syndicate second team 1938; AP third team 1939; Central Press first team 1939; Collegiate Writers 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.

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