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Quarterback, Santa Clara, 1933–⁠36

Nello Falaschi

Nello Falaschi played quarterback at Santa Clara (1933–⁠36). The Washington Redskins took Falaschi in round 2, No. 16 overall in the 1937 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.

Best season
1936
First-team All-Pacific Coast
Drafted
No. 16
Round 2, 1937 NFL Draft (Washington Redskins)

Honors

All-America: INS first team 1936; All-America Board 1936; AP third team 1936; Walter Camp first team 1936

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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