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Norm Van Brocklin, 1974
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Quarterback, Oregon, 1946–⁠48

Norm Van Brocklin

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Norm Van Brocklin played quarterback at Oregon (1946–⁠48). He finished sixth in the 1948 Heisman vote. The Los Angeles Rams took Brocklin in round 4, No. 37 overall in the 1949 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1966.

Best season
1948
First-team All-Pacific Coast
Heisman vote
6th
In the 1948 vote
Drafted
No. 37
Round 4, 1949 NFL Draft (Los Angeles Rams)

Honors

Team titles: Pacific Coast champions, 1948

All-America: INS first team 1948; FWAA second team 1948; NEA second team 1948; UP second team 1948; AP third team 1948; Central Press third team 1948

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: 9 (1950–⁠55, 1958–⁠60) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 1960

All-Pro teams: AP first team 1960; Sporting News first team 1955; NEA first team 1960; UPI first team 1960; New York Daily News second team 1954; United Press second team 1955.

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

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