Ollie Cline, 1951
Photo: Bowman (Life time: None.), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Back, Ohio State, 1944–⁠47

Ollie Cline

Born
Dec 31, 1925, in Mount Vernon, Ohio
Died
May 12, 2001, in Springfield, Ohio

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Ollie Cline played back at Ohio State (1944–⁠45, 1947). The Cleveland Browns took Cline in round 3, No. 18 overall in the 1948 AAFC Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1945
Chicago Tribune Silver Football and First-team All-Big Ten
Drafted
No. 18
Round 3, 1948 AAFC Draft (Cleveland Browns)

Honors

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 1944

All-America: AP second team 1945; FWAA second 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.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
1948AAFCCleveland Browns
1949AAFCBuffalo Bills

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

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