Shorty McWilliams, 1951
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Running back, Mississippi State and Army, 1944–⁠48

Shorty McWilliams

Born
May 12, 1926, in Newton, Mississippi
Died
Jan 9, 1997, in Meridian, Mississippi

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Shorty McWilliams played running back at Mississippi State (1944, 1946–⁠48) and Army (1945). He finished 10th in the 1944 Heisman vote.

At a glance

Best season
1944
SEC Player of the Year and First-team All-SEC
Heisman vote
10th
In the 1944 vote

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 1945 (Army)

All-America: AP second team 1944; UP second team 1944

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
1949AAFCLos 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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