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Running back, California, to 1938

Vic Bottari

Vic Bottari played running back at California (to 1938). He finished fifth in the 1938 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 1938. The Brooklyn Dodgers took Bottari in round 4, No. 30 overall in the 1939 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1981.

Best season
1938
Consensus All-American and First-team All-Pacific Coast
Heisman vote
5th
In the 1938 vote
Drafted
No. 30
Round 4, 1939 NFL Draft (Brooklyn Dodgers)

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 1937; Pacific Coast champions, 1937 and 1938

All-America: consensus 1938; NEA second team 1937; UP third team 1937

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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