Ernie Caddel
Running back, American football player
1911 – 1992
Who was Ernie Caddel?
Ernest Wiley Caddel was an American football running back. He played college football for Glenn "Pop" Warner at Stanford University from 1930 to 1932 and later played six seasons in the National Football League for the Portsmouth Spartans and Detroit Lions. He helped lead the Detroit Lions to the NFL championship in 1935 and led the NFL in average yards gained per rushing carry for three consecutive years, from 1935 to 1937. He was also the first player in NFL history to finish among the top 10 players in the league in both rushing and receiving yards, accomplishing the feat in 1934 and again in 1936. He was known during his football career as the "Blond Antelope."
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- Born
- Mar 12, 1911
Granite - Profession
- Education
- Stanford University
- Lived in
- Oklahoma
- Granite
- Died
- Mar 28, 1992
Roseville
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on July 23, 2013
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