Ernie Nevers
Fullback, American football player
1902 – 1976
Who was Ernie Nevers?
Ernest Alonzo Nevers was an American professional athlete who played American football as a fullback for the Duluth Eskimos and the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League, as well as baseball as a pitcher for the St. Louis Browns. Nevers was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963.
To this day, Nevers is the only player in the history of the NFL to have scored 40 points in a single game. On November 28, 1929, Nevers scored 6 touchdowns and kicked 4 extra points for the Chicago Cardinals in a 40-0 rout of the crosstown-rival Chicago Bears.
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- Born
- Jun 11, 1902
Willow River - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Stanford University
- Lived in
- Willow River
- Died
- May 3, 1976
San Rafael
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on July 23, 2013
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