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2 unusual facts about All American Football


All American Football

The game did not have licenses from the NFL, NFLPA or the NCAA.

Because of this, pro teams were only referred to by city (Green Bay, Pittsburgh, etc.), state (Minnesota) or region (New England).



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Bobby Lee Cook

1988—Represented former Auburn University All-American football star Bobby Hoppe, who was charged with murder in a 1957 shooting.

Byron Braggs

Braggs was the first African American to win the "Jimmy Hitchcock Award", named in honor of Auburn University's All-American football player, who also was a native of Montgomery.

C.C. Smith

Cedric C. Smith (1895–1969), All-American football player for the University of Michigan and the Buffalo All-Americans

Dick Vick

His brother, Ernie Vick, was an All-American football player at Michigan and played major league baseball and in the NFL.

Don Dufek, Sr.

Two of Dufek's sons were All-American football players for the Michigan Wolverines: Bill and Don Dufek, Jr. - who was one of the original members of the Seattle Seahawks.

George Chadwick

George B. Chadwick (1880–1961), All-American football player and coach

Great Falls, South Carolina

Banks McFadden-All-American football player attended Great Falls High School in the 1930s.

John P. Kirk

His only son, Bernard Kirk, was an All-American football player who played for both Notre Dame University and the University of Michigan.

Leland S. Warburton

His brothers were Milton, Lawrence, David and all-American football player Irvine (Cotton) Warburton.

Locks of Love

All American football player (and Chicago Bears first-round draft pick) Gabe Carimi's maternal uncle suffered from leukemia as a child, underwent chemotherapy while he was in second grade, and lost his hair in the process.

Otto Pommerening

The film, directed by William A. Wellman, was a genre football comedy starring Joan Bennett, Joe E. Brown, and members of the 1928 and 1929 All-American football teams and USC coach Howard Jones.

Tate Rink

(Maj. Holleder '56, the namesake of the complex, was an All-American football and basketball player killed in action in Vietnam in 1967.)

Vincent Mason

His son, Tre Mason, is an All American football player, running back, at Auburn University.