Beattie Feathers
American football player and sports coach (1909–1979) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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William Beattie "Big Chief" Feathers (August 20, 1909 – March 11, 1979) was an American football player and coach of football and baseball. He played college football and college basketball at the University of Tennessee and had a seven-year career in the National Football League (NFL) playing for the Chicago Bears and two other teams.
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Position: | Halfback | ||||||||||||||||
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Born: | (1909-08-20)August 20, 1909 Bristol, Virginia, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
Died: | March 11, 1979(1979-03-11) (aged 69) Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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High school: | Virginia (Bristol, Virginia) | ||||||||||||||||
College: | Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||
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Career: | 42–40–4 (football) 79–135–1 (baseball) | ||||||||||||||||
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Feathers is remembered for his 1934 rookie season in the NFL when he became the first player in league history to gain more than 1,000 yards rushing in a single year.