Two-time All-America pick ... earned second team All-America honors from Newspaper Enterprise America in 1935 and first team accolades from Associated Press, United Press International, Walter Camp Foundation and Hearst Newspapers a year later ... guided Duke to a three-year record of 24-5 from 1934-36, serving as team captain in final season as the Blue Devils went 9-1 ... finished sixth in the balloting for the Heisman Trophy ... enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame ... second round pick of the NFL’s Brooklyn Dodgers in 1937 ... earned the league’s Most Valuable Player award in 1940 and inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1972 ... played Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics.