SCARCE 1939 HOF STEVE OWEN, KEN STRONG SIGNED SHEET W/4 OTHER FOOTBALL GIANTS

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Player:STEVE OWEN
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Team:New York Giants

This 6″ by 3.5″ sheet is signed by Ken Strong, Ward Cuff, Jim Poole, Dale Burnett, Steve Owen, and Kayo Lunday, all members of the Eastern Division Champion New York Giants of 1939. The auction is for the signed sheet only, the photos of the players are not included. Comes with a COA from Richard Simon Sports. Steve Owen and Ken Strong are both in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Steve Owen is one of the harder HOF autographs to find.Most collectors probably don’t need this information, but just in case I’ll put their bios from Wikipedia below. Steve OwenNo. 9, 36, 44, 50, 12, 55, 6Position:Tackle, guardPersonal informationBorn:April 21, 1898Cleo Springs, Territory of Oklahoma, U.S.Died:May 17, 1964 (aged 66)Oneida, New York, U.S.Height:5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)Weight:237 lb (108 kg)Career informationHigh school:Aline (OK)College:PhillipsCareer historyAs a player:Kansas City Blues (1924)Hartford Blues (1925)Cleveland Bulldogs (1925)Kansas City Cowboys (1925)New York Giants (1926–1931, 1933)As a coach:New York Giants (1930–1953)Head coachSouth Carolina (1954)Spring practice assistantBaylor (1954)Spring practice assistantBaylor (1955)AssistantPhiladelphia Eagles (1956–1957)Defensive assistantToronto Argonauts (1959)Interim head coachCalgary Stampeders (1960)Interim head coachSaskatchewan Roughriders (1961–1962)Head coachSyracuse Stormers (1963)Head coachCareer highlights and awardsAs playerNFL champion (1927)First-team All-Pro (1927)NFL 1920s All-Decade TeamAs head coach2× NFL champion (1934, 1938)Giants career wins record (153)New York Giants Ring of HonorHead coaching recordRegular season:NFL: 153–100–17 (.598)WIFU/CFL: 21–27–3 (.441)Postseason:NFL: 2–8 (.200)WIFU/CFL: 0–4 (.000)Career:NFL: 155–108–17 (.584)WIFU/CFL: 21–31–3 (.409)Player stats at PFRCoaching stats at PFRPro Football Hall of FameStephen Joseph Owen (April 21, 1898 – May 17, 1964)[1] was an American professional football player and coach. He earned a place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame as head coach of the National Football League (NFL)’s New York Giants for 24 seasons, from 1930 to 1953.[2][3]Owen’s skill at designing defenses, his fundamentals-centered approach to the game and his innovative “A formation,” a variation on the single-wing, also helped his offenses thrive and were key to his success. His personal style was memorable for the odd congruence of gravelly voice and easy disposition to go with his perpetual tobacco chewing.Early life and collegeBorn in Cleo Springs in Oklahoma Territory, Owen was raised in an area known as the Cherokee Strip, where his original goal was to become a jockey, a dream denied by his 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), 230 lb (104 kg) frame that earned him the nickname “Stout Steve.”While working on a cattle ranch, he attended Phillips University in Enid, where he was an all-around athlete in 1917–18. He supplemented his income at that time as a professional wrestler under the pseudonym “Jack O’Brien,” a ruse to preserve his amateur status.Owen served in the U.S. Army training corps in World War I, then returned to coach for a year at Phillips before going to work in oil fields in various parts of the Southwest.Professional playing and coaching careerEarly career (1924–1929)Owen started to play pro football in 1924, at $50 a game, for the NFL’s Kansas City Cowboys (who played all their games on the road). After playing for the Cowboys and then the Cleveland Bulldogs in 1925, he was sold to the New York Giants in 1926 for $500, joining his brother Bill. After a futile attempt to get a cut of the purchase price from Kansas City coach Leroy Andrews, he later said of the sale:[4]I had seen a lot of fat hogs go for more than they paid for me. But in those days, a fat hog was a lot more valuable than a fat tackle. I was going to New York even if I had to walk there.His leadership became clearly evident during the 1927 season as captain of a team that outscored opponents 197–20, went 11–1–1 and won the NFL title.New York Giants head coach (1930–1953)In 1930, he was promoted to co-player-coach for the final two games of the season with another future Hall of Famer, Benny Friedman. The 2–0 finish was a premonition of Owen’s future long-term success as sole head coach starting the following season.[5] In an unusual move for the time, he didn’t sign a formal contract with owner Tim Mara. He would coach the next 23 years on a handshake. He retired as a player following the 1931 season, except for a brief comeback in 1933, helping the Giants go 11–3 and get to the title game, the first of eight appearances the Giants would make during his tenure.The team slipped to 8–5 in 1934, but still made the NFL championship game again. Facing the 13–0 Chicago Bears, the Giants came in as huge underdogs and trailed 10–3 at halftime. The icy conditions and 9 °F (5.0 °C) weather led to an adjustment between halves that became a memorable part of National Football League lore. A friend of the Maras owned a nearby shoe warehouse, and opened it on that freezing Sunday afternoon to supply the entire team with new sneakers for better footing on the frozen turf than they had had with conventional cleats, enabling them to run off 27 unanswered points in the second half for a 30–13 win and the team’s first title. More than seven decades later, the contest is still remembered as “the sneakers game.”Despite the institution of the NFL draft due to the continued dominance of the Bears and Giants, the Giants returned to the championship game in 1935 and won their second and last title under Owen in 1938, 23–17 over the Green Bay Packers despite being outgained in yardage 379–208, with nine points on two blocked punts the margin of victory. New York appeared in four more season-ending NFL title clashes under Owen, but lost them all. An early World War II Three Stooges short referred to them when Moe sarcastically asked a hulking adversary, “Did you ever play footborl for da Giants?!”In 1950, the Giants faced a powerful new foe with the arrival of the All-America Football Conference champion Cleveland Browns. The Browns consigned them to runner-up finishes in each of the next three seasons, though Owen’s “umbrella defense” shut down passing attacks and made life miserable for the first-place Browns. New York won four of their six regular-season meetings but dropped a defensive playoff struggle with them after finishing tied with the Browns for the Eastern Division title at the end of the 1950 season.Owen was the host of Pro Football Highlights on the DuMont Television Network from 1951 to 1953.After the Giants slipped to 3–8 in 1953, Owen announced his retirement as head coach days before the end of the regular season, ending his 28 years at field level with the Giants.[2][6] As the final minutes ticked away in his last game as Giant coach, a late-game loss to eventual champion Detroit, television cameras showed him standing alone on the sidelines in tears. His record as head coach was 150–99–17 (.596) and his 150 wins are still the most in franchise history.Later career (1954–1963)Owen remained with the Giants as head scout. During the 1954 season, he served as a collegiate spring practice assistant, first at South Carolina and then at Baylor. He returned to the collegiate ranks full-time in 1955 as an assistant coach at Baylor.[7][8]Just weeks after the end of the 1955 season, the Philadelphia Eagles hired Hugh Devore as head coach and added Owen as his assistant soon after.[9] But two seasons of struggling in Philadelphia led to the entire coaching staff’s dismissal, and Owen eventually became a head coach yet again, this time on an interim basis with the Canadian Football League’s Toronto Argonauts on September 21, 1959.The Argonauts declined Owen’s offer to stay on as full-time head coach for 1960, but retained him as a scout and advisor before he moved to the CFL’s Calgary Stampeders on August 23, 1960, as interim head coach, but as in Toronto Owen was replaced at the end of the season. On December 29 of the same year, he was named head coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, a CFL team that had won just once in 1960. Owen’s 1961 team nearly reached the playoffs, then did so the following year and was voted CFL Coach of the Year.[10] But after suffering a heart attack late in 1962, he resigned on January 6, 1963.Unable to stay away from the sport, however, he soon came back as head coach of the United Football League’s Syracuse Stormers on March 20, 1963. After an 0–12 season, Owen returned to the New York Giants that November to scout for them.DeathOwen was stricken with a terminal cerebral hemorrhage in May 1964. After eight days in critical care, Owens died at age 66 on May 17 in Oneida, New York.[1] He was buried at St. Patrick’s Cemetery in Oneida.Owen was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a member of its fourth class in 1966, enshrined on September 17.[3][11]++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Ken StrongNo. 50Position:Halfback, fullbackPersonal informationBorn:April 21, 1906West Haven, Connecticut, U.S.Died:October 5, 1979 (aged 73)New York, New York, U.S.Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)Weight:206 lb (93 kg)Career informationHigh school:West HavenCollege:NYUCareer historyAs a player:Staten Island Stapletons (1929–1932)New York Giants (1933–1935)New York Yankees (1936–1937)Jersey City Giants (1938)New York Giants (1939)Jersey City Giants (1940)New York Giants (1944–1947)As a coach:NYU (1937)Assistant coachJersey City Giants (1938)Head coachNew York Giants (1962–1965)Kicking coachCareer highlights and awardsNFL champion (1934)4× First-team All-Pro (1930–1931, 1933–1934)NFL scoring leader (1933)NFL 1930s All-Decade TeamNew York Giants Ring of HonorNew York Giants No. 50 retiredConsensus All-American (1928)First-team All-Eastern (1928)Career NFL statisticsRushing touchdowns:24Receiving touchdowns:7Games played:131Pro Football Hall of FameCollege Football Hall of FameElmer Kenneth Strong (April 21, 1906 – October 5, 1979) was an American professional football player who was a halfback and fullback. He also played minor league baseball. Considered one of the greatest all-around players in the early decades of the game, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1957 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967 and was named to the NFL 1930s All-Decade Team.A native of West Haven, Connecticut, Strong played college baseball and football for the NYU Violets. In football, he led the country in scoring with 162 points in 1928, gained over 3,000 yards from scrimmage, and was a consensus first-team selection on the 1928 College Football All-America Team.Strong played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) for the Staten Island Stapletons (1929–1932) and New York Giants (1933–1935, 1939, 1944–1947), and in the second American Football League (AFL) for the New York Yankees (1936–1937). He led the NFL in scoring in 1934 and was selected as a first-team All-Pro in 1930, 1931, 1933, and 1934. He also played minor league baseball from 1929 to 1931, but his baseball career was cut short by a wrist injury.Early lifeStrong was born in the Savin Rock section of West Haven, Connecticut, in 1906.[1][2] His father Elmer F. Strong was a Connecticut native who worked as an egg and dairy inspector.[3][4] Strong attended West Haven High School where he was a star baseball and football player.[5]New York UniversityStrong next attended New York University (NYU) where he played baseball and football. In baseball, he was NYU’s center fielder for three years and drew attention for his fielding and power hitting.[5] He played summer baseball for the Hyannis town team of Barnstable, Massachusetts in the Cape Cod Baseball League, and was part of a “parade of sluggers”[6] that powered the Hyannis lineup.As a halfback for the 1928 NYU Violets football team, he led the country in scoring with 162 points,[7] tallied some 3,000 total yards from scrimmage,[8] and was a consensus pick on the 1928 College Football All-America Team.[9]Strong gained widespread fame when he led NYU to a 27–13 upset victory over undefeated Carnegie Tech. He threw two long touchdown passes, rushed for two touchdowns, and kicked three extra points, leading Grantland Rice to write:This attack was led by a runaway buffalo, using the speed of a deer, and his name was Ken Strong. He ran all over a big, powerful team, smashed its line, ran its ends, kicked 50 and 55 yards, threw passes and tackled all over the lot. Today he was George Gipp, Red Grange and Chris Cagle rolled into one human form and there was nothing Carnegie Tech had that could stop his march.[10]Carnegie Tech coach Walter Steffen said of Strong’s performance: “This is the first time in my career that one man was good enough to run over and completely wreck an exceptionally good team. I can tell you he is better than Heston or Thorpe.”[11]Professional sportsFootballStrong played 16 seasons of professional football from 1929 to 1940 and 1944 to 1947. He earned a reputation as a triple-threat man and a versatile athlete who played on offense and defense and in the kicking game. The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s biography of Strong states: “Strong could do everything – run, block, pass, catch passes, punt, placekick, and play defense with the very best.”[12]Staten Island StapletonsUnable to reach terms with the New York Giants, Strong signed instead with the Staten Island Stapletons. He played for the Stapletons for four years from 1929 to 1932. While statistics are not available for the 1929 NFL season, Strong was regarded as one of the best backs in the NFL. He started all 10 games at halfback for the 1929 Stapletons.[1] In his first NFL game, he threw a long forward pass to set up the Stapleton’s first touchdown and scored all of the team’s 12 points on two short touchdown runs.[13] He also had a 70-yard run in a scoreless tie with the Orange Tornadoes on November 3, 1929.[14] Two days later, Strong had a 50-yard touchdown run against the Providence Steam Roller.[15] At the end of the 1929 season, Strong was selected by Collyer’s Eye and the Green Bay Press-Gazette as a second-team All-Pro.[1]In 1930, Strong appeared in all 12 games for the Stapletons and scored 53 points on two rushing touchdowns, five receiving touchdowns, one field goal, and eight extra points.[1] His point total ranked third in the NFL in 1930, trailing only Jack McBride (56 points) and Verne Lewellen (54 points). On September 28, 1930, he caught two touchdown passes, threw a 40-yard pass that set up a third touchdown, and kicked three extra points in a 21–0 victory over the Frankford Yellow Jackets.[16] In December 1930, he led the Stapletons to a 16–7 victory over the New York Giants for the pro football championship of New York City; Strong accounted for all 16 Stapleton points, running 98 yards for a touchdown, passing for a second touchdown, and kicking a field goal and an extra point.[17] He was selected as a first-team player on the 1930 All-Pro Team by Collyer’s Eye and the Green Bay Press-Gazette.[1]In 1931, Strong appeared in all 11 games for the Stapletons and scored 53 points on six rushing touchdowns, one punt return for a touchdown, two field goals, and five extra points.[1] His 53 points ranked fourth in the NFL, trailing only Johnny Blood (84 points), Ernie Nevers (66 points), and Dutch Clark (60 points). On November 22, 1931, Strong scored all 16 points in a 16–7 victory over Cleveland; he had two rushing touchdowns, including a 50-yard run and kicked a field goal and an extra point.[18] At the end of the 1931 season, Strong was selected as an All-Pro for the second year in a row, receiving first-team honors from the United Press (UP) and Collyer’s Eye.[1]Strong’s output dropped off in 1932 as he moved to the fullback position. He appeared in 11 games and ranked sixth in the NFL with 375 rushing yards, but scored only 15 points on two touchdowns and three extra points.[1] At the end of the 1932 season, the Stapletons team folded.New York GiantsIn 1933, Strong signed with the New York Giants. The 1932 Giants had compiled a 4–6–2 record, but the 1933 Giants, with Strong at fullback and Harry Newman at quarterback, improved to 11–3 and advanced to the 1933 NFL Championship Game. Strong led the NFL with 64 points in 1933; his points were scored on three rushing touchdowns, two receiving touchdowns, a touchdown on an interception return, five field goals, and 13 extra points.[1] On November 26, 1933, he became the first known player in NFL history to score on a fair catch kick. The 30-yard kick was made at the Polo Grounds in a win against the Green Bay Packers.[citation needed] After the 1933 season, Strong received first-team All-Pro honors from the United Press, Collyer’s Eye, and the Green Bay Press-Gazette.[1]In 1934, Strong again played in every game for the Giants as a fullback. He rushed for 431 yards and scored 56 points (six rushing touchdowns, four field goals, and eight extra points) in the regular season. His greatest fame derives from his role in the Giants’ comeback victory over the Chicago Bears in the 1934 NFL Championship Game; Strong scored 17 points for the Giants on a 38-yard field goal, two fourth-quarter touchdowns on runs of 42 and 8 yards, and two extra points.[12][19] Strong received first-team All-Pro honors in 1934 from the NFL and others.[1]In 1935, Strong helped lead the Giants to their third consecutive NFL Championship Game. In a 10–7 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers, he was only able to play a few minutes due to injury, but he still managed to score all of the Giants’ points on a 24-yard touchdown run and a 24-yard field goal.[20] Slowed by injury in 1935, he was described as “a celebrated invalid” who “hobbled” from the bench to kick a field goal for the Giants in a 3–0 victory over the Bears on November 17.[21] In the 1935 NFL Championship Game, a 26–7 loss to the Detroit Lions, Strong scored all of the Giants’ points on a long touchdown catch and run and the extra point.[22]New York YankeesIn August 1936, Strong signed with the New York Yankees of the newly formed second American Football League. Strong’s departure from the NFL was the new league’s first raid on the NFL.[23] Strong later recalled that Giants owner Jack Mara wanted Strong to accept a pay cut from $6,000 to $3,200; the Yankees agreed to pay him $5,000.[24]During the 1936 season, Strong earned a reputation as “the best blocker in the game.”[25] He also: kicked a field goal and two extra points in a 17–6 victory over Brooklyn on October 14; scored a touchdown and kicked the extra point in a 7–6 victory over Pittsburgh on October 21; and kicked three field goals in a 15–7 win over Cleveland on November 23.Strong returned to the Yankees in 1937. However, he left the team after three games to assist Mal Stevens in coaching the NYU Violets football team.[26]Jersey City GiantsIn 1938, Strong was a player and head coach for the Jersey City Giants, the New York Giants’ farm team in the American Association. He was barred from playing in the NFL because of his decision to jump to the American Football League in 1936.[27] Tim Mara, owner of the Giants, reportedly negotiated a deal with Strong to play for Jersey City in exchange for which Mara would seek Strong’s reinstatement in 1939.[28] He kicked 13 field goals, scored 51 points, and was named to the all-league team.[28] He led the Giants to a 7–1 record and the league championship, scoring 10 points in Jersey City’s championship game victory over the Union City Rams.[29]Return to the New York GiantsStrong returned to the New York Giants in 1939. He appeared in nine games and scored 19 points on four field goals and seven extra points.[1] Strong is also believed to be the second player (after Mose Kelsch) to have devoted an entire season to placekicking; his 1939 season with the Giants had him playing very little outside of kicks.[30]In the summer of 1940, Strong became ill with stomach ulcers, underwent emergency surgery, and was hospitalized for four weeks. He said that he intended to return to playing when his health permitted.[31][32] He played for the Jersey City Giants while recuperating in the fall of 1940, led Jersey City to another league championship,[28] then announced his retirement as a player in November 1940.[33]He came out of retirement in 1942 to play for the Long Island Clippers, scoring 12 points in four games.[28]In 1944, with talent in the NFL depleted by wartime military service, Strong returned for a third stint with the New York Giants. He appeared in all 10 games for the 1944 Giants, including six as a starter.[1] In his first three games with the Giants in 1944, Strong at age 38 accounted for 22 of the team’s 48 points.[34] He helped lead the team to the 1944 NFL Championship Game, scoring 41 points on six field goals and 23 extra points.[1]After the war ended, Strong remained with the Giants for another three years as the team’s place-kicker and remained one of the league’s leading scorers with 41 points in 1945, 44 points in 1946, and 30 points in 1947.[1] His 32 extra points in 1946 ranked second in the league.[1] In April 1948, at age 41, Strong announced his retirement as a player.[35]Overview and honorsIn 12 seasons in the NFL, Strong received first-team All-Pro honors four times (1930, 1931, 1933, and 1934) and scored 520 career points (including 36 points in the post-season) on 38 touchdowns, 39 field goals, and 175 extra points.[1]In October 1937, Red Cagle, a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, rated Strong at the greatest all-around football player. Cagle said: “Strong … can do everything. He’s a great punter, place kicker, pass thrower, and how he could carry his 198 pounds! I played with and against Strong, and he always stood out. He is tops when the chips are down … Ken is also a brilliant blocker, so I guess that makes him the class.”[36]Walter Steffen, also a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, said: “I’ll tell you he is easily the greatest football player I ever saw – and I’ve been around over twenty-five years … I can tell you honestly that since 1905 I’ve never seen a football player in his class for all-around stuff.”[11]In 1939, Grantland Rice rated Strong and Jim Thorpe as the greatest players in football history. In Strong’s favor, Rice cited Strong’s “unusual speed”, the “driving force in his legs”, and his stamina.[11]Harry Grayson wrote: “An amazing runner, blocker, passer, kicker, and defensive man, Strong was, in the opinion of many who saw him, the greatest football player of them all.”[32] Grayson later called Strong “a runaway buffalo with the speed of an antelope.”[37]Strong received numerous honors for his football career, including the following:In 1950, he was one of the 25 charter inductees into the Helms Athletic Foundation’s Professional Football Hall of Fame.[38]In 1957, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.[7]In 1967, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.[39]Prior to 1968, Strong’s jersey number (No. 50) was retired by the New York Giants. He was among the first four Giants (along with Mel Hein, Y. A. Tittle and Al Blozis) to be so honored.In 1969, he was named to the NFL 1930s All-Decade Team.[40]In 1971, he was inducted into the NYU Athletics Hall of Fame.[41]In 2010, he was one of the 22 players included in the New York Giants Ring of Honor at MetLife Stadium.[42]++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Ward CuffNo. 14Position:Halfback, PlacekickerPersonal informationBorn:August 12, 1913Redwood Falls, Minnesota, U.S.Died:December 24, 2002 (aged 89)Vallejo, California, U.S.Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)Weight:192 lb (87 kg)Career informationHigh school:Redwood FallsCollege:MarquetteNFL draft:1937 / round: 4 / pick: 34Career historyNew York Giants (1937–1945)Chicago Cardinals (1946)Green Bay Packers (1947)Career highlights and awardsNFL champion (1938)5× Second-team All-Pro (1938, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1944)3× NFL All-Star (1939–1941)New York Giants No. 14 retiredCareer NFL statisticsRushing yards:1,851Rushing touchdowns:7Receiving yards:1,559Receiving touchdowns:13Interceptions:13Field goals:43/98 (43.9%)Player stats at PFRWard Lloyd Cuff (August 13, 1912 – December 24, 2002) was an American professional football player who was a halfback and placekicker in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants, Chicago Cardinals, and Green Bay Packers. He played college football at Marquette University and was drafted in the fourth round of the 1937 NFL draft.[1]As a fullback at Marquette, Cuff played in the first Cotton Bowl game, in 1937, losing to TCU. He was also Marquette’s heavyweight boxing champion and held the school record in the javelin throw. Cuff played for the Giants from 1937 to 1945, won the NFL championship in 1938, and became the team’s career scoring leader with 319 points before being traded to the Cardinals. He played one season with the Cardinals and one with the Packers. He led the NFL in field goals made four times. After his NFL career, Cuff coached high school football in Green Bay, was an assistant coach for the Oregon State Beavers football team, and later worked for The Boeing Company.[2]His number 14 was retired by the Giants, although owner Wellington Mara gave Y. A. Tittle permission to wear it during his time with the Giants from 1961 to 1964. It was retired again in honor of both players.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Buster Poolerefer to captionBuster Poole during his junior year at Ole MissNo. 23, 48, 80Position:EndPersonal informationBorn:September 9, 1915Gloster, Mississippi, U.S.Died:November 16, 1994 (aged 79)Oxford, Mississippi, U.S.Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)Weight:220 lb (100 kg)Career informationCollege:Ole Miss (1934–1936)NFL draft:1937 / round: 7 / pick: 64Career historyNew York Giants (1937–1941)Chicago Cardinals (1945)New York Giants (1945–1946)Career highlights and awardsNFL champion (1938)2× First-team All-Pro (1939, 1946)3× NFL All-Star (1938, 1939, 1940)Career NFL statisticsReceiving yards:895Average:13.8Touchdowns:13Player stats at PFRJames Eugene “Buster” Poole (September 9, 1915 – November 16, 1994) was an American athlete and coach. A three sport star, Poole is best remembered as an end who played football collegiately for the Ole Miss Rebels and professionally for seven seasons primarily for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). After his professional football retirement Poole also served briefly as head coach of the Ole Miss basketball team before becoming a career position coach for Johnny Vaught and the Ole Miss football team, which won two national titles during his tenure.Poole was the oldest of four brothers who all played end at Ole Miss and later in the NFL, being followed to the pro circuit by siblings Ollie (1947), Ray (1947–52), and Barney (1949–55).In 1965, Buster Poole was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.BiographyEarly yearsJames Poole, commonly known by the nickname “Buster,” was born in Gloster, Mississippi on September 9, 1915. He attended the segregated Natchez High School in Natchez, Mississippi, where he demonstrated his athletic prowess as a three-sport star, playing football, basketball, and baseball for the Indians.[1]Poole graduated from Natchez High in the spring of 1932.[1]Collegiate careerPoole attended the University of Mississippi, playing football for the freshman team of the Ole Miss Mighty Mississippians in 1933.[1] He participated in the 1934 spring practice program in anticipation of joining the varsity team in the fall of that year.[2] Poole saw significant game action as a sophomore, quickly sliding into a starting role in that 1934 season.Following the conclusion of football season, Poole went out for the Ole Miss basketball team, with the former Mississippi high school squad making the squad coached by Ed Walker.[3] Before long Poole was starting at center and making his mark as a scorer, posting a game-high 14 points in a narrow 35–33 victory over arch-rivals Mississippi State.[4]During his collegiate career the 6’3″ Poole, who played at a listed weight of 205 pounds,[5] established himself both as a talented pass catcher and an effective defender, highlighted in one November 1935 game, a 6–0 victory over Centenary College of Louisiana, in which Poole provided the only scoring with a well-timed interception returned for touchdown.[6]The 1935 Ole Miss squad finished the season with a 9–2 record, winning a berth to the 1936 Orange Bowl game — a New Year’s day battle with Catholic University of America of Washington, DC.[7] In that game Poole was the recipient of a 29-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Dave Bernard in the 4th quarter, but the Ole Miss rally fell one point short in a narrow 20 to 19 defeat.[7]Poole returned to the hardwood for the Ole Miss basketball team in 1936, following conclusion of the football season, starting at guard.[8] He also played baseball as an outfielder in the spring. He finished second in balloting for the Norris Trophy, awarded annually to Ole Miss’s outstanding sports personality.[9]The 1936 season saw Buster Poole the starting left end of the Ole Miss football squad. Although Poole had by now distinguished himself nationally for his size and skill at the end position, the Mississippi team did not have as successful a season as the previous campaign, finishing with a record of 5 wins, 5 losses, and 2 ties.[10]He was also elected captain of the school’s basketball team for the 1937 season that began that winter.[11]Professional careerIn December 1936 Poole was selected in the seventh round of the 1937 NFL draft by the New York Giants.[12] Poole signed a contract with the team in August.[13]Poole played in all 11 of the team’s games in his 1937 rookie season, starting in 9 contests, catching a total of 5 passes for 2 touchdowns.[14] The team would finish second in the NFL’s Eastern Division, with a record of 6 wins, 3 losses, and 2 ties.[15]During his NFL career Poole supplanted his football income by playing semi-professional basketball and baseball, participating in the latter sport as a member of the Evanston Bees of the Illinois-Indiana-Iowa (Three-I) League.[16]The 1938 NFL season, his second in the league, was a great one for Poole and the New York Giants, with the team finishing with a record of 8–2–1 en route to an Eastern Division title.[15] During the year Poole started 10 of 11 games for the Giants, catching a total of 7 balls for one touchdown.[14] In the 1938 NFL Championship playoff game, the Giants faced off against the Green Bay Packers, winning by a score of 23–17 in front of more than 48,000 fans packed into New York City’s Polo Grounds.[15]The year 1939 was another exceptional one for the Giants and their Mississippi-born star end. Poole started all 11 of New York’s games,[14] as the Giants again finished on top of the NFL’s Eastern Division with a record of 9–1–1 winning a spot in the 1939 NFL Championship playoff game.[17] In the 1939 Championship rematch against the Packers, winners of the West, things went awry for the New York squad, however, with the Giants shut out by a score of 27–0.[17]Despite never finding the end zone in the 1939 season,[14] the dominating 6’3″ end Poole was elected by the head coaches of the league as a first team NFL All-League player, joining legendary Packer pass-catcher Don Hutson as ends on the illustrious 11-man squad.[18]Poole would also start every game in the 1940 and 1941 seasons for head coach Steve Owen and the New York Giants, catching a total of 16 balls for 230 yards and 5 touchdowns over that course of time.[14] He would be remembered for a brilliant interception with time running out in a game late in the 1941 season against the Philadelphia Eagles that enabled the Giants to capture the Eastern Division title for the sixth time.[19] The Giants would again fall short in the 1941 NFL Championship game, however, losing to the Chicago Bears by the lopsided score of 37–9.Poole’s time in the NFL was interrupted by the outbreak of World War II. He joined the US Navy, for which he played football on two of the branch’s premiere service teams, the Georgia Pre-Flight Skycrackers in 1942 and Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks in 1944.[20] Poole rose to the rank of first lieutenant during the war years and was discharged in 1945.[20]After the war, Poole returned to the ranks of the NFL for a sixth season, starting the year with the Chicago Cardinals before being transferred back to the Giants after nine games.[14] He would return to the team for a seventh and final season in 1946, starting all 11 games and tallying career highs in receptions (24) and yards gained (307), and tying his best mark for touchdowns (3).[14]Poole retired from professional football at the end of the 1946 season at the age of 31.Coaching careerIn January 1946, Poole was appointed interim head coach of the Ole Miss basketball team after the sudden retirement of Edwin “Goat” Hale.[21] News reports indicated that the position was regarded as stop-gap, noting Poole’s plans to return to professional football for the forthcoming 1946 season.[21]Following the 1946 NFL season and his retirement as a player, Poole moved into the coaching profession, accepting a position as ends coach for new head coach Johnny Vaught at Ole Miss.[22] Vaught’s tenure as head coach of the Rebels would be a long one and Poole would remain a key member of Vaught’s staff throughout the entire decades of the 1950s and 1960s[23] following his assumption of duties as defensive line coach in 1951.[24]During the 1946 to 1970 Vaught era at Ole Miss, of which assistant coach Buster Poole was an important part, the Rebels captured two national titles, posted four undefeated seasons, raised six Southeastern Conference championship banners, and won more than 70% of their games en route to a record 18 consecutive bowl game appearances.[25]In 1971 Billy Kinard was named head coach of the Ole Miss football program and new assistant coaches named. Veteran assistant Buster Poole was promoted to a new position as assistant athletic director, serving under AD Frank “Bruiser” Kinard, a fellow assistant coach with Johnny Vaught.[26]++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Dale BurnettNo. 18Position:Halfback,FullbackPersonal informationBorn:January 23, 1908Larned, Kansas, USADied:April 17, 1997 (aged 89)Emporia, Kansas, USAHeight:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)Weight:187 lb (85 kg)Career informationHigh school:Dodge City (KS)College:Kansas State Teachers CollegeCareer historyNew York Giants (1930–1939)Career highlights and awards2× NFL champion (1934, 1938)Pro Bowl (1938)NFL receiving touchdowns co-leader (1933)Career NFL statisticsGames played:115Starts:64Receptions:92Receiving yards:1,310Carries:79Rushing yards:167Touchdowns:25Rushing and receiving stats exclude first two seasons.Player stats at PFRDale M. Burnett (January 23, 1908 – April 17, 1997) was an American football back for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He attended Dodge City High School in Dodge City, Kansas.[1]Burnett retired in 1939 as the all-time top scorer in Giants history and holder of the franchise record for touchdowns scored, with 25.BiographyEarly yearsDale Burnett was born January 23, 1908, in Larned, Kansas, a town of fewer than 3,000 people located in the central part of the state. He was a student at Dodge City High School, where he played football and basketball. As a starting guard on the Dodge City team he helped win back-to-back championships in the Santa Fe League in 1924-25 and 1925–26.[2]He enrolled at Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia, Kansas in the fall of 1926 and was awarded athletic letters in football, basketball, and track and field competing for the freshman team.[3]He was elevated to the varsity football team in 1927.[4] This squad would emerge as co-champions of the Kansas Conference with a record of 7–0–1, including five shutouts — not counting a scoreless tied with local rival College of Emporia to finish the year.[5]Dale Burnett is marked #23, near the center. His friend Slim Campbell, who helped him land a pro football job, is marked #21.In 1928, with a new coach Frank G. Welch leading the team, Teachers College finished second in the new Central Conference of Kansas with a record of 4–1–1.[6] The final game of the season, an 18–0 shutout loss to College of Emporia, had cemented the conference championship for the crosstown rivals.[6] Despite the season’s disappointing finish, Burnett, starting fullback on the 1928 squad, was beginning to emerge as a star of the Teachers College team.[6]Burnett, moving to halfback position, was elected a co-captain of the Kansas State Teachers College team for his 1929 senior season.[7] This time the team “began like champions, and finished like them,” racking up a conference record of 5–1 (6–2 overall) and winning the Central Conference of Kansas title.[7] Burnett was for the third straight year accorded All-Conference honors in the aftermath of the successful season.[4]While at Teachers College, Burnett also competed at basketball — captaining the team as a senior[4] and being named to the All-Conference first team during his final two seasons.[8] He also was a star of the Hornets’ track and field team, gaining recognition as a hurdler and broad jumper.[9] In all Burnett won a total of 12 athletic letters during his college career — regarded as a particularly noteworthy achievement.[8]Professional careerDuring the early years of the National Football League (NFL), talent scouting was a highly inexact science, with extremely limited staff sizes and travel budgets. Dale Burnett’s door-opening connection with the New York Football Giants of the NFL was a former teammate, Glenn “Slim” Campbell.[8] Campbell, who was a rookie end for Giants in 1929, convinced team general manager and coach Leroy Andrews that the athletic Burnett was capable of playing on the professional circuit.[8] The team was intrigued enough to bring him to New York City for a look.Weighing in at 185 pounds, Burnett was regarded as ineffective plunging the line from the backfield, but was rated as a superior punter and defensive back, with capable passing skills on the offensive side of the ball.[8] Barnett signed a contract with the Giants in the middle of March 1930 (there being no player draft in this era), and was scheduled to report for training camp September 1.[8]The Giants in this era had a roster disproportionately weighted towards players like Burnett and Campbell from small colleges, following the theory that such athletes were toughened up rigor of needing to play a full 60 minute game, whereas players from large schools typically played only one quarter per half before being removed for substitutes.[10] The pair did charity work on behalf of the Giants organizations, participating as part of a six-man contingent to Sing Sing state penitentiary in November 1931 to serve as a coaches on intramural football teams being organized among inmates.[11]Although touchdowns were tracked — Burnett scored 6 and 3 in his first two seasons, respectively — it was not until 1932 that the NFL began compiling and publishing playing statistics, so specifics of Burnett’s 1930 and 1931 performance are lost. During his subsequent eight years in the league he seems to have been used primarily as a blocker and pass receiver out of the backfield, carrying the ball just 79 times in 87 games played.[1] His most productive year as a receiver came in 1936, when he snared 16 balls for 246 yards and 3 touchdowns in 12 games played.[1]Burnett was twice an NFL Champion, with the Giants winning the league’s “Championship Play-off” in 1934 and 1936. In the 1934 Championship, the legendary “sneakers game” won by the Giants 30–13 over the Chicago Bears, Burnett started at left halfback and was part of the team’s ineffectual ground game on a frozen, icy Polo Grounds field.[12] In the 1938 Championship Game, also played in New York, Burnett came off the bench in a reserve role, behind starting halfbacks Hank Soar and Ward Cuff.[13]At the time of his retirement at the end of the 1939 season, Burnett stood as the all-time leading scorer in Giants history,[4] with 166 total points scored.[1] His 25 touchdowns also stood at that time as a franchise best.[4]++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Kayo LundayNo. 5Position:Guard / Linebacker / CenterPersonal informationBorn:August 13, 1912Cleora, Oklahoma, U.S.Died:July 13, 2005 (aged 92)Durant, Oklahoma, U.S.Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)Weight:217 lb (98 kg)Career informationHigh school:Cleora (OK)College:ArkansasUndrafted:1937Career historyNew York Giants (1937–1941, 1946–1947)Career highlights and awardsNFL champion (1938)Pro Bowl (1938)Player stats at PFRLewis Kenneth “Kayo” Lunday (August 13, 1912 – July 13, 2005) was an American football offensive lineman for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL).[1]

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