biography
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Heffelfinger, Pudge
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popular name of William Walter Heffelfinger
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1867–1954)
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| biography:
| Player of American football, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. A four-year starting guard for Yale (1888–91), he was named to the first three All-America teams. He enabled Yale to defeat Princeton's famous ‘flying wedge’ by leaping over the blockers and landing on the runner. In 1892 he accepted $500 from the Allegheny Athletic Association to play a game in Pittsburgh, PA, and thus became the first professional player. |
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