Ernie Nevers

Ernie Nevers
Nevers c. 1930s
Born	Ernest Alonzo Nevers (1902-06-11)June 11, 1902 Willow River, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	May 3, 1976(1976-05-03) (aged 73) Greenbrae, California, U.S.
American football player American football career
No. 4, 11, 44
Position:	Fullback
Personal information
Height:	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:	204 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school:	Superior Central (Superior, Wisconsin)
College:	Stanford (1923–1925)
Career history
As a player:
Duluth Eskimos (1926–1927) Chicago Cardinals (1929–1931)
As a coach:
Duluth Eskimos (1927) Head coach Chicago Cardinals (1930–1931) Head coach Stanford (1928, 1932–1935) Assistant coach Lafayette (1936) Head coach Iowa (1937–1938) Backfield & ends coach Chicago Cardinals (1939) Head coach Chicago Rockets (1946) Backfield coach
Career highlights and awards
5× First-team All-Pro (1926, 1927, 1929–1931) NFL 1920s All-Decade Team Arizona Cardinals Ring of Honor Consensus All-American (1925) Third-team All-American (1923) 2× First-team All-PCC (1923, 1925) Stanford Cardinal No. 1 retired NFL records Most points scored in a game: 40 Most rushing touchdowns in a single game: 6 (tied)[a]
Career NFL statistics
Rushing touchdowns: 38 Points scored: 301 Stats at Pro Football Reference
Head coaching record
Career:	NFL: 12–27–2 (.317) College: 1–8 (.111)
Record at Pro Football Reference
Pro Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
Baseball player Baseball career
Pitcher
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 26, 1926, for the St. Louis Browns
Last MLB appearance
May 4, 1928, for the St. Louis Browns
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	6–12
ERA	4.64
Strikeouts	39
Saves	2
Batting average	.200
Hits	12
RBI	1
Teams
St. Louis Browns (1926–1928)

Ernest Alonzo Nevers (June 11, 1902 – May 3, 1976), nicknamed "Big Dog",^[2] was an American professional football and baseball player and football coach. Widely regarded as one of the best football players in the first half of the 20th century, he played as a fullback and was a triple-threat man known for his talents in running, passing, and kicking. He was inducted with the inaugural classes of inductees into both the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963. He was also named in 1969 to the NFL 1920s All-Decade Team.

Nevers played four sports (football, basketball, baseball, and track and field) for Stanford University from 1923 to 1925 and was a consensus first-team All-American in football in 1925. He played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) for the Duluth Eskimos in 1926 and 1927 and the Chicago Cardinals from 1929 to 1931. In 1929, one week after defeating the Dayton Triangles, who were playing in their final game before moving to Brooklyn to embark on their long and tenuous history through the league, he set an NFL record that still stands by scoring 40 points in a single game. In the same game he subsequently set another NFL record by scoring six rushing touchdowns in a single game against the Chicago Bears, a record that remained unequaled until the 2020 season in which New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara also accomplished the feat, scoring six touchdowns against the Minnesota Vikings on Christmas Day.^[3] Nevers also played professional baseball as a pitcher for the St. Louis Browns of the American League from 1926 to 1928 and the Mission Bells of the Pacific Coast League (PCL) in 1928 and 1929.

Nevers also had a long career as a football coach, including stints with the Stanford Indians (assistant, 1928, 1932–1935), the Chicago Cardinals (head coach, 1930–1931, 1939), Lafayette Leopards (head coach, 1936), Iowa Hawkeyes (assistant, 1937–1938), and the Chicago Rockets (assistant, 1946).

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