Cecil Isbell

Games played:	54
TD–INT:	61–52
Passing yards:	5,945
Passer rating:	72.6
Rushing attempts:	422
Rushing yards:	1,522
Rushing touchdowns:	10
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Cecil Isbell
	circa 1937
No. 17
Position:	Tailback
Personal information
Born:	July 11, 1915; Houston, Texas, U.S.
Died:	June 23, 1985 (aged 69); Hammond, Indiana, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
College:	Purdue
NFL draft:	1938 / round: 1 / pick: 7
Career history
As a player:
	Green Bay Packers (1938–1942);
As a coach:
	Purdue (1943); Assistant coach; ; Purdue (1944–1946); Head coach; ; Baltimore Colts (1947–1949); Head coach; ; Chicago Cardinals (1950–1951); Offensive coordinator, quarterbacks & running backs coach; ; Chicago Cardinals (1951); Interim head coach; ; Dallas Texans (1952); Backfield coach; ; LSU (1953); Backfield coach; ;
Career highlights and awards
	NFL champion (1939); First-team All-Pro (1941); 4× Second-team All-Pro (1938–1941, 1942); 4× Pro Bowl (1938, 1939, 1941, 1942); 2× NFL passing touchdowns leader (1941, 1942); 2× NFL passing yards leader (1941, 1942); NFL 1930s All-Decade Team; Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame; Second-team All-American (1936); Third-team All-American (1937); 2× First-team All-Big Ten (1936, 1937);
Career NFL statistics
Games played:
Games played:	54
TD–INT:	61–52
Passing yards:	5,945
Passer rating:	72.6
Rushing attempts:	422
Rushing yards:	1,522
Rushing touchdowns:	10
	Stats at Pro Football Reference
Head coaching record
Regular season:	10–23–1 (.309)
Postseason:	0–1 (.000)
Career:	NCAA: 14–14–1 (.500); NFL: 10–24–1 (.300)
	Record at Pro Football Reference
	College Football Hall of Fame

Cecil Frank Isbell (July 11, 1915 – June 23, 1985) was an American football quarterback and coach. He played 5 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Green Bay Packers, leading them to the NFL Championship in 1939. He retired after the 1942 season to become an assistant coach at his alma mater, Purdue University, and the following year became its head coach for three seasons.^[1]^[2]

Isbell was the head coach of the Baltimore Colts of the All-America Football Conference from 1947 to 1949, resigning after four winless games.^[3] He then became an assistant under former head coach Curly Lambeau, now with the Chicago Cardinals. When Lambeau resigned late in the 1951 season, Isbell was the interim head coach for the final two games, which they split. Isbell's pro head coaching record was 10–23–1. He was hired as an assistant coach with the Dallas Texans of the NFL in 1952. Isbell was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1967.

^ "Packer hall of famer Cecil Isbell, 69, dies". Milwaukee Sentinel. June 24, 1985. p. 1, part 2.
^ "Ex-Packer star Isbell dies". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. June 24, 1985. p. 1, part 3.
^ "Isbell resigns at Baltimore". St. Petersburg Times. Florida. Associated Press. September 23, 1949. p. 26.

[phofcid-1] "Packer hall of famer Cecil Isbell, 69, dies". Milwaukee Sentinel. June 24, 1985. p. 1, part 2.

[mjexpcid-2] "Ex-Packer star Isbell dies". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. June 24, 1985. p. 1, part 3.

[iresabl-3] "Isbell resigns at Baltimore". St. Petersburg Times. Florida. Associated Press. September 23, 1949. p. 26.

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