Cecil Isbell

Cecil Isbell

circa 1937
No. 17
Position:	Tailback
Personal information
Born:	(1915-07-11)July 11, 1915 Houston, Texas, U.S.
Died:	June 23, 1985(1985-06-23) (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: 54 TD–INT: 61–52 Passing yards: 5,945 Passer rating: 72.6 Rushing attempts: 422 Rushing yards: 1,522 Rushing touchdowns: 10
Head coaching record
Regular season:	10–23–1 (.309)
Postseason:	0–1 (.000)
Career:	NCAA: 14–14–1 (.500) NFL: 10–24–1 (.300)
Coaching stats at PFR
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.