Ernie Nevers
Nevers with the Duluth Eskimos
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| Date of birth | June 11, 1903 |
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| Place of birth | Willow River, Minnesota |
| Date of death | May 3, 1976 (aged 72) |
| Place of death | San Rafael, California |
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| Position(s) | Fullback |
| College | Stanford |
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| 1927 | Duluth Eskimos |
| 1930–1931 | Chicago Cardinals |
| 1933–1935 | Stanford (backfield) |
| 1936 | Lafayette |
| 1937–38 | Iowa (assistant) |
| 1939 | Chicago Cardinals |
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| 1926–1927 | Duluth Eskimos |
| 1928–1928 | St. Louis Browns |
| 1929–1931 | Chicago Cardinals |
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| Military career | |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Marine Corps
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| Battles/wars |
World War II |
World War II
Ernest Alonzo Nevers (June 11, 1903 – May 3, 1976) was an American professional athlete who played American football as a fullback for the Duluth Eskimos and the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL), as well as baseball as a pitcher for the St. Louis Browns. Nevers was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963.
To this day, Nevers is the only player in the history of the NFL to have scored 40 points in a single game. On November 28, 1929, Nevers scored 6 touchdowns and kicked four extra points for the Chicago Cardinals in a 40–6 rout of the crosstown-rival Chicago Bears.
Nevers attended Superior Central High School in Superior, Wisconsin and Santa Rosa High School in Santa Rosa, California, where he excelled in football. In 1920, as a senior, he led the team to the NCS Championships. In 1925, the football field at Santa Rosa High School was renamed Nevers Field in his honor.
Nevers went on to attend Stanford University, where he was All-American and played in the 1925 Rose Bowl against the Notre Dame and the famous Four Horsemen backfield. Having recently suffered a broken ankle, he played all 60 minutes in the game and rushed for 114 yards, more yardage than all the Four Horsemen combined, and was selected Player of the Game. Coach Pop Warner called Nevers "the football player without a fault" and selected Never overs Jim Thorpe as his greatest player. Nevers' #1 jersey is retired, one of three to be retired by the school. The others are Jim Plunkett (#16) and John Elway (#7).
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