Pudge Wyman
| Rock Island Independents | |
| Date of birth | August 20, 1895 |
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| Place of birth | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Date of death | March 4, 1961 (aged 65) |
| Place of death | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Fullback, halfback |
| College | University of Minnesota |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1920 | Rock Island Independents |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Honors | First-team All-American, 1916 |
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Arnold Douglas "Pudge" Wyman (August 20, 1895 – March 4, 1961) was an American football player. He was an All-American fullback for the University of Minnesota from 1915–1916 and halfback for the Rock Island Independents in the first season of the National Football League in 1920. He is credited with several NFL firsts, including the first touchdown, first kickoff return for a touchdown and first passing touchdown.
Wyman was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1895 and graduated from Johnson High School in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Wyman enrolled at the University of Minnesota where he played in the backfield of the legendary Golden Gophers football teams of 1915 and 1916 coached by Dr. Henry L. Williams. Wyman was 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall, weighed 172 pounds (78 kg), and was one of the best passers in the game. From 1915–1916, Wyman and Minnesota end Bert Baston were "one of the greatest forward-passing combinations in the history of the gridiron." In Baston's biography at the College Football Hall of Fame, the 1915 and 1916 Minnesota teams were described as follows:
"Bert Baston was the receiver on a heralded Gopher passing partnership, hauling down the throws of Arnold 'Pudge' Wyman. The two paced Minnesota through the air, while Bernie Bierman carried the ground attack as Minnesota compiled a record of 12 victories, a loss and a tie through the 1915 and 1916 campaigns."
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