Vern Huffman American football player

Richard Vernon Huffman (December 18, 1914 – March 18, 1995) was an American football and basketball player. He was born in Mooreland, Indiana and was raised in and around New Castle, Indiana. He played basketball for the New Castle High School team that won the Indiana state basketball championship in 1932. He enrolled at Indiana University in 1932 and played both football and basketball there. He was an All-American in both basketball and football at Indiana and won the 1936 Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the best football player in the Big Ten Conference. He played two seasons of professional football in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions in 1937 and 1938. Huffman later managed a dairy and worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He was inducted into the Indiana Hoosiers Hall of Fame in 1982. Huffman died in 1995 at age 80 in Bloomington, Indiana.

Personal facts

Birth dateDecember 18, 1914
Birth place
Indiana Hoosiers football
Date of deathMarch 18, 1995
Place of death
Indiana Hoosiers football
Height (meters)1.8796
Weight (Kilograms)97.524

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American football player

Career start1937
Career end1938
Debut team
Detroit Lions
Draft pick27
Draft round3
Draft year1937
Former team
Detroit Lions
Position
Quarterback
Halfback (American football)

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