GALLERY_1940s

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Slingin’ Sammy Baugh was honored by the Redskins with a special “Sammy Baugh Day” in 1947. He followed up the pre-game ceremony by throwing for 355 yards and 6 touchdowns in an upset of the Chicago Cardinals.

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NFL's ALL-DECADE TEAM OF THE 1940s. Tony Canadeo amassed nearly 8,700 all-purpose yards in his career. Despite the fact that he started his career as a passer, he retired as the NFL’s second all-time leading rusher.

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Ken Kavanaugh still holds the Chicago Bears record with 50 touchdown receptions. He had a career-high and league leading 13 TD catches in 1947.

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Marion Motley averaged an astonishing 5.7 yards per carry in his career including his stats from the defunct All-America Football Conference.

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Whizzer White led the NFL twice in his three-season NFL career. Later in life, in 1962, he was appointed to the United States Supreme Court where he sat for over 30 years.

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Bill Willis’s quickness was legendary. The Browns press book bio on Willis declared that photographers had to shoot Bill at 1/600th of a second to stop him in action!