Huffman, Vern

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Name
Huffman, Vern Gender: M
Richard Vernon Huffman
born on 18 December 1914 at 10:00 (= 10:00 AM )
Place Mooreland, Indiana, 40n00, 85w15
Timezone CST h6w (is standard time)
Data source
BC/BR in hand
Rodden Rating AA
Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_sagcol.18.gif 25°55' s_mo.18.gif s_capcol.18.gif 17°09 Asc.s_aqucol.18.gif 14°15'



Biography

American football player who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions (1937-1938).

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.

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 on 18 March 1995 at age 80 in Bloomington, Indiana.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Events

  • Work : Prize 1936 (Chicago Tribune Silver Football)
  • Work : Prize 1982 (Indiana Hoosiers Hall of Fame)

Source Notes

Sy Scholfield provided birth certificate.

Categories

  • Traits : Body : Size (Height: 6 ft 2 in/ 1.88 m)
  • Traits : Body : Weight (215 lb/ 98 kg)
  • Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 80)
  • Vocation : Law : FBI
  • Vocation : Sports : Basketball
  • Vocation : Sports : Football (American football halfback, quarterback)
  • Notable : Awards : Hall of Fame (Indiana Hoosiers)
  • Notable : Awards : Vocational award (Chicago Tribune Silver Football)
  • Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession (NFL player, 1937-1938)