William Beattie Feathers
Position: HB-WB
Height: 5-10 Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: August 4, 1908 in Bristol, VA
Died: March 10, 1979 in Winston-Salem , NC
College: Tennessee (school history)
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 0 (14598th overall since 1950)
1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Hall of Fame finalist in 1970
Other SR Links: Minors at Baseball-Reference.com
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1934+ | 26 | CHI | LH | 11 | 10 | 119 | 1004 | 8 | 82 | 8.4 | 91.3 | 10.8 | 6 | 174 | 29.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 15.8 | 1178 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1935 | 27 | CHI | LH | 8 | 5 | 56 | 281 | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | 35.1 | 7.0 | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 299 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1936 | 28 | CHI | LH | 12 | 12 | 97 | 350 | 2 | 0 | 3.6 | 29.2 | 8.1 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 355 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1937 | 29 | CHI | LH | 11 | 7 | 66 | 211 | 1 | 0 | 3.2 | 19.2 | 6.0 | 211 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1938 | 30 | BKN | wb | 7 | 5 | 28 | 94 | 2 | 0 | 3.4 | 13.4 | 4.0 | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 4.9 | 128 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1939 | 31 | BKN | 4 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 2.0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1940 | 32 | GNB | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 19.0 | 4.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Career | 54 | 39 | 378 | 1980 | 16 | 82 | 5.2 | 36.7 | 7.0 | 15 | 243 | 16.2 | 1 | 12 | 0.3 | 4.5 | 2223 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 4 yrs | CHI | 42 | 34 | 338 | 1846 | 14 | 82 | 5.5 | 44.0 | 8.0 | 11 | 197 | 17.9 | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.7 | 2043 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2 yrs | BKN | 11 | 5 | 36 | 115 | 2 | 0 | 3.2 | 10.5 | 3.3 | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 0 | 12 | 0.4 | 4.2 | 161 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1 yr | GNB | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 19.0 | 4.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||
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| 1934+ | 26 | CHI | LH | 11 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 33.3 | 41 | 2 | 16.7 | 2 | 16.7 | 0 | 3.4 | -0.8 | 10.3 | 3.7 | 44.1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1935 | 27 | CHI | LH | 8 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 35.7 | 53 | 1 | 7.1 | 2 | 14.3 | 0 | 3.8 | -1.2 | 10.6 | 6.6 | 31.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1936 | 28 | CHI | LH | 12 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 9.1 | 10 | 1 | 9.1 | 2 | 18.2 | 10 | 0.9 | -5.5 | 10.0 | 0.8 | 30.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1937 | 29 | CHI | LH | 11 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 1.1 | 42.4 | |||||||||
| Career | 54 | 39 | 12 | 43 | 27.9 | 116 | 4 | 9.3 | 6 | 14.0 | 10 | 2.7 | -1.7 | 9.7 | 2.1 | 31.0 | 0 | 0 |
Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1934+ | 26 | CHI | LH | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 55 | |||||||||
| 1935 | 27 | CHI | LH | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| 1936 | 28 | CHI | LH | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 1937 | 29 | CHI | LH | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1938 | 30 | BKN | wb | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Career | 54 | 39 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 103 | ||||||||||||
| 4 yrs | CHI | 42 | 34 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 91 | |||||||||||
| 2 yrs | BKN | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
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| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1934 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Chicago Daily News |
| 1934 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Collyers Eye Mag. |
| 1934 | 1st Team | All-NFL | GB Press-Gazette |
| 1934 | 1st Team | All-NFL | NFL |
| 1934 | 1st Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1936 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Collyers Eye Mag. |
| 1936 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | UPI |