This is a list of all NFL players who had outstanding performances throughout the 1930s and have been compiled together into this fantasy group. The team was selected by voters of the Pro Football Hall of Fame retroactively in 1969 to mark the league's 50th anniversary.
Position | Player | Team(s) | Years | Hall of Fame Class |
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Quarterback | Earl “Dutch” Clark | Portsmouth Spartans/Detroit Lions | 1931–32, 1934–38 | 1963 |
Arnie Herber | Green Bay Packers | 1930–40 | 1966 | |
New York Giants | 1944–45 | |||
Cecil Isbell | Green Bay Packers | 1938–42 | Not Inducted | |
Halfback | Cliff Battles | Boston Braves/Boston Redskins/Washington Redskins | 1932–37 | 1968 |
Johnny “Blood” McNally | Milwaukee Badgers | 1925–26 | 1963 | |
Duluth Eskimos | 1926–27 | |||
Pottsville Maroons | 1928 | |||
Green Bay Packers | 1929–33, 1935–36 | |||
Pittsburgh Pirates | 1934, 1937–38 | |||
Beattie Feathers | Chicago Bears | 1934–37 | Not Inducted | |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 1938–39 | |||
Green Bay Packers | 1940 | |||
Alphonse “Tuffy” Leemans | New York Giants | 1936–43 | 1978 | |
Ken Strong | Staten Island Stapletons | 1929–32 | 1967 | |
New York Giants | 1933–1935, 1939, 1944–47 | |||
New York Yanks (AFL) | 1936–37 | |||
Fullback | Clarke Hinkle | Green Bay Packers | 1932–41 | 1964 |
Bronko Nagurski | Chicago Bears | 1930–37, 1943 | 1963 | |
End | Bill Hewitt | Chicago Bears | 1926–36 | 1971 |
Philadelphia Eagles | 1938–39 | |||
Phil-Pitt Steagles | 1943 | |||
Don Hutson | Green Bay Packers | 1935–45 | 1963 | |
Wayne Millner | Boston/Washington Redskins | 1936–41, 1945 | 1968 | |
Gaynell Tinsley | Chicago Cardinals | 1937–38, 1940 | Not Inducted | |
Tackle | George Christensen | Portsmouth Spartans/Detroit Lions | 1931–38 | Not Inducted |
Frank Cope | New York Giants | 1938–47 | Not Inducted | |
Glen “Turk” Edwards | Boston Braves/Boston Redskins/Washington Redskins | 1932–40 | 1969 | |
Bill Lee | Brooklyn Dodgers | 1935–37 | Not Inducted | |
Green Bay Packers | 1937–42, 1946 | |||
Joe Stydahar | Chicago Bears | 1936–42, 1945–46 | 1967 | |
Guard | Grover “Ox” Emerson | Portsmouth Spartans/Detroit Lions | 1931–37 | Not Inducted |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 1938 | |||
Dan Fortmann | Chicago Bears | 1936–43 | 1965 | |
Charles “Buckets” Goldenberg | Green Bay Packers | 1933–45 | Not Inducted | |
Russ Letlow | Green Bay Packers | 1936–42, 1946 | Not Inducted | |
Center | Mel Hein | New York Giants | 1931–45 | 1963 |
George Svendsen | Green Bay Packers | 1935–37, 1940–41 | Not Inducted | |
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