NFL 1930s All-Decade Team

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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.

All information can be Referenced at the Hall of Fame website [1]
PositionPlayerTeam(s)YearsHall of Fame Class
Quarterback Earl “Dutch” Clark Portsmouth Spartans/Detroit Lions 193132, 1934381963
Arnie Herber Green Bay Packers 1930401966
New York Giants 194445
Cecil Isbell Green Bay Packers193842Not Inducted
Halfback Cliff Battles Boston Braves/Boston Redskins/Washington Redskins 1932371968
Johnny “Blood” McNally Milwaukee Badgers 1925261963
Duluth Eskimos 192627
Pottsville Maroons 1928
Green Bay Packers192933, 193536
Pittsburgh Pirates 1934, 193738
Beattie Feathers Chicago Bears 193437Not Inducted
Brooklyn Dodgers 193839
Green Bay Packers1940
Alphonse “Tuffy” Leemans New York Giants1936431978
Ken Strong Staten Island Stapletons 1929321967
New York Giants19331935, 1939, 194447
New York Yanks (AFL) 193637
Fullback Clarke Hinkle Green Bay Packers1932411964
Bronko Nagurski Chicago Bears193037, 19431963
End Bill Hewitt Chicago Bears1926361971
Philadelphia Eagles 193839
Phil-Pitt Steagles 1943
Don Hutson Green Bay Packers1935451963
Wayne Millner Boston/Washington Redskins193641, 19451968
Gaynell Tinsley Chicago Cardinals193738, 1940Not Inducted
Tackle George Christensen Portsmouth Spartans/Detroit Lions193138Not Inducted
Frank Cope New York Giants193847Not Inducted
Glen “Turk” Edwards Boston Braves/Boston Redskins/Washington Redskins1932401969
Bill Lee Brooklyn Dodgers193537Not Inducted
Green Bay Packers193742, 1946
Joe Stydahar Chicago Bears193642, 1945461967
Guard Grover “Ox” Emerson Portsmouth Spartans/Detroit Lions193137Not Inducted
Brooklyn Dodgers1938
Dan Fortmann Chicago Bears1936431965
Charles “Buckets” Goldenberg Green Bay Packers193345Not Inducted
Russ Letlow Green Bay Packers193642, 1946Not Inducted
Center Mel Hein New York Giants1931451963
George Svendsen Green Bay Packers193537, 194041Not Inducted

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References

  1. "NFL's All Decade Team of the 1930s". ProFootballHallofFame.com. Retrieved 16 February 2013.