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- Was one of the last men to play in the NFL without a
face-mask.
- Was a high school and NFL teammate (and college rival)
of another Hall-of-Famer, Doak Walker.
- Pitched for the
University of Texas baseball team and played for the minor league
team, the Lubbock Hubbers, before deciding to pursue
football professionally.
- Is credited with inventing the "2-minute offense" in
leading the Lions to a stirring 17-16 victory in the 1953 NFL championship
game.
- Used to occasionally diagram plays in the dirt
on the field.
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