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At 5'5" (1.65 m), Holliday is the shortest player to play in the NFL in the last 25 years. Deuce Vaughn, drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the 6th round of the 2023 NFL draft, also has a listed height of 5'5". [33] Holliday had a difficult time getting started in football.
Jack Emanuel "Soupy" Shapiro (March 22, 1907 – February 5, 2001) was an American gridiron football player who played in one game with the Staten Island Stapletons of the National Football League (NFL) in 1929. Shapiro is most famous for being the shortest player in NFL history at about 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m).
He is one of the shortest men ever to play in the NFL, he was drafted in the 1947 AAFC Draft in the Special Draft by the New York Yankees. As a track star at the University of Illinois , he won the National Collegiate Championships in the 100 and 220-yard dash, tied the world record for the 45 and 60-yard dashes (6.1 in the latter event), and ...
First NFL quarterback to defeat 32 franchises: Brett Favre vs. Green Bay Packers; October 5, 2009 [182] [183] First NFL quarterback to reach 100 career wins (regular season): Johnny Unitas vs. Green Bay Packers; November 9, 1969; First NFL quarterback to reach 150 career wins (regular season): Brett Favre vs. San Diego Chargers; September 23, 2007
The former Green Bay Packers receiver, whose career was cut short after seven seasons because of a neck injury, was an All-Decade selection for the 1990s who led the NFL in receptions three times ...
At 54.6 cm (21.5 in), Nepalese-born Chandra Bahadur Dangi was, at the time of his death in 2015, the world's shortest person ever verified. This list includes the shortest ever verified people in their lifetime or profession. The entries below are broken down into different categories which range from sex, to age group and occupations.
The Detroit Lions set their initial 53-man NFL roster Tuesday and only kept 52 players to start the 2024 season.. The Lions placed defensive tackle Brodric Martin and cornerback Emmanuel Moseley ...
Vaughn was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the sixth round (212th overall) of the 2023 NFL draft. His father, who is a scout for the Cowboys, called Vaughn to tell him he had been drafted. [24] With a measurement at the combine of 5'5", Vaughn became the shortest running back ever drafted since the NFL began tracking the combine. [25]