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Ruey Young Bussey (October 4, 1917 – January 7, 1945) was a professional American football quarterback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). An all-star during his only season in the NFL, Bussey was killed in action during World War II. He was the only Bears player to die in the war. [1]
The United States entered the fighting in World War II in December 1941, just as the 1941 NFL season was drawing to a close. Mass enlistments and military conscription drew hundreds of players in the National Football League (NFL) to the colors, greatly impacting both team rosters and players' careers.
Elrod Jerome "Ellie" Hendricks (December 22, 1940 – December 21, 2005) was a U.S. Virgin Islander professional baseball player and coach.He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1968 through 1979, most notably as a member of the Baltimore Orioles dynasty that won three consecutive American League pennants from 1969 to 1971 and, won the World Series in 1970.
The impact of World War II on team rosters was massive during the 1943 season, with hundreds of players from the league's ten teams removed from the possibility of game play by military service. These were proudly listed as part of an official "Service Roster" by the NFL. [ 6 ]
The Steagles were the only professional sports team where all the players held full-time war jobs as it was a requirement of the team. [12] Playing football was seen as an extracurricular activity. All of the 22 players on the roster kept full-time jobs in defense plants.
The 1990 NL Rookie of the Year and all-Cincy bench’s WAR (40.6) and hits (1,571) leader received MVP votes five times, finishing in the top five twice, and played in a whopping 112 postseason ...
Upon retiring as a player, Luckman remained with the Bears as a vice president. [23] In 1954, he became the team's quarterbacks coach on a part-time basis, a position he held through the 1960s. [24] [25] After departing the NFL, he went to work for Cel-U-Craft, a Chicago-based manufacturer of cellophane products, eventually becoming its ...
Chicago Bears: 1939–43, 1946–47: Not Inducted End: Jim Benton: Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams: 1938–40,1942, 1944–47: Not Inducted Chicago Bears: 1943 Jack Ferrante: Philadelphia Eagles: 1941, 1944–50: Not Inducted Ken Kavanaugh: Chicago Bears: 1940–41, 1945–50: Not Inducted Dante Lavelli: Cleveland Browns: 1946–56: 1975 Pete Pihos ...