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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).
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.
Some players avoid injury and maintain their high skill level. The following list has the top 250 players who have the most regular season game appearances. All have played at least a dozen seasons in the league. One player, George Blanda [3] played in 4 decades from the 1940s to the 1970s. Blanda played 26 seasons and was 48 years old when he ...
Claude Henry K. "Buddy" Young (January 5, 1926 – September 4, 1983) was an American professional football player and executive in the National Football League (NFL). A native of Chicago, he was Illinois state champ in track and field in the 100-yard dash. The 5'4" Young, also known as the "Bronze Bullet", had exceptional quickness and ...
Shortest professional player of American football, but only for one game. [50] 1907–2001 United Kingdom: 157 cm (62 in) Frederick Walden: Association football Shortest player in England national football team history (5 ft 2 in (157 cm)). [51] 1888–1949 United States: 157 cm (62 in) Shannon Bobbitt: Basketball
Earnest Byner was a great player who had a great career and was having a great day in the 1987 AFC championship game at Denver, racking up 187 yards from scrimmage and two TDs for the Browns as ...
LeBaron was selected by the Washington Redskins in the tenth round (123rd overall) of the 1950 NFL draft, but had to leave training camp to perform military service during the Korean War. At 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m), he was one of the shortest quarterbacks in the history of the NFL.
Pro Football Focus released a list compiling the 25 best NFL players under the age of 25. The Dallas Cowboys had multiple players on the list.. Trevon Diggs was ranked No. 25.Diggs had a historic ...