Beattie Feathers

Beattie Feathers

Feathers from 1933 Volunteer
No. 48, 44, 3
Position:	Halfback
Personal information
Born:	(1909-08-20)August 20, 1909 Bristol, Virginia, U.S.
Died:	March 11, 1979(1979-03-11) (aged 69) Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school:	Virginia (Bristol, Virginia)
College:	Tennessee (1931–1933)
Career history
As a player:
Chicago Bears (1934–1937) Brooklyn Dodgers (1938–1939) Green Bay Packers (1940)
As a coach:
Football Appalachian State (1942) Head coach NC State (1944–1951) Head coach Texas Tech (1954–1960) Assistant coach Wake Forest (1961–1977) Assistant coach Baseball NC State (1945) Head coach Texas Tech (1954–1960) Head coach Wake Forest (1972–1975) Head coach
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-Pro (1934) Second-team All-Pro (1936) NFL rushing yards leader (1934) NFL rushing touchdowns co-leader (1934) NFL 1930s All-Decade Team 100 greatest Bears of all-time SoCon champion (1932) SEC Player of the Year (1933) Consensus All-American (1933) Third-team All-American (1932) First-team All-Southern (1932) First-team All-SEC (1933)
Career NFL statistics
Rushing Yards: 1,980 Rushing Attempts: 378 Yards per Carry: 5.2 Rushing Touchdowns: 16 Receiving Yards: 243 Receptions: 15 Yards per Reception: 16.2 Receiving Touchdowns: 1 Stats at Pro Football Reference
Head coaching record
Career:	42–40–4 (football) 79–135–1 (baseball)

William Beattie "Big Chief" Feathers (August 20, 1909 – March 11, 1979) was an American football player and coach of football and baseball. He played college football and college basketball at the University of Tennessee and had a seven-year career in the National Football League (NFL) playing for the Chicago Bears and two other teams.

Feathers is remembered for his 1934 rookie season in the NFL when he became the first player in league history to gain more than 1,000 yards rushing in a single year.