Wildcat Wilson

Wildcat Wilson

NFL player
Name=George Wilson

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DateOfBirth=September 6, 1901
Birthplace=Everett, Washington
DateOfDeath=December 27, 1963
Deathplace=San Francisco, California
Position=HB
College=University of Washington
Awards=Guy Flaherty Award 1925
Honors=All-American 1925
DatabaseFootball=
years=1926
1927-1929
teams=Los Angeles Wildcats (AFL)
Providence Steam Roller (NFL)
CollegeHOF=20120
HOF=

Overview

George "Wildcat" Wilson (September 6 1901 - December 27 1963) was an American football player, earning All-American honors as a tailback for the University of Washington Huskies. [ [http://www.collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=20102] ]

Collegiate Career

George scored a career 37 touchdowns as a Husky, tying him with Joe Steele for a Husky record. His jersey #33 is also only 1 of 3 jerseys to be retired in Husky football history.

Professional Football Career

Upon his graduation in 1926, he was enticed to join the first American Football League by agent and league co-founder C. C. Pyle, as a potential rival for Red Grange. Pyle named Wilson president of the league's traveling team, the Los Angeles Wildcats, for the upcoming 1926 AFL season. While Wilson was also nominally named the team's owner, Pyle and Grange actually paid the bills and filed the franchise's ownership papers.

Based in Chicago and training in Rock Island, Illinois, Wilson's Wildcats finished fourth in the nine-team league, with Wilson among the leaders in rushing touchdowns. [David S. Neft, Richard M. Cohen, and Rick Korch, "The Football Encyclopedia: The Complete, Year-by-Year History of Professional Football From 1892 to the Present" (St. Martin's Press 1994) ISBN 0-312-11435-4]

Upon the demise of the AFL, Wilson joined the Providence Steam Roller of the National Football League, for which he played for three years. The championship year of 1928 featured Wilson as he was credited with five touchdowns and four interceptions as the Steam Roller won its only NFL championship.

Awards and Accomplishments

He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951, and the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 1991. [ [http://www.collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=20102 College Football Hall of Fame: Wildcat Wilson] ]

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