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  • Vern Huffman
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  • Richard Vernon Huffman (December 18, 1914 – March 18, 1995) was an American football and basketball player. He was born in Mooreland, Indiana and was raised in and around New Castle, Indiana. He played basketball for the New Castle High School team that won the Indiana state basketball championship in 1932. He enrolled at Indiana University in 1932 and played both football and basketball there. He was an All-American in both basketball and football at Indiana and won the 1936 Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the best football player in the Big Ten Conference. He played two seasons of professional football in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions in 1937 and 1938. Huffman later managed a dairy and worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He was inducted into the Indian
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  • 1937
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  • 6
statvalue
  • 2
  • 9
  • 15
  • 22
  • 104
Birth Date
  • 1914-12-18
statseason
  • 1938
death place
  • Bloomington, Indiana
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Name
  • Huffman, Vern
NFL
  • 674843.0
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  • HuffVe20
Caption
  • Huffman in his Indiana basketball uniform, circa 1936
pastteams
  • * Detroit Lions
draftround
  • 3
Weight
  • 215
Date of Death
  • 1995-03-18
debutteam
  • Detroit Lions
Birth Place
  • Mooreland, Indiana
College
highschool
death date
  • 1995-03-18
Image size
  • 150
Highlights
  • * Chicago Tribune Silver Football * Indiana Hoosiers Hall of Fame
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  • HUFFMVER01
Place of Birth
  • Mooreland, Indiana
Place of death
  • Bloomington, Indiana
debutyear
  • 1937
draftpick
  • 27
Date of Birth
  • 1914-12-18
Short Description
  • American football player
finalteam
  • Detroit Lions
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  • 2
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  • Games played
  • Games started
  • Touchdowns
  • Receptions-yards
  • Rushing attempts-yards
finalyear
  • 1938
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  • Richard Vernon Huffman (December 18, 1914 – March 18, 1995) was an American football and basketball player. He was born in Mooreland, Indiana and was raised in and around New Castle, Indiana. He played basketball for the New Castle High School team that won the Indiana state basketball championship in 1932. He enrolled at Indiana University in 1932 and played both football and basketball there. He was an All-American in both basketball and football at Indiana and won the 1936 Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the best football player in the Big Ten Conference. He played two seasons of professional football in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions in 1937 and 1938. Huffman later managed a dairy and worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He was inducted into the Indiana Hoosiers Hall of Fame in 1982. Huffman died in 1995 at age 80 in Bloomington, Indiana.