Beattie Feathers

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

Beattie Feathers
	Feathers from 1933 Volunteer
No. 48, 44, 3
Position:	Halfback
Personal information
Born:	August 20, 1909; Bristol, Virginia, U.S.
Died:	March 11, 1979 (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
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); All-Southern (1932); First-team All-SEC (1933);
Career NFL statistics
Rushing Yards:
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
Head coaching record
Career:	42–40–4 (football); 79–135–1 (baseball)
	Player stats at PFR

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.

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