Charley Trippi
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Positions: Quarterback , Running Back , Defensive Back |
Jersey numbers: 62, 2 |
| born December 14, 1921 in Pittston , Pennsylvania | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1947 - 1955 | |
| NFL Draft : 1945 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st | |
| College : Georgia | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Games | 99 |
| Touchdown | 37 |
| Gaining space through running | 3,506 yards |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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| Pro Football Hall of Fame | |
| College Football Hall of Fame | |
Charles Louis "Charley" Trippi (* 14. December 1921 in Pittston , Pennsylvania ) is a former American American football players and coaches. He played as quarterback and halfback in the National Football League (NFL) with the Chicago Cardinals .
Career
college
Charley Trippi studied from 1942 at the University of Georgia and played for the Georgia Bulldogs college football as fullback . After the season, his team played at the Rose Bowl . Since the starter of his team, Frank Sinkwich , was injured and only partially operational, the inexperienced Trippi was used more and led his team to a 9-0 victory. Trippi was named the game's Most Valuable Player (MVP). After this first year of study, Trippi had to interrupt his studies due to his military service in the United States Army Air Forces and was only able to resume it in 1945. In the game years 1945 and as team captain in 1946, he led his team to victories in bowl games . In 1946, the Bulldogs won the league championship. Trippi received the Maxwell Award and was voted All American . In addition to American football, Charley Trippi also played baseball and was voted All American in this sport in 1946.
NFL
Charles Trippi was drafted first in the first round in 1945 by the Chicago Cardinals . Trippi signed in 1947 with that of Jimmy Conzelman trained team a contract for a term of four years, who gave him a salary of 100,000 US dollars guaranteed after a short time for an annual salary of $ 10,000 for the Atlanta Crackers one unterklassigen team professional baseball played would have. Up until that point there was only one player in the NFL with Red Grange who was guaranteed a higher income. In his rookie season, Trippi was primarily used as a halfback. After the season he was able to celebrate the NFL championship with his team supervised by Jimmy Conzelman . In the NFL final, the Philadelphia Eagles could be defeated 28:21. Trippi scored a touchdown and gained 84 yards of space by running play. The following year the Cardinals failed in the NFL final and lost to the Eagles 7-0.
After the 1951 season, Charley Trippi moved to the position of a quarterback in 1953 to run again for a year as a running back. In the years 1954 and 1955 Trippi played mainly in the defensive backfield of his team and ended his playing career after the 1955 season.
Coaching career
Immediately after his playing career, Trippi worked as an assistant coach for the Cardinals until 1958 . He then returned to his old college and initially became an assistant to the baseball coach there before taking on the position of head coach .
Away from career
Charles Trippi's first wife died in 1971. He is married for the second time and has three children. Trippi lives with his family in Athens , Georgia .
Honors
Trippi played in two Pro Bowls , the final game of the season's best players. He was voted All-Pro three times . He is a member of the NFL 1940s All-Decade Team , Georgia Sports Hall of Fame , College Football Hall of Fame, and Pro Football Hall of Fame .
Web links
- New Georgia Encyclopedia, CV of Charles Trippi
- Georgia Sports Hall of Fame (PDF file; 17 kB)
- Charley Trippi's career with photo ( Memento from January 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- Charley Trippi in college
- Baseball stats by Charley Trippi
- Charley Trippi football and baseball career
Individual evidence
- ^ Income from Charley Trippi with the Chicago Cardinals
- ↑ Charley Trippi's income from the Atlanta Crackers ( memento of the original from June 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Annual statistics of the Cardinals 1947
- ^ NFL final statistics 1947
- ↑ Annual statistics of the Cardinals 1948
- ↑ NFL final statistics 1948
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| SURNAME | Trippi, Charley |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Trippi, Charles Louis (full name); Trippi, Charlie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pittston , Pennsylvania , United States |