Erny Pinckert

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Erny Pinckert
Positions:
HB , DB , BB
Jersey number (s):
11
born May 1, 1907 in Medford , Wisconsin
died on August 30, 1977 in Los Angeles , California
Career information
Active : 1932 - 1940
College : USC
Teams
Career statistics
Games     97
as a starter     72
Touchdowns     3
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards
College Football Hall of Fame

William Ernest "Erny / Ernie" Pinckert (born May 1, 1907 in Medford , Wisconsin , † August 30, 1977 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American American football player. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins .

youth

Erny Pinckert was born into a family from Saxony-Anhalt in Medford. He had nine siblings. After his family moved, he attended high school in San Bernardino , California , where he played fullback American football on the school team. In 1926, he was named Best California High School Football Player.

Player career

college

After graduating from high school, Erny Pinckert studied at the University of Southern California . For their football team, the USC Trojans , he played as a halfback . For his athletic achievements, he received awards from his college from 1929 to 1931. In 1930 and 1931 the election to All-American followed . In 1930 he was able to move into the Rose Bowl with his team for the first time . Opponent was the team from the University of Pittsburgh , which had to admit defeat to the Trojans with 47:14. Pinckert managed a touchdown in this game . Two years later he drew national attention again. He played as blocking back with his team again in the Rose Bowl, this time against the team from Tulane University . With two touchdowns, he made a decisive contribution to the 21:12 victory of his team and was named Most Valuable Player after the game .

NFL

In 1932, Pinckert joined the Boston Braves . The team was renamed Redskins the following year. Before the 1937 season, the Redskins moved to Washington, DC . This season, Ray Flaherty took over the position of head coach for the team. In addition, Sammy Baugh, one of the best quarterbacks in NFL history, was tied to the team. The Redskins won eight of eleven games in this game round in the regular season , which brought them into the NFL championship game . The opponents in this game were the Chicago Bears , supervised by George Halas , who had to leave the field with a 28:21 defeat. In 1940 the Bears retaliated for this defeat in the final. The Redskins had again qualified for the final with nine wins from eleven games and this time they were able to defeat their opponent 73-0. After this defeat, Pinckert ended his professional career.

After the career

Erny Pinckert worked in the fashion industry after his career in California . He was married and had three children. Ernest Pinckert is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City , California.

Honors

Erny Pinckert was elected twice to the Pro Bowl and is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame , the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame, and the USC Athletic Hall of Fame.

literature

  • Jens Plassmann: NFL - American Football. The game, the stars, the stories (= Rororo 9445 rororo Sport ). Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-499-19445-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Award from Erny Pinckert ( Memento from January 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ College awards from Erny Pinckert ( Memento from March 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Annual statistics of the Washington Redskins 1937
  4. Annual statistics of the Washington Redskins 1940
  5. ^ Statistics NFL championship game 1940
  6. Erny Pinckert's grave
  7. http://www.rosebowlhistory.org/rosebowl-hall-of-fame.php ( Memento from April 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  8. Erny Pinckert in the USC Athletic Hall of Fame (PDF; 317 kB)