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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.

Beattie Feathers
Feathers from 1933 Volunteer
No. 48, 44, 3
Position:Halfback
Personal information
Born:(1909-08-20)August 20, 1909
Bristol, Virginia
Died:March 11, 1979(1979-03-11) (aged 69)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Height:5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school: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)
  • All-American (1933)
  • All-Southern (1932)
  • All-SEC (1933)
Career NFL statistics
Rushing Yards:1980
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

Early life and college career


Feathers attended Virginia High School, in Bristol, Virginia, and led the school to its first state championship as team captain before going on to the University of Tennessee.

He starred as a halfback from 1931 to 1933 for the Tennessee Volunteers football team led by head coach Robert Neyland. Feathers was a consensus selection to the 1933 College Football All-America Team. In December 2008, Sports Illustrated undertook to identify the individuals who would have been awarded the Heisman Trophy in college football's early years, before the trophy was established in 1935. Feathers was selected as the would-be Heisman winner for the 1933 season.[1]


NFL career


Feathers played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) with the Chicago Bears, Brooklyn Dodgers, and Green Bay Packers from 1934 to 1940. In his rookie season of 1934 he became the first player in NFL history to rush for over 1,000 yards in one season.[2] His average of 8.44 yards per attempt that same year remains an NFL record (minimum 100 carries). As of 2019, his 91.3 yards per game is also a Bears rookie franchise record. Feathers is one of ten players named to the National Football League 1930s All-Decade Team who have not been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.


Coaching career


After his career in the NFL, Feathers coached college football and college baseball. He served as the head football coach at Appalachian State Teachers College—now known as Appalachian State University—in 1942 and at North Carolina State University from 1944 to 1951, compiling a career college football coaching record of 42–40–4. Feathers was the head baseball coach at NC State in 1945, at Texas Tech University from 1954 to 1960,[3] and at Wake Forest University from 1972 to 1975, tallying a career college baseball coaching mark of 79–135–1.

Feathers was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1955. He was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1981. He stood 5'10" and 180 pounds.


Head coaching record



Football


Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs AP#
Appalachian State Mountaineers (North State Conference) (1942)
1942 Appalachian State 5–2–12–22nd
Appalachian State: 5–2–12–2
NC State Wolfpack (Southern Conference) (1944–1951)
1944 NC State 7–23–1T–3rd
1945 NC State 3–62–48th
1946 NC State 8–36–13rdL Gator18
1947 NC State 5–3–13–2–1T–6th17
1948 NC State 3–6–11–4–114th
1949 NC State 3–73–613th
1950 NC State 5–4–14–4–1T–9th
1951 NC State 3–72–6T–12th
NC State: 37–38–324–28–3
Total:42–40–4
  • #Rankings from final AP Poll.

See also



References


  1. Mike Beacom (December 12, 2008). "Who would have won the Heisman from 1900–1934". Sports Illustrated.
  2. "Infographic: NFL on Wednesday". Profootballhof.com. February 7, 2010. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
  3. "Texas Tech Official Athletic Site: 2008 Baseball Media Guide". Texastech.cstv.com. Archived from the original on October 29, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2012.




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