LeRoy Erwin "Ace" Gutowsky was an American professional American football fullback.
16 Facts About Ace Gutowsky
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Ace Gutowsky played professional football for eight years from 1932 to 1939 and set the NFL career rushing record in October 1939.
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Ace Gutowsky held the Detroit Lions' career and single-season rushing records until the 1960s.
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Ace Gutowsky learned to play football in the sandlots of Kingfisher and became an outstanding athlete at Kingfisher High School.
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Ace Gutowsky played eight years of professional football in the National Football League for the Portsmouth Spartans, Detroit Lions and Brooklyn Dodgers.
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Ace Gutowsky enjoyed his greatest success as a member of the Detroit Lions from 1934 to 1938.
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Ace Gutowsky was one of the leaders on a defense that ran seven straight shutouts and gave up only 59 points in 13 games.
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Ace Gutowsky led the NFL that year with 857 yards from scrimmage, ranking ahead of teammate Dutch Clark and future Hall of Fame inductees Bronko Nagurski and Don Hutson.
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Ace Gutowsky ranked second in the NFL behind Tuffy Leemans in rushing attempts, rushing yards, and rushing yards per game.
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Ace Gutowsky's six rushing touchdowns in 1936 was exceeded only by his teammate Dutch Clark.
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Ace Gutowsky's 827 rushing yards was the Lions' single-single season rushing record until 1960, when Nick Pietrosante rushed for 872 yards.
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Ace Gutowsky finished his playing career in 1939 with the Brooklyn Dodgers football team.
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Ace Gutowsky became a champion bridge player, winning the 1951 Men's Board-a-Match Teams.
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Ace Gutowsky became convinced that a major petroleum deposit lay under the area north of Oklahoma City and scouted the area extensively.
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In 1942 or 1943, Ace Gutowsky's father discovered an oil field at West Edmond, Oklahoma, that was estimated at 117,000,000 barrels.
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Ace Gutowsky served as the line coach for Oklahoma City University in the late 1940s.