16 Facts About Chuck Hunsinger

Charles Ray Hunsinger was an American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League and the Canadian Football League for six seasons during the 1950s.

Chuck Hunsinger played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Chicago Bears of the NFL and the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL.

Chuck Hunsinger attended Harrisburg High School, and played for the Harrisburg Bulldogs high school football team.

Chuck Hunsinger attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he was a running back for coach Bear Wolf's Florida Gators football team from 1946 to 1949.

Chuck Hunsinger rushed for 2,017 yards in his college career, with 842 yards in 1948 and 774 yards in 1949.

Chuck Hunsinger was popular with the Florida student body, and the "Humdinger Song" was written by a pair of Alabama sports writers and sung by students.

Chuck Hunsinger had two outstanding games in 1949, rushing for 199 yards versus the Furman Hurricanes and 174 yards and three touchdowns against the Georgia Bulldogs.

Chuck Hunsinger was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference selection in 1948 and 1949.

Chuck Hunsinger played thirty-four games in all, rushing for 834 yards and catching twenty-three passes.

Chuck Hunsinger returned punts and kickoffs, and was the fourth-ranked kick returner in the league in 1950, averaging 28.6 yards per return.

Chuck Hunsinger played three years with the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL.

Chuck Hunsinger compiled his best CFL season statistically in 1954, when he rushed eighty-six times for 516 yards and six touchdowns, and caught twenty-two passes for 421 yards and two more touchdowns.

Chuck Hunsinger is most remembered for one play in 1954's 42nd Grey Cup.

Chuck Hunsinger's Alouettes were leading by five points in the final minutes of the game, and were threatening to add to the lead with the ball on the Edmonton Eskimos' ten yard-line.

Chuck Hunsinger recounted picking up his wife at Toronto's Royal York Hotel after the game, and heading straight home to Harrisburg with a sick feeling in his stomach.

Chuck Hunsinger recalled the elation of arriving at his home to find an 800-foot-long "Cheer up, Chuck" telegram with the signatures of 21,947 Montreal Alouettes fans.