1. Hugh Othello Wolfe was an American football fullback who played one season with the New York Giants of the National Football League.
17 Facts About Hugh Wolfe
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Hugh Wolfe was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the third round of the 1938 NFL draft.
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Hugh Wolfe was a member of the New York Giants team that won the 1938 NFL Championship.
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Hugh Wolfe was born on June 13,1912, in Mason, Texas, and moved to Stephenville, Texas, at the age of seven.
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Hugh Wolfe participated in football, basketball, and track and field at John Tarleton Agricultural College.
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Hugh Wolfe then transferred to play for the Texas Longhorns of the University of Texas in 1934.
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Hugh Wolfe was an All-SWC selection and the top scorer for the Longhorns in 1936 and 1937.
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Hugh Wolfe was a member of the 1937 SWC championship track and field team and won a SWC discus title in track and field.
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Hugh Wolfe was named second-team All-American by the United Press in 1937.
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Hugh Wolfe turned down an invitation to compete in the decathlon at the 1936 Olympics.
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Hugh Wolfe is a member of the Tarleton Athletics Hall of Fame and the University of Texas Athletics Hall of Honor, into which he was inducted in 1977.
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Hugh Wolfe was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates of the NFL with the 19th pick in the 1938 NFL draft.
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Hugh Wolfe was the first Texas Longhorn to be selected in the NFL Draft.
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Hugh Wolfe played for the NFL's New York Giants in 1938 and was named to the Pro Bowl team.
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Hugh Wolfe served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II.
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Hugh Wolfe established an aluminum gate manufacturing company called Al-Prodco.
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Hugh Wolfe died on May 20,2010, in a Fort Worth hospice center.