17 Facts About Mule Wilson

Fay "Mule" Wilson was an American football player.

Mule Wilson played in the Buffalo Rangers, New York Giants, Staten Island Stapletons, Green Bay Packers, and Portsmouth Spartans of the National Football League.

Mule Wilson attended Honey Grove High School, where he was a star athlete.

Mule Wilson was a captain on the football team that won the 1925 Southwest Conference Championship.

Mule Wilson was the 1926 Southwest Conference 100 yard sprint champion.

Mule Wilson became the first Texas state high school track champion to play in the NFL.

Mule Wilson finished second in the 100-yd dash at the SWC meet on May 9,1925, and was 4th in the same event in the 1924 SWC meet.

The Aggie Yearbook indicated that Mule Wilson majored in special agriculture and graduated in 1926.

Mule Wilson captained the football team in 1925 when the Aggies captured the conference championship and Wilson was selected all conference fullback for the second straight year.

Mule Wilson was the Southwest Conference 100-yard sprint champion in 1926.

Mule Wilson only played with Buffalo for the 1926 season, then he signed with the New York Giants, and was on the 1927 NFL Championship team.

Mule Wilson played on the 1927 Giant team with Jim Thorpe that won the world's championship.

Mule Wilson became the first Texas Aggie to play in the NFL.

Mule Wilson was part of the Green Bay Packers championship teams of 1930 and 1931.

Mule Wilson's career was relatively brief, and injuries cut it short.

Just before his 36th birthday, Mule Wilson suffered a heart attack on July 18,1937.

Mule Wilson was inducted into the Fannin County sports Hall of Fame in November 1992.