1. Marlin Martin "Pat" Harder was an American football official and player, playing fullback and kicker.
12 Facts About Pat Harder
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Pat Harder was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993.
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Pat Harder left Wisconsin to join the United States Marine Corps in 1943 to fight in World War II.
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Pat Harder was drafted second overall in the 1944 NFL draft by the Chicago Cardinals.
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Pat Harder was part of the Cardinals' "Million Dollar Backfield" which included quarterback Paul Christman and halfbacks Marshall Goldberg and Charley Trippi.
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Pat Harder was the first player in league history to score over 100 points in three consecutive years, which he did from 1947 to 1949, leading the league all three years.
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Pat Harder helped the Lions win back-to-back NFL Championships in 1952 and 1953; in the two games of 1952, he was sent to kick three field goals and six extra points.
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Pat Harder served as an NFL official from 1966 to 1982, working as the umpire on the crew of legendary referee Jim Tunney wearing uniform number 36 from 1966 through 1969, then number 88 from 1970 through 1978, and again in 1982.
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From 1979 to 1981, Pat Harder wore uniform number 8, as officials during those seasons were numbered by position, rather than as an entire group.
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Pat Harder served as vice-president of a car leasing company in Milwaukee.
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Pat Harder died in Waukesha, Wisconsin on September 6,1992.
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Pat Harder was posthumously inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993.