1. Richard Vernon Huffman was an American football and basketball player.
10 Facts About Vern Huffman
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Vern Huffman was born in Mooreland, Indiana and was raised in and around New Castle, Indiana.
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Vern Huffman played basketball for the New Castle High School team that won the Indiana state basketball championship in 1932.
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Vern Huffman enrolled at Indiana University in 1932 and played both football and basketball there.
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Vern Huffman was an All-American in both basketball and football at Indiana and won the 1936 Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the best football player in the Big Ten Conference.
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Vern Huffman was drafted in the third round of the 1937 NFL Draft.
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Vern Huffman played two seasons of professional football in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions in 1937 and 1938.
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Vern Huffman was inducted into the Indiana Hoosiers Hall of Fame in 1982.
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Vern Huffman died in 1995 at age 80 in Bloomington, Indiana.
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Vern Huffman's brother Marv was an All-American basketball player at Indiana and later played professionally with the Akron Goodyear Wingfoots of the National Basketball League.