NFL's 60-Minute Men

Chris Willis has been the head archivist at NFL Films since 1996. He is the author of multiple books on professional football and was awarded the Professional Football Researchers Association’s Ralph Award for lifetime achievement in pro football research and historiography in 2012. In 2016 he won an Emmy for his work on HBO’s Hard Knocks. He lives in Audubon, New Jersey.

• Table of ContentsPreface deleteIntroduction deleteNo. 1. Dutch ClarkNo. 2. Don HutsonNo. 3. Sammy BaughNo. 4. Mel HeinNo. 5. Guy ChamberlinNo. 6. Bronko NagurskiNo. 7. Verne LewellenNo. 8. Sid LuckmanNo. 9. Cal HubbardNo. 10. Paddy DriscollNo. 11. Pete “Fats” HenryNo. 12. Dan FortmannNo. 13. Clarke HinkleNo. 14. Roy “Link” LymanNo. 15. Bill HewittNo. 16. Mike MichalskeNo. 17. Benny FriedmanNo. 18. Ernie NeversNo. 19. Cliff BattlesNo. 20. Ken StrongNo. 21. Johnny “Blood” McNallyNo. 22. Red GrangeNo. 23. Fritz PollardNo. 24. Albert “Turk” EdwardsNo. 25. Ox EmersonNo. 26. Arnie HerberNo. 27. George TraftonNo. 28. Ray FlahertyNo. 29. Clyde “Bulldog” TurnerNo. 30. Tuffy LeemansNo. 31. Duke SlaterNo. 32. Ward CuffNo. 33. George MussoNo. 34. Joe StydaharNo. 35. George ChristensenNo. 36. LaVern “Lavvie” DilwegNo. 37. Joe KopchaNo. 38. Cecil IsbellNo. 39. Jack McBrideNo. 40. Red DunnNo. 41. Ed DanowskiNo. 42. Ace ParkerNo. 43. Charley BrockNo. 44. Glenn PresnellNo. 45. Roy “Father” LumpkinThe Best of the Rest deleteFinal Analysis deleteAppendix I: The Author’s ­All-Time ­Two-Way Teams deleteAppendix II: Historical Sources of NFL ­All-Pro and ­All-Time Teams, 1920–1945 deleteChapter Notes deleteBibliography deleteIndex delete

“Willis does an excellent job putting together his list of the best players in The NFL’s 60-Minute Men. It is thoroughly researched and he lays out his case for each player. This is a good book for those interested in learning more about the players from the first few decades of the NFL.”—Ken Crippen, founder, lead instructor, and podcaster at the Football Learning Academy