Sports' Forgotten Heroes

Sports' Forgotten Heroes


65: Ernie Nevers-NFL/MLB

September 17, 2019

Ernie Nevers once scored all 40 of his team’s points in an NFL game. He did it on November 28, 1929 for the Chicago Cardinals against the Chicago Bears. But that’s just a small part of Ernie’s story. A member of the Pro Football’s inaugural Hall of Fame class in 1963, Nevers also played Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Browns. Lee Elder from the Professional Football Researcher’s Association returns to SFH for a look back at the terrific career of Ernie Nevers.