Don Hutson - Wikipedia
But Green Bay Packers head coach Curly Lambeau saw the speedy Hutson as the perfect receiver for an expanded passing attack, which at the time revolved around the passing of single-wing backs Red Dunn and Arnie Herber to shifty halfback "Johnny Blood" McNally.
Don Hutson - Pro Football Hall of Fame
Don Hutson’s first touchdown came on an 83-yard pass from Arnie Herber in his second game as a Green Bay Packer. He wound up with 99 career touchdown receptions, a record that stood for more than four decades.
Oct. 7, 1945: Dazzling End Thrills Crowd
Jul 16, 1997 · Don Hutson, one of the greatest pass catchers in the history of the Green Bay Packers - and perhaps the NFL - scored 31 points (four touchdowns and seven extra points) in a 57-21 rout...
Green Bay Packers Don Hutson
On the first offensive play in Hutson's second NFL game, he caught an 83-yard touchdown pass from Arnie Herber that gave the Packers a 7-0 victory over the Chicago Bears.
Don Hutson changed a quarter into 29 points - Milwaukee …
Jul 16, 1997 · Don Hutson, in his 11th year as a Green Bay Packer receiver, saved the greatest individual performance of his career for the final season. The 32-year-old end’s 29 points in the second...
Before There Were Helmets: Don Hutson | GreenBay Packer Nation
In an era where the run dominated and a passing offense was rarely used, Don Hutson amassed 99 touchdowns in a career that lasted just 11 season. That record stood for an amazing 44 years after he retired from the game. And the Packers came 17 …
The 1940s and Amazing Don Hutson | Pro Football Hall of Fame
Along with Sammy Baugh, the great passer who joined the Washington Redskins in 1937, two years after Hutson became a Packer, Don was a dominant factor in the offensive evolution of pro football. When Hutson and Baugh first entered the NFL, pro football was a run-oriented game with the forward pass being used only in desperation or as a surprise ...
Remembering the Longest Pass Completions in Green Bay Packers …
Jun 29, 2024 · Hutson caught a two-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter that helped thwart a comeback by the Cards and gave the Pack a 27-20 win. Hutson finished the game with three catches for 126 yards and two touchdowns while the Packers improved to 3-1 on the season.
Hutson, Donald (Don) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Jun 16, 2023 · In Green Bay’s first game against the Chicago Bears in 1935, Hutson quickly demonstrated the pass-receiving skills that would define his eleven-year professional career. On the first play of the game, he feinted and outran Beattie Feathers to catch an eighty-three-yard pass, the longest by any player that year and the longest of his career.
Don Hutson | Green Bay Packers, NFL Hall of Fame, Wide …
Don Hutson was an American professional gridiron football player who, in his 11-year career from 1935 to 1945 in the National Football League (NFL), defined the role of the receiver in the modern passing game and created many of the sport’s pass routes.