Weldon Gaston Humble (April 24, 1921 - April 14, 1998) was an American football offensive linemen who was named to the College Football Hall of Fame, in addition to receiving a distinguished military honor. He was born Nixon, TX and attended Brackenridge High School in San Antonio, Texas.
His football career began at Rice University in 1940, where he earned All-Southwest Conference honors in 1942. A year later, he was a star player for one season...
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Weldon Gaston Humble (April 24, 1921 - April 14, 1998) was an American football offensive linemen who was named to the College Football Hall of Fame, in addition to receiving a distinguished military honor. He was born Nixon, TX and attended Brackenridge High School in San Antonio, Texas.
His football career began at Rice University in 1940, where he earned All-Southwest Conference honors in 1942. A year later, he was a star player for one season on the undefeated 1943-1944 football team for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then called the Southwestern Louisiana Institute. His college years were interrupted when he served in the U.S. Marines during World War II. When he returned to Rice in 1946, he lettered in football and track and field, became a consensus first-team All-American guard while a captain of the Southwest Conference co-champion team, and led Rice to victory over Tennessee in the 1947 Orange Bowl game.
Joining the AAFC later in 1947, Humble played on four title...
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