Alton "Al" Baldwin (February 21, 1923 – May 23, 1994) was a professional American football end/

defensive back In gridiron football, defensive backs (DBs), also called the secondary, are the players on the defensive side of the ball who play farthest back from the line of scrimmage. They are distinguished from the other two sets of defensive players, the ...

who played in the

All-America Football Conference The All-America Football Conference (AAFC) was a professional American football league that challenged the established National Football League (NFL) from 1946 to 1949. One of the NFL's most formidable challengers, the AAFC attracted many of the ...

, the National Football League and the Canadian Football League. In his senior season as an End for the

1946 Arkansas Razorbacks football team The 1946 Arkansas Razorbacks football team was an American football team that represented the University of Arkansas in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1946 college football season. In their first year under head coach John Barnhill, t ...

, Baldwin helped Arkansas win a share of the Southwest Conference championship, and played the LSU Tigers to a 0-0 tie in the

1947 Cotton Bowl Classic The 1947 Cotton Bowl Classic was a post-season college football bowl game played on January 1, 1947 in the Cotton Bowl stadium at Dallas, Texas, between the Arkansas Razorbacks and the LSU Tigers. Due to adverse winter weather, neither team scored, ...

. Baldwin was given 1st team All-SWC honors for his play that season. It was the first season for new head coach John Barnhill, and his teammate Clyde Scott would eventually be inducted into the

College Football Hall of Fame The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and interactive attraction devoted to college football. The National Football Foundation (NFF) founded the Hall in 1951 to immortalize the players and coaches of college football that were vote ...

. He died from a stroke on May 23, 1994.

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* 1923 births 1994 deaths Sportspeople from Hot Springs, Arkansas Players of American football from Arkansas American players of Canadian football American football tight ends Arkansas Razorbacks football players Arkansas Razorbacks men's track and field athletes Buffalo Bills (AAFC) players Green Bay Packers players Canadian football ends Ottawa Rough Riders players Hamilton Tiger-Cats players {{tightend-1920s-stub