Jack Daniels (December 24, 1906 – July 15, 1977) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

running back A running back (RB) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football. The primary roles of a running back are to receive American football plays#Offensive terminology, handoffs from the quarterback to Rush (American football)#Offen ...

who played one game for the

Milwaukee Badgers The Milwaukee Badgers was a professional American football team, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that played in the National Football League from 1922 to 1926. The team played its home games at Athletic Park, later known as Borchert Field, on Mi ...

in 1925. He died at age 70 in 1977. He was 135 pounds, making him one of the lightest NFL players in history. He was also 19 when he played his first game, which makes him one of the youngest NFL players in history.

References

1906 births 1977 deaths Milwaukee Badgers players {{runningback-1900s-stub