Ira Errett "Rat" Rodgers, inducted: 1953, At WVU:

West Virginia's preeminent all-around athlete, Ira Errett "Rat" Rodgers gained fame as a hard-charging fullback from 1917-19. Called one of "the finest football players in the land" by syndicated columnist Grantland Rice, Rodgers is unanimously considered West Virginia's finest pre-World War II football player. A consensus All-American in 1919, Rodgers gained national notoriety after a 25-0 whipping of Princeton, against which he passed for 162 yards and two touchdowns. For the season Rodgers accounted for 147 points. Later an amateur state golf champion, the Bethany, West Virginia, native remained at West Virginia as football (1920-25, 1943-45), baseball (1921-42) and golf coach (1949). Rodgers was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1953. He died February 22, 1963, in Morgantown.