2003 37c Early Football Heroes: Ernie Nevers

U.S. #3809
37¢ Ernie Nevers
Early Football Heroes

Issue Date: August 8, 2003
City: South Bend, IN
Quantity: 70,000,000
Printed By: Avery Dennison
Printing Method: Photogravure
Perforations: Serpentine Die Cut 11.5 x 11.75
Color: Multicolored

In 1925, Ernest Nevers (1903-76) was on crutches with broken ankles until two days before the Rose Bowl. He played the entire 60 minutes against Notre Dame on ankles tightly wrapped with pieces of an inner tube. As player-coach of the Chicago Cardinals in 1929, Nevers scored all 40 of the Cardinals' points. Bears' coach George Halas said it best: ÒBears 6, Nevers 40."