Adrian Peterson Wins Pro Bowl MVP As A Rookie

Minnesota Vikings’ rookie running back followed up his tremendous debut season with an MVP performance in the Pro Bowl. Who is the last rookie to win the Pro Bowl MVP? The answer is Marshall Faulk for the Indianapolis Colts in 1995. You have to think that if Adrian Peterson had a career that came even close to the career that was had by Marshall Faulk that the Vikings would be ecstatic.

Welcome to the second part of our six part series taking a look at the NFL’s All-Decade teams, today… the 1930s NFL All-Decade Team:

Position	Player Name:	Team(s):	College Attended:	In Hall of Fame?
Quarterback	Arnie Herber	Green Bay Packers	Wisconsin	Yes
	Cecil Isbell	Green Bay Packers	Purdue	No
	Earl “Dutch” Clark	Portsmouth Spartans Detroit Lions	Colorado College	Yes
Running back	Cliff Battles	Boston Braves Boston Redskins Washington Redskins	West Virginia Wesleyan	Yes
	Beattie Feathers	Chicago Bears Brooklyn Dodgers Green Bay Packers	Tennessee	No
	Alphonse “Tuffy” Leemans	New York Giants	Oregon	Yes
	Ken Strong	Staten Island Stapletons New York Giants	New York University	Yes
	Johnny “Blood” McNally	Green Bay Packers Pittsburgh Steelers	Saint John’s University (MN)	Yes
Full back	Bronko Nagurski	Chicago Bears	Minnesota	Yes
	Clarke Hinkle	Green Bay Packers	Bucknell	Yes
End	Bill Hewitt	Chicago Bears Philadelphia Eagles	Michigan	Yes
	Don Hutson	Green Bay Packers	Alabama	Yes
	Wayne Millner	Boston Redskins Washington Redskins	Notre Dame	Yes
	Gaynell Tinsley	Chicago Cardinals	Louisiana State University	No
Tackle	George Christensen	Portsmouth Spartans Detroit Lions	Oregon	No
	Frank Cope	New York Giants	Santa Clara	No
	Albert Glen “Turk” Edwards	Boston Braves Boston Redskins Washington Redskins	Washington State	Yes
	Bill Lee	Brooklyn Dodgers Green Bay Packers	Alabama	No
Guard	Ox Emerson	Portsmouth Spartans Detroit Lions	Texas	No
	Dan Fortmann	Chicago Bears	Colgate	Yes
	Charles Goldenberg	Green Bay Packers	Wisconsin	No
	Russ Letlow	Green Bay Packers	San Francisco	No
Center	Mel Hein	New York Giants	Washington State	Yes
	George Svendsen	Green Bay Packers	Oregon State Minnesota	No

As far as NFL team distribution, the 1930s All-Decade team was vastly different from the 1920s. While the 1920s team showed pretty much even dispersal between three to five teams, the 1930s All-Decade team is heavily dominated by one NFL club. The Chicago Bears and New York Giants are tied for second place with the most representatives making the team with four players apiece. In first place are the Green Bay Packers who, on an All-Decade team that only consists of 24 players, had eleven players make the team. Almost 50% of the 1930s All-Decade roster is made up of players that spent time playing football for the Green Bay Packers.

As far as colleges represented, we are seeing more alumni of traditional football schools this time. Classic athletic schools such as Purdue, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Oregon, Michigan, Alabama, LSU, and Texas all have players making the team. There is still at this time in the history of football a good amount of talent coming from non-traditionally thought of football schools like: San Francisco, Saint John’s (Minnesota), Colorado College, West Virginia Wesleyan, New York University, Bucknell, Santa Clara, and Colgate. An interesting note, as far as college football was concerned, at this time Notre Dame is still the dominant program in the nation. The Univesities of Oregon, Alabama, Washington State, and Minnesota all have multiple alumni on the roster, while in this decade Notre Dame only placed one former player there.

As we stated before, what prompted this look at the NFL’s All-Decade Team was the question as to how many players have made the All-Decade Team, meaning they’ve been a great player for roughly a decade if not more, but failed to make it into the Hall-of-Fame.

1930s All Decade Team Players Who Didn’t Make It Into The Hall Of Fame:
Cecil Isbell – Quarterback – Green Bay Packers
Beattie Feathers – Running Back – Chicago Bears, Brooklyn Dodgers, Green Bay Packers
Gaynell Tinsley – End – Chicago Cardinals
George Christensen – Tackle – Portsmouth Spartans, Detroit Lions
Frank Cope – Tackle – New York Giants
Bill Lee – Tackle – Brooklyn Dodgers, Green Bay Packers
Ox Emerson – Guard – Portsmouth Spartans, Detroit Lions
Charles Goldenberg – Guard – Green Bay Packers
Russ Letlow – Guard – Green Bay Packers
George Svendsen – Center – Green Bay Packers

Players selected: 24
Players not in Hall of Fame: 10
42% of 1930s All Decade Team Players are not in the Hall of Fame

The next chapter in this study involves the World War II affected 1940s NFL All-Decade team.

Other chapters in this study:
IQFB.com Examines The NFL All-Decade Teams: The 1920s
IQFB.com Examines The NFL All-Decade Teams: The 1930s
IQFB.com Examines The NFL All-Decade Teams: The 1940s
IQFB.com Examines The NFL All-Decade Teams: The 1950s
IQFB.com Examines The NFL All-Decade Teams: The 1960s
IQFB.com Examines The NFL All-Decade Teams: The 1970s