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The Top Ranked Football Players by Rookie Year-1920
Notes: This is a list of the greatest football players to start their pro career in the year listed.
| Rnk | Athlete | POS | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Paddy Driscoll | RB | 403 |
| 2 | George Trafton | OL | 458 |
| 3 | Pete Henry | OL | 697 |
| 4 | Ed Healey | OL | 720 |
| 5 | Guy Chamberlin | E | 865 |
| 6 | George Halas | E | 1329 |
| 7 | Jimmy Conzelman | RB | 1361 |
| 8 | Dutch Sternaman | RB | 1416 |
| 9 | Swede Youngstrom | OL | 1467 |
| 10 | Jim Thorpe | RB | 1714 |
| 11 | Jim Laird | RB | 1803 |
| 12 | Al Nesser | OL | 2036 |
| 13 | Bob Koehler | RB | 2040 |
| 14 | Pete Calac | RB | 2316 |
| 15 | Willis Brennan | OL | 2333 |
| 16 | Oscar Knop | RB | 2570 |
| 17 | Hobby Kinderdine | OL | 2747 |
| 18 | Eddie Sauer | OL | 2845 |
| 19 | Nick McInerney | OL | 2954 |
| 20 | Fred Gillies | OL | 3007 |
| 21 | Carl Cramer | RB | 3029 |
| 22 | Lou Smyth | RB | 3106 |
| 23 | Dinger Doane | RB | 3110 |
| 24 | Cub Buck | OL | 3197 |
| 25 | Fritz Pollard | RB | 3220 |
| 26 | Joe Mulbarger | OL | 3329 |
| 27 | Harold Fenner | E | 3545 |
| 28 | Russ Hathaway | OL | 3666 |
| 29 | Moose Gardner | OL | 3724 |
| 30 | Frank Bacon | RB | 3883 |
| 31 | Joe Guyon | RB | 3921 |
| 32 | Lou Partlow | RB | 3949 |
| 33 | Guil Falcon | RB | 4482 |
| 34 | Hugh Blacklock | OL | 4500 |
| 35 | Lenny Sachs | E | 4648 |
| 36 | Homer Ruh | E | 4663 |
| 37 | Tommy Hughitt | RB | 4682 |
| 38 | Rip King | RB | 4703 |
| 39 | Hank Gillo | RB | 4972 |
| 40 | Steamer Horning | OL | 5081 |
| 41 | Buck Gavin | RB | 5121 |
| 42 | Waddy Kuehl | RB | 5205 |
| 43 | Tex Grigg | RB | 5206 |
| 44 | Dutch Thiele | E | 5385 |
| 45 | Jake Lanum | RB | 5554 |
| 46 | Ken Huffine | RB | 5555 |
| 47 | Dave Reese | E | 5595 |
| 48 | Dunc Annan | RB | 5646 |
| 49 | Scotty Bierce | E | 5844 |
| 50 | Charlie Guy | OL | 5862 |
| 51 | Dewey Lyle | OL | 5952 |
| 52 | Hank Smith | OL | 6145 |
| 53 | Bull Lowe | E | 6166 |
| 54 | Clyde Zoia | OL | 6252 |
| 55 | Frank Rydzewski | OL | 6297 |
| 56 | Pard Pearce | RB | 6443 |
| 57 | Ockie Anderson | RB | 6508 |
| 58 | Rube Ursella | RB | 6527 |
| 59 | Frank Nesser | RB | 6580 |
| 60 | Norb Sacksteder | RB | 6619 |
| 61 | Jim Flower | OL | 6631 |
| 62 | Bob Argus | RB | 6654 |
| 63 | Eddie Novak | RB | 6715 |
| 64 | Garland Buckeye | OL | 6802 |
| 65 | Dutch Speck | OL | 6807 |
| 66 | John Mintun | OL | 6858 |
| 67 | Charlie Copley | OL | 6995 |
| 68 | Bill Brace | OL | 6996 |
| 69 | Herb Sies | OL | 6997 |
| 70 | Bunny Corcoran | E | 7053 |
| 71 | Russ Bailey | OL | 7064 |
| 72 | Bob Nash | OL | 7095 |
| 73 | Heinie Miller | E | 7098 |
| 74 | Jerry J. Jones | OL | 7148 |
| 75 | Pike Johnson | OL | 7225 |
| 76 | Al Mahrt | RB | 7261 |
| 77 | Milt Ghee | RB | 7552 |
| 78 | Lee Snoots | RB | 7619 |
| 79 | Al Pierotti | OL | 7816 |
| 80 | Tommy Tomlin | OL | 7844 |
| 81 | Harry Harris | RB | 7878 |
| 82 | Al Feeney | OL | 7921 |
| 83 | Oscar Wolford | OL | 7936 |
| 84 | Harry Curran | RB | 7956 |
| 85 | Johnny Scott | RB | 8118 |
| 86 | Butch Spagna | OL | 8163 |
| 87 | Louis Kolls | OL | 8176 |
| 88 | Emmett Keefe | OL | 8246 |
| 89 | Frank McCormick | RB | 8365 |
| 90 | Tom Whelan | E | 8379 |
| 91 | Paul Des Jardien | OL | 8466 |
| 92 | Darby Lowery | OL | 8620 |
| 93 | Lud Wray | OL | 8648 |
| 94 | Red Pearlman | OL | 8650 |
| 95 | Pat Smith | RB | 8702 |
| 96 | Bobby Marshall | E | 8744 |
| 97 | Sid Nichols | RB | 8894 |
| 98 | Bob Higgins | E | 8919 |
| 99 | Lou Little | OL | 8978 |
| 100 | Tiny Thornhill | OL | 9018 |
| 101 | Bert Baston | E | 9118 |
| 102 | Lou Usher | OL | 9162 |
| 103 | Alf Cobb | OL | 9212 |
| 104 | Murray Shelton | E | 9329 |
| 105 | Carl Thomas | OL | 9337 |
| 106 | Cap Edwards | OL | 9449 |
| 107 | Oscar Kuhner | OL | 9489 |
| 108 | Burt Ingwersen | OL | 9517 |
| 109 | Obe Wenig | E | 9594 |
| 110 | Russ Oltz | OL | 9677 |
| 111 | Bodie Weldon | RB | 9718 |
| 112 | Tom Holleran | RB | 9817 |
| 113 | Ed Shaw | OL | 9917 |
| 114 | Bernie Halstrom | RB | 9941 |
| 115 | Oak Smith | E | 9947 |
| 116 | Dick King | RB | 9971 |
| 117 | George Roudebush | RB | 10005 |
| 118 | Ted Nesser | OL | 10057 |
| 119 | Hal Gaulke | RB | 10058 |
| 120 | Dan O'Connor | OL | 10070 |
| 121 | Elmer Oliphant | RB | 10173 |
| 122 | Wally Hess | RB | 10260 |
| 123 | John Gilroy | RB | 10291 |
| 124 | Chuck Dressen | RB | 10402 |
| 125 | John Schneider | RB | 10403 |
| 126 | Glenn Tidd | OL | 10416 |
| 127 | Freeman Fitzgerald | OL | 10499 |
| 128 | Tom Gormley | OL | 10606 |
| 129 | Johnny Hendren | RB | 10699 |
| 130 | Leo Chappell | OL | 10700 |
| 131 | Art Webb | OL | 10764 |
| 132 | Paul Florence | E | 10814 |
| 133 | Hal Clark | E | 10835 |
| 134 | Ross Petty | OL | 11044 |
| 135 | Mike Purdy | RB | 11175 |
| 136 | Tuffy Conn | RB | 11176 |
| 137 | Budge Garrett | E | 11186 |
| 138 | Jerry Mansfield | RB | 11297 |
| 139 | Ike Martin | RB | 11387 |
| 140 | Joe Carey | OL | 11392 |
| 141 | Will Waite | OL | 11468 |
| 142 | Paul LaRosa | E | 11492 |
| 143 | Pudge Wyland | OL | 11493 |
| 144 | Bobby Berns | OL | 11512 |
| 145 | Perce Wilson | RB | 11628 |
| 146 | Doc Davis | OL | 11914 |
| 147 | Carroll Johnson | E | 12031 |
| 148 | Robert Specht | RB | 12032 |
| 149 | Red O'Connor | E | 12067 |
| 150 | Joe Fitzgerald | E | 12307 |
| 151 | Wilfred Smith | OL | 12388 |
| 152 | Fritz Slackford | RB | 12448 |
| 153 | Wilkie Moody | RB | 12569 |
| 154 | Grover Malone | RB | 12721 |
| 155 | Pat Dunne | RB | 12722 |
| 156 | Joe Murphy | OL | 12859 |
| 157 | John Davis (RB) | RB | 12860 |
| 158 | Hugh Lowery | OL | 13155 |
| 159 | Red Quigley | RB | 13156 |
| 160 | Babe Houck | OL | 13289 |
| 161 | Gil Runkel | OL | 13290 |
| 162 | Ken Crawford | RB | 13291 |
| 163 | Dutch Irwin | RB | 13423 |
| 164 | Mose Bashaw | OL | 13424 |
| 165 | Babe Clark | RB | 13701 |
| 166 | Marshall Jones | RB | 13702 |
| 167 | Joe Bachmaier | OL | 13836 |
| 168 | Bourbon Bondurant | OL | 13966 |
| 169 | Neno DaPrato | RB | 13967 |
| 170 | Vern Thomas | E | 13968 |
| 171 | Charlie Mockmore | OL | 14118 |
| 172 | Walt Buland | OL | 14127 |
| 173 | Joe Windbiel | OL | 14247 |
| 174 | Walter Voight | OL | 14248 |
| 175 | Harry Baujan | E | 15045 |
| 176 | Jimmy Woods | OL | 15090 |
| 177 | Larry Dellinger | OL | 15096 |
| 178 | Earl Potteiger | RB | 15720 |
| 179 | Dutch Kohl | E | 16361 |
| 180 | Charlie Carman | OL | 16614 |
| 181 | Leo Petree | RB | 16725 |
| 182 | Phil Nesser | OL | 16726 |
| 183 | Elgie Tobin | OL | 16954 |
| 184 | Chim Lingrel | RB | 17169 |
| 185 | George Tandy | OL | 17170 |
| 186 | Walt Sechrist | OL | 18882 |
| 187 | Bill Fortune | OL | 20989 |
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