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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|American football player (1916–1969)}}<br />
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{{Infobox NFL biography<br />
| name = Elmer Hackney <br />
| number = 20, 34<br />
| position = [[Fullback (gridiron football)|Fullback]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1916|7|8}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Oberlin, Kansas]], U.S.<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1969|05|30|1916|7|8}}<br />
| death_place = [[Manhattan, Kansas]], U.S.<br />
| height_ft = 6<br />
| height_in = 2<br />
| weight_lb = 205<br />
| college = [[Kansas State Wildcats football|Kansas State]]<br />
| draftyear = 1940<br />
| draftround = 11<br />
| draftpick = 92 <br />
| pastteams =<br />
* [[Philadelphia Eagles]] ({{NFL Year|1940}})<br />
* [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] ({{NFL Year|1941}})<br />
* [[Detroit Lions]] ({{NFL Year|1942|1946}})<br />
| highlights =<br />
* First-team All-[[Big Eight Conference|Big Six]] ([[1938 All-Big Six Conference football team|1938]])<br />
* Second-team All-Big Six ([[1937 All-Big Six Conference football team|1937]])<br />
* Kansas Sports Hall of Fame (2003)<ref name="Hackney, Elmer">{{cite web | title=Hackney, Elmer | url=http://www.kshof.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=139%3Ahackney-elmer&catid=2&Itemid=5 | publisher=Kansas Sports Hall of Fame | date= | access-date=2012-08-22 | archive-date=2019-12-10 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210062342/http://www.kshof.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=139%3Ahackney-elmer&catid=2&Itemid=5 | url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
| statlabel1 = Rushing yards<br />
| statvalue1 = 846<br />
| statlabel2 = Rushing average<br />
| statvalue2 = 3.8<br />
| statlabel3 = [[Reception (gridiron football)|Reception]]s<br />
| statvalue3 = 19<br />
| statlabel4 = Receiving yards<br />
| statvalue4 = 135<br />
| statlabel5 = Total [[touchdown]]s<br />
| statvalue5 = 12 <br />
| pfr = HackEl20 <br />
}}<br />
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'''Elmer Loyd Hackney'''<ref>{{cite web | title=Elmer Hackney | url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HackEl20.htm | publisher=pro-football-reference.com | date= | access-date=2009-03-25}}</ref> (July 8, 1916{{spaced ndash}}May 30, 1969)<ref name="Hackney, Elmer"/> was a professional [[American football]] [[running back]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL). Hackney was an 11th-round selection (92nd overall pick) by the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] in the [[1940 NFL draft]] out of [[Kansas State University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=1940 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1940/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> Hackney played seven seasons for the Eagles (1940),<ref>{{cite web | title=Philadelphia Eagles All-Time Roster | url=http://assets.philadelphiaeagles.com/assets/team/alltimeroster101308.pdf | publisher=philadelphiaeagles.com | date= | access-date=2009-03-25 }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] (1941),<ref>{{cite web| title=Steelers All-Time Jersey Numbers| url=http://news.steelers.com/MediaContent/2008/08/07/08/All-Time_Roster_Number_92994.pdf| publisher=steelers.com| access-date=2009-03-25| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081031090705/http://news.steelers.com/MediaContent/2008/08/07/08/All-Time_Roster_Number_92994.pdf| archive-date=2008-10-31}}</ref> and the [[Detroit Lions]] (1942–1946).<ref>{{cite web | title=DETROIT LIONS ALL-TIME PLAYER ROSTER | url=http://www.detroitlions.com/photos/AllTimeRoster_08.pdf | publisher=detroitlions.com | date= | access-date=2009-03-25}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> He was known as the "One Man Gang," "Stinkfist," and "Iron Man".<ref>{{cite news|title=Iron Man: It's Elmer Hackney's Nickname, But It Isn't True |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mHcbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=b0wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6295%2C6324982 |access-date=May 20, 2011 |newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Press]] |page=19 |date=August 18, 1941}}</ref><br />
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In college, Hackney was an All-Conference back and was also twice the collegiate national champion at [[shot put]] (1938 and 1939). He set an American record of 55 feet, 11 inches, and qualified for the [[1940 Summer Olympics|1940 U.S. Olympic Team]], but the Games were cancelled because of [[World War II]].<ref name="Hackney, Elmer"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Portal|Biography}}<br />
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[[Category:1916 births]]<br />
[[Category:1969 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People from Oberlin, Kansas]]<br />
[[Category:American football running backs]]<br />
[[Category:Kansas State Wildcats football players]]<br />
[[Category:Philadelphia Eagles players]]<br />
[[Category:Pittsburgh Steelers players]]<br />
[[Category:Detroit Lions players]]<br />
[[Category:American male shot putters]]<br />
[[Category:NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners]]<br />
[[Category:Kansas State Wildcats men's track and field athletes]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]<br />
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