Ernie Nevers of the Duluth Eskimos. (National Football League)

Ernie Nevers, left, former Stanford football star and All-American fullback, is shown with Glenn "Pop" Warner, Stanford coach, following his arrival at the University in Palo Alto, Ca., Sept. 12, 1932. Nevers will be assistant coach. (Associated Press)

Glenn S. "Pop" Warner, former football coach, chats with two of his former players, Ernie Nevers, left, and Jim Thorpe, right, at a luncheon in San Francisco, California.(Associated Press)

Oregon's star quarterback George Shaw, right, recieves the Glenn S. (Pop) Warner award from Ernie Nevers, a former Stanford great at a banquet given by the Palo Club in Palo Alto, Calif. on Jan. 26, 1955. (Associated Press)

Eleven of the 17 charter members who were enshrined into the national pro football Hall of Fame at Canton, Ohio, on Sept. 7, 1963. Front row from left: Earl "Dutch" Clark, Earl "Curley" Lambeau, Mel Hein, John "Blood" McNally and Don Hutson. Back row from left: Sammy Baugh, Cal Hubbard, Bronko Nagurski, George Halas, Red Grange and Ernie Nevers. They hold busts of themselves to be displayed in the Hall. (Associated Press)

Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees, from left, Bronko Nagurski, Ernie Nevers, and Johnny "Blood" McNally, pose with their busts as they are honored during halftime ceremonies in Twin Cities, St. Paul, Mn., Nov. 24, 1963. (Associated Press)

A detail view of a display featuring Ernie Nevers locker of the Eskimos inside of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Scott Boehm)