Talk:Hugh McElhenny

Of possible use for expanding this
David Eskenazi, Wayback Machine: Hugh McElhenny & the Kings, Sportspress Northwest, March 22, 2011.

1952 NFL Rookie of the Year
He currently isn't displayed on National Football League Rookie of the Year Award. Facts don't seem to be in dispute, but I couldn't tie this to a selector (UPI, Sporting News, etc). Potential supporting cites:
 * http://sportspressnw.com/2196330/2015/wayback-machine-star-of-years-best-alums
 * http://www.psacard.com/cardfacts/football-cards/1962-topps/hugh-mcelhenny-92/7993
 * http://articles.latimes.com/1985-01-20/sports/sp-10560_1_hugh-mcelhenny (also has a neat Super Bowl coin toss story with Pres Reagan)

Some have referred to it as a unanimous selection, but that article doesn't have 1952 support at the moment. UW Dawgs (talk) 18:43, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I just asked Cbl62 if he could find anything. I was always under the impression that the UPI and Sporting News were the first to give ROTY awards, in 1955. Lizard  (talk) 18:49, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Also, trading cards are usually terrible sources. For example, McElhenny and Perry never played together at Compton University. That's a misconception that was also in Perry's article. Lizard  (talk) 18:58, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Agreed, included as directional support for the general research issue. UW Dawgs (talk) 19:03, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

Date of Death
He died on June 17th according to ESPN — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.122.216.158 (talk) 19:56, 23 June 2022 (UTC)