70. George Sauer
Football / Lincoln / 1911-1994
QUICK FACTS:
Played for: Lincoln High, Nebraska Cornhuskers and Green Bay Packers
Best athlete from Nebraska played with or against: Bernie Masterson, who played with Sauer on Lincoln High's state championship football team, then for the Cornhuskers from 1931 to '33 as a back on three straight unbeaten Big Six championship teams.
Best moment as an athlete: At the end of his All-America season in 1933, Sauer led the voting for players in the New Year's Day East-West Shrine All-Star game, and was later named to the all-time Shrine All-Star team.
George Sauer led Nebraska to Big Six championships in 1931, '32 and '33, conference seasons during which Nebraska was undefeated and the fullback was allconference.
He was an All-America in 1933 for the No. 2-ranked Cornhuskers. Sauer also lettered in track, baseball and wrestling while at Nebraska. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
Sauer played for the Green Bay Packers from 1935 through '37 and roomed with talented receiver Don Hutson. The Packers were 10-1 in 1936 and won the National Football League title.
He also performed great feats on the sidelines, coaching at Navy, New Hampshire, Kansas and Baylor, where he was athletic director for 10 years. After turning the program around in New Hampshire, a street was named for him.
In 1961 he was manager and assistant coach of the then New York Titans, who later became the Jets. He was instrumental in the signing of quarterback Joe Namath.
His son, George Jr., later starred for the New York Jets.
-- Richard Egan
QUICK FACTS:
Played for: Lincoln High, Nebraska Cornhuskers and Green Bay Packers
Best athlete from Nebraska played with or against: Bernie Masterson, who played with Sauer on Lincoln High's state championship football team, then for the Cornhuskers from 1931 to '33 as a back on three straight unbeaten Big Six championship teams.
Best moment as an athlete: At the end of his All-America season in 1933, Sauer led the voting for players in the New Year's Day East-West Shrine All-Star game, and was later named to the all-time Shrine All-Star team.
