Beattie Feathers

Rushing yards	1,980
Rushing attempts	378
Rushing average	5.2
Rushing touchdowns	16
Receiving yards	243
Receptions	15
Yards per reception	16.2
Receiving touchdowns	1
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Beattie Feathers
	Feathers from 1933 Volunteer
No. 48, 44, 3
Position	Halfback
Personal information
Born	August 20, 1909; Bristol, Virginia, U.S.
Died	March 11, 1979 (aged 69); Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
Listed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	Virginia; (Bristol, Virginia)
College	Tennessee (1931–1933)
Career history
Playing
	Chicago Bears (1934–1937); Brooklyn Dodgers (1938–1939); Green Bay Packers (1940);
Coaching
	Football Appalachian State (1942); Head coach; NC State (1944–1951); Head coach; Texas Tech (1954–1960); Assistant coach; Wake Forest (1961–1977); Assistant coach; Baseball NC State (1945); Head coach; Texas Tech (1954–1960); Head coach; Wake Forest (1972–1975); Head coach;
Awards and highlights
	First-team All-Pro (1934); Second-team All-Pro (1936); NFL rushing yards leader (1934); NFL rushing touchdowns co-leader (1934); NFL 1930s All-Decade Team; 100 greatest Bears of all-time; SoCon champion (1932); SEC Player of the Year (1933); Consensus All-American (1933); Third-team All-American (1932); First-team All-Southern (1932); First-team All-SEC (1933);
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards
Rushing yards	1,980
Rushing attempts	378
Rushing average	5.2
Rushing touchdowns	16
Receiving yards	243
Receptions	15
Yards per reception	16.2
Receiving touchdowns	1
	Stats at Pro Football Reference
Head coaching record
Career	42–40–4 (football); 79–135–1 (baseball)

William Beattie "Big Chief" Feathers (August 20, 1909 – March 11, 1979) was an American football player and coach of football and baseball. He played college football and college basketball at the University of Tennessee and had a seven-year career in the National Football League (NFL) playing for the Chicago Bears and two other teams.

Feathers is remembered for his 1934 rookie season in the NFL when he became the first player in league history to gain more than 1,000 yards rushing in a single year.