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| A two-time first team All-American (1940 and ’41) and regarded by many who saw him play as the best left-handed quarterback to ever play the game, Frankie Albert led the Stanford “Wow Boys” to a 10-0 record in 1940, including a 21-3 Rose Bowl victory over Nebraska. Albert played an integral role in implementing the T-formation scheme that revolutionized college football after moving from tailback to quarterback when the offense was implemented prior to his junior year in 1940. He finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy balloting in 1940 and improved to third a year later. Albert scored passed for 15 scores and rushed for nine more at Stanford to go with 12 interceptions on the defensive side of the ball. While also serving as the team’s placekicker and punter. The three-year letterman went on to become a Pro Bowl selection for the San Francisco 49ers and was later recruited as head coach of his old NFL team. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1956. | |||||||||||
