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Hornung, nicknamed the "Golden Boy," won the Heisman Trophy in 1956 as the year’s outstanding player in United States College football and is the only player from a losing team (his University of Notre Dame team finished 2-8 that year) ever to win the trophy. Highly versatile, Paul Hornung was a quarterback who could run, pass, block and tackle and is the person most football observers consider as the greatest all-around football player in Notre Dame history. In the 1956 season, he led his team offensively in passing, rushing, scoring, kickoff and punt returns and punting. He also played defense and led his team in passes broken up and was a team second in interceptions and tackles made.
In 1957, after graduating university with a degree in business, Hornung was drafted number one overall into the National Football League by the Green Bay Packers with whom he would go on to win four league championships including the first ever Super Bowl in 1967 in sports. As a pro, he was one of the most versatile players in the history of the game, playing the halfback position as well as being a field goalAmerican football A field goal is a form of scoring in American Football wherein, instead of snapping the ball to a quarterback, the ball is snapped to a placeholder who holds the ball against the ground in such a way that a kicker can kick the ball throu kicker for several seasons. Hornung led the league in scoring for three straight seasons from 1959See also 1958 in sports, other events of 1959, 1960 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'. Auto Racing Stock car racing: Lee Petty won the inaugural Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship — Lee Petty Indianapolis 500 — Rodger Ward USAC Racing — Rodger Ward, through 1961See also 1960 in sports, other events of 1961, 1962 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'. Auto Racing Stock car racing: Marvin Panch won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship Ned Jarrett Indianapolis 500 A. Foyt USAC Racing A. Foyt won the driving ch. During the 1960See also 1959 in sports, other events of 1960, 1961 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'. Auto Racing Stock car racing: Junior Johnson won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship Rex White Indianapolis 500 Jim Rathmann USAC Racing A. Foyt won the seaso season, in just 12 games, he set an all-time record by scoring 176 points, plus, he also threw two touchdown passes. In 1961 he set the record for the most points scored in a Championship game. Considered the best short-yardage runner to ever play the game, twice he was voted the league’s most valuable player and during his career was chosen as an All-Pro twice and named to the Pro BowlAmerican football competitions The Pro Bowl is the National Football League's All-Star game. The game is the last game of the season. It's officially called the AFC-NFC Pro Bowl . The game has been played at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii since Februar twice. He is one of only five players to have won both the Heisman Trophy and the NFL's Most Valuable Player Award.
Obliged to serve in the United States Military, Hornung was called up to active duty in the army during the 1961 season but was able to get weekend leave to play on Sundays. His coach, Vince Lombardi was a friend of the then President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and the president arranged an army furlough so Hornung could play in the NFL championship game against the New York Giants.
Idolized by fans, and wealthy from numerous commercial endorsements, Paul Hornung enjoyed his success and the good life that fame and money brought. On more than one occasion, he was fined by his team’s coach for staying out past curfew. He is famously quoted as having once said: Never get married in the morning - you never know who you might meet that night. However, his penchant for high-living would prove disastrous when, in 1963, a major scandal erupted and Paul Hornung and another of the league's top stars, Alex Karras of the Detroit Lions, were suspended from football indefinitely for betting on games and associating with undesirable persons. Forthright in admitting to his mistake, Hornung's image went relatively untarnished, and in 1964 his suspension (and that of Karras as well) was re-evaluated by the League and Hornung returned to play for the Packers for another three seasons before injury problems forced him to retire at the end of the 1966 season.
Paul Hornung was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Following his retirement he entered the business world but remained involved with professional football as the producer and host of a nationally televised sports program. He also did commetary on television broadcasts of college football for several years to a generally favorable reception.
The "Paul Hornung Award," is given out annually to the state of Kentucky’s top high school player.
During a radio interview on March 30, 2004, Hornung, speaking about the recent lack of football success at Notre Dame, said, "We can't stay as strict as we are as far as the academic structure is concerned because we've got to get the black athletes. We must get the black athletes if we're going to compete." The response was immediate. The University replied with, "We strongly disagree with the thesis of his remarks. They are generally insensitive and specifically insulting to our past and current African-American student-athletes."
Hornung said that he wasn't differentiating between races. "We need better ball players, black and white, at Notre Dame."
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