An outstanding two-sport athlete at West Virginia University in the mid-1930s, tackle Joe Stydahar went on to have a Hall of Fame NFL career with the famed Chicago Bears of the 1940s.

Playing for Coach Charles Tallman at WVU, Stydahar was one of the lone bright spots on teams that posted records of 3-5-3, 6-4 and 3-4-2. In fact during 1934, Stydahar set a still-standing record of seven blocked punts in one season. Amazingly, three of those blocked punts went for touchdowns.

Stydahar, although only managing third-team All-America status in football by the NEA Service, was selected to play in both the East-West Shrine Game and the College Football All-Star Game in Chicago.

By playing in both games, Stydahar became the first Mountaineer football player to participate in more than one sanctioned college football all-star game.

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• Position: Tackle
• Hometown: Shinnston, W.Va.
• Inducted into WVU Hall of Fame: 1991