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2020 Buckeye Trivia Contest - won by BN27

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BuckeyeNation27 said:
Dante Lavelli
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Correct – Dante “Gluefingers” Lavelli is the answer. Dante wore #33 for the Buckeyes in 1942. He didn't start the opener against Fort Knox due to a 'charley horse', and also saw limited action the next week against Indiana. Late in the next home game against USC, he broke a bone in his leg when he was hit while going up for a pass. That ended his season, and since he went into the Army after that, those 3 games were his entire career at tOSU. In 1941, freshmen weren't eligible to play.

His Army duty was notable. He was in the 28th Division, nicknamed the 'Bloody Buckets Division". He was in the invasion of Normandy, marched into Paris, and fought in the Battle of the Bulge, including Bastogne.

After the war, he was ready to sign to play baseball for the Detroit Tigers when he received a call learning about an opportunity to play for the newly formed Cleveland Browns.

The Browns won 4 straight AAFC titles from '46-'49, won the NFL title in 1950, the first year after the merger. The opener was against the Eagles, who had won the NFL Championship Games in the previous 2 years with a shutout each time. The Browns 35-10 win stunned the football world. Graham threw for 346 yards, including a 26-yard TD to Lavelli. After the game, Paul Brown said "I think today we were the best football team I've ever seen". Eagles head coach Greasy Neale said,"Brown would have made a better basketball coach because all they do is put the ball in the air."

Brown used the rematch later that season to make a point to Neale, who was on the 1919 Cincinnati Reds World Series team, and is in the NFL Hall of Fame as a coach. The Browns won the November game in Cleveland by a score 13-7 without completing a pass. One throw to Lavelli was wiped out by a penalty, which ended his streak of consecutive games with a reception.

After losing NFL title games in '51-'52-'53, the Browns won the crown in both '54 and '55. Graham retired after the '55 season, and Lavelli retired the year after that.

Next question coming right up.

But yeah, 3 roommates - an NFL Hall of Famer, a Heisman winner, and a Super Bowl winning head coach!
 
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AKAK said:
Don Scott
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Correct – Don Scott was an All-American in 1939 and 1940, and also played on the 1939 basketball team that made the first NCAA Tournament Championship Game. In the 1941 NFL Draft, held on Dec. 10, 1940, barely a year before Pearl Harbor, the Chicago Bears drafted Heisman winner Tom Harmon of TTUN #1 overall (as a halfback), and selected Don Scott as the #9 overall pick. Rather than head for the NFL, Scott volunteered to fight in Europe, entering the US Army Air Forces. He died in training when a B-26 Marauder bomber crashed in England on October 1, 1943. Exactly 1 month later, the recently opened Ohio State University Airport was christened as Don Scott Field.

Last question for this session coming right up.
 
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Which other Buckeye football player, who once scored 6 TDs in the first half of a conference game, also had an airport named after him?

HINT - the airport was in Ohio but it hasn't been active for decades

HINT - He was a four sport letterman at Ohio State, and was the first to do so, although some information on the Internet incorrectly says Chic Harley was the first to play 4, they were teammates but Harley was younger

HINT - Search BP thread titles instead of using google for this one
 
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HINT - He was a four sport letterman at Ohio State, and was the first to do so, although some information on the Internet incorrectly says Chic Harley was the first to play 4, they were teammates but Harley was younger
 
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