List of United States Naval Academy Alumni - Athletes - Football Players

Football Players

See also: Navy Midshipmen football
Name Class year Notability References
Hamilton, Thomas J.Thomas J. Hamilton 1927 Halfback on 1926 National Championship team; Head coach and athletic director at both the Academy and the University of Pittsburgh; Commissioner of the AWWU/Pac-8 Conference; World War II veteran; winner of the Theodore Roosevelt Award from the NCAA, the Stagg Award from the American Football Coaches Association and the Gold Medal from the National Football Foundation; member of College Football Hall of Fame
Cutter, Slade D.Slade D. Cutter 1935 An all-American football player, he achieved instant fame as a first classman when he won the 1934 Army-Navy game with a first-quarter field goal. On the basis of his Academy football career, he was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Whitmire, Donald B.Donald B. Whitmire 1945 Don Whitmire played tackle at 5-11 and 215-pounds for Alabama, 1941-1942 and Navy, 1943-1944. He made one All America (NEA) in 1942, was consensus All-America 1943, and unanimous All-America 1944. Rip Miller, Navy line coach, recruited him for Navy after spotting his picture in Street and Smith Football Magazine in 1943. The Washington Touchdown Club in 1944 voted Whitmire the Rockne Trophy as the nation's best lineman. Whitmire was brigade commander, the highest rank a midshipman can attain, at the Naval Academy. On the basis of his Alabama and Academy football career, he was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1956.
McElwee, BobBob McElwee 1957 National Football League (NFL) referee for 27 years (1976–2003); officiated three Super Bowls; commissioned in the United States Air Force
Reifsnyder, BobBob Reifsnyder 1959 1957 All-American defensive end; 1957 Maxwell Award winner; Member College Football Hall of Fame; Professional football player
Bellino, JoeJoe Bellino 1961 1960 Heisman Trophy winner; American football halfback in the American Football League for the Boston Patriots
Staubach, RogerRoger Staubach 1965 1963 Heisman Trophy and the Maxwell Award in 1963, his junior year at the Academy; National Football League Hall of Fame quarterback with the Dallas Cowboys; member of College Football Hall of Fame
O'Brien, TomTom O'Brien 1971 Current Football Head Coach North Carolina State (2007–present); former Football Head Coach with Boston College (1996–2006)
Stufflebeem, JohnJohn Stufflebeem 1975 Recipient of the Silver Anniversary Awards from the National Collegiate Athletic Association
McConkey, PhilPhil McConkey 1979 National Football League wide receiver who won Super Bowl XXI with the New York Giants
McCallum, NapoleonNapoleon McCallum 1985 Former National Football League running back for the Los Angeles Raiders (1986–1994); fulfilled his Navy commitment while playing for the Raiders; inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003; the Academy's Napoleon McCallum Trophy is named in his honor

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