Pug Rentner

American football player (1910–1978)

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Born:| (1910-09-18)September 18, 1910
Joliet, Illinois, U.S.
Died:| August 24, 1978(1978-08-24) (aged 67)
Glencoe, Illinois, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)| Halfback, quarterback
Height| 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight| 187 lb (85 kg)
College| Northwestern
Career history
As player
1934–1936| Boston Redskins
1937| Chicago Bears
Career highlights and awards

* Consensus All-American (1931)
* 2× First-team All-Big Ten (1930, 1931)

Career stats

* Playing stats at NFL.com
* Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com (archive)

* College Football Hall of Fame

Ernest John "Pug" Rentner (September 18, 1910 – August 24, 1978) was an American football halfback and quarterback who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Boston Redskins and the Chicago Bears. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1979.

## Early life

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Rentner attended the Farragut School in Joliet, Illinois.[1]

## College career

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Rentner played college football at Northwestern University and was chosen to the 1931 College Football All-America Team. He was selected as Northwestern's Most Valuable Player in 1932.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Ernie "Pug" Rentner". College Football Hall of Fame. Football Foundation. Retrieved December 17, 2008.

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Northwestern Wildcats starting quarterbacks

* Unknown (1882–1885)
* Robert D. Silver, Jr. (1886)
* Clyde M. Carr (1887)
* Unknown (1888)
* Ralph A. Harris (1889)
* Unknown (1890–1891)
* Frank W. Griffith (1892)
* Unknown (1893–1904)
* James E. Johnson (1905)
* Unknown (1908–1909)
* "Dug" Johnson (1910)
* Unknown (1911–1912)
* Wilbur E. Hightower (1913–1914)
* Unknown (1915)
* Paddy Driscoll (1916)
* Unknown (1917–27)
* Walt Holmer (1928)
* Unknown (1929)
* Lee Hanley (1930)
* Lafayette Russell (1930)
* Pug Rentner (1930–32)
* George Potter (1931–32)
* Ollie Olson (1933–34)
* Steve Toth (1935)
* Fred Vanzo (1936–37)
* Unknown (1938–39)
* Dick Erdlitz (1940)
* Bill DeCorrevont (1941)
* Otto Graham (1941–43)
* Unknown (1944–46)
* Jim Farrar (1947)
* Don Burson (1948–49)
* Dick Flowers (1950)
* Bob Burson (1951)
* Bob Bunco (1951)
* Dick Thomas (1952–53)
* John Rearden (1954)
* Dale Pienta (1955–56)
* Chip Holcomb (1957)
* Dick Thornton (1958, 60)
* John Talley (1959)
* Tom O'Grady (1961)
* Tom Myers (1962–64)
* Denny Boothe (1965)
* Bill Melzer (1966–67)
* Dave Shelbourne (1968)
* Maurie Daigneau (1969–71)
* Mitch Anderson (1972–74)
* Randy Dean (1975–76)
* Scott Stranski (1977)
* Kevin Strasser (1978)
* Mike Kerrigan (1979–81)
* Kevin Villars (1981)
* Sandy Schwab (1982–84)
* Mike Greenfield (1984–87)
* Greg Bradshaw (1988)
* Tim O'Brien (1989)
* Len Williams (1990–93)
* Tim Hughes (1994, 97)
* Steve Schnur (1994–96)
* Gavin Hoffman (1998)
* Nick Kreinbrink (1999)
* Zak Kustok (1999–2001)
* Tony Stauss (2002)
* Brett Basanez (2002–05)
* Mike Kafka (2006–09)
* C. J. Bachér (2006–08)
* Dan Persa (2010–11)
* Evan Watkins (2010)
* Kain Colter (2011–13)
* Trevor Siemian (2012–14)
* Zack Oliver (2014)
* Clayton Thorson (2015–18)
* Hunter Johnson (2019, 2021)
* Aidan Smith (2019)
* Andrew Marty (2019, 2021)
* Peyton Ramsey (2020)
* Ryan Hilinski (2021–2022)
* Brendan Sullivan (2022–2023)
* Ben Bryant (2023)
* Mike Wright (2024)
* Jack Lausch (2024)

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Washington Commanders starting quarterbacks (1950–present)

Formerly the Boston Braves (1932), Boston Redskins (1933–1936), Washington Redskins (1937–2019), and Washington Football Team (2020–2021)

* Sammy Baugh (1950–1952)
* Harry Gilmer (1950–1951)
* Eddie LeBaron (1952–1953, 1955–1959)
* Jack Scarbath (1953–1954)
* Al Dorow (1954–1956)
* Ralph Guglielmi (1955, 1958–1960)
* Eagle Day (1960)
* Norm Snead (1961–1963)
* Sonny Jurgensen (1964–1974)
* Dick Shiner (1965)
* Jim Ninowski (1968)
* Billy Kilmer (1971–1978)
* Randy Johnson (1975)
* Joe Theismann (1976–1985)
* Mike Kruczek (1980)
* Jay Schroeder (1985–1987)
* Ed Rubbert (1987)
* Doug Williams (1987–1989)
* Mark Rypien (1988–1993)
* Stan Humphries (1990)
* Jeff Rutledge (1990)
* Rich Gannon (1993)
* Cary Conklin (1993)
* Heath Shuler (1994–1995)
* John Friesz (1994)
* Gus Frerotte (1994–1998)
* Jeff Hostetler (1997)
* Trent Green (1998)
* Brad Johnson (1999–2000)
* Jeff George (2000–2001)
* Tony Banks (2001)
* Shane Matthews (2002)
* Patrick Ramsey (2002–2005)
* Danny Wuerffel (2002)
* Tim Hasselbeck (2003)
* Mark Brunell (2004–2006)
* Jason Campbell (2006–2009)
* Todd Collins (2007)
* Donovan McNabb (2010)
* Rex Grossman (2010–2011)
* John Beck (2011)
* Robert Griffin III (2012–2014)
* Kirk Cousins (2012–2017)
* Colt McCoy (2014, 2018–2019)
* Alex Smith (2018, 2020)
* Mark Sanchez (2018)
* Josh Johnson (2018)
* Case Keenum (2019)
* Dwayne Haskins (2019–2020)
* Kyle Allen (2020)
* Ryan Fitzpatrick (2021)
* Taylor Heinicke (2021–2022)
* Garrett Gilbert (2021)
* Carson Wentz (2022)
* Sam Howell (2022–2023)
* Jayden Daniels (2024–present)

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1931 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Backfield|

* QB Barry Wood
* HB Pug Rentner
* HB Marchmont Schwartz
* FB Gaius Shaver

Line|

* E Jerry Dalrymple
* E Vernon "Catfish" Smith
* T Dallas Marvil
* T Jess Quatse
* T Jack Riley
* G Johnny Baker
* G Biggie Munn
* C Tommy Yarr

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