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Kyle Rote
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Played college football at Southern Methodist University, 1948-1950.
Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1964.
Played halfback and end with the New York Giants, 1951-1961.
In 1950, was second in voting for the Heisman Trophy.
Inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1962.
Selected #1 in the 1951 NFL draft by the New York Giants.
According to
Kyle Rote Jr.
, 14 of his father's New York Giants teammates named their children after him.
Interred in National Memorial Park, Fairfax, Virginia.
In 1951, played minor league baseball with the Corpus Christi Aces of the Gulf Coast League (level B).
Inducted into the San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD) Athletic Hall of Fame in 2015 (inaugural class).
Inducted into the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame in 1995 (inaugural class).
Inducted into the Southern Methodist University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1980.
Inducted into the Southwest Conference (SWC) Hall of Fame in 2013 (inaugural class).
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