Tiny Feather


Elwin Elton "Tiny" Feather was a professional American football player who played running back for eight seasons for the Cleveland Bulldogs, Detroit Wolverines, New York Giants, Staten Island Stapletons, and Cincinnati Reds. A single wing fullback and blocking back, Feather scored 10 touchdowns in a National Football League career that spanned seven seasons.

Biography

Feather was a single wing fullback at Kansas State Agricultural College, earning his first varsity letter as a sophomore in 1924. The Aggies finished with a record of 1–4–1 in the Missouri Valley Conference for the 1924 season — in 8th place out of nine teams.
In 1925, Feather's junior season at Kansas State, the team took a step forward, outscoring their opponents 70 to 43, en route to a tie for third place in the Missouri Valley Conference.
Feather also played for the Aggies as a senior in 1926.
He finally earned a degree from Kansas State in 1932.
Feather began playing football professionally in 1927 for the Cleveland Bulldogs of the National Football League. He would go on to play for a series of teams in the struggling league, including the New York Giants, Staten Island Stapletons, and the Cincinnati Reds.
After leaving the NFL, Feather worked as a farmer in Sherman County, Kansas.
Feather died July 15, 1965, at Goodland, Kansas, of a heart attack. He was 63 years old at the time of his death.