Olie Cordill

No. 1

Position:

Halfback

Personal information

Date of birth:

April 28, 1916

Place of birth:

Big Spring, Texas

Date of death:

November 14, 1988 (aged 72)

Career information

College:

Rice

NFL draft:

1940 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5

Career history

Cleveland Rams (1940)

Career highlights and awards

1× Pro Bowl selection (1940)

Career NFL statistics

Rushing attempts-yards:	24-73
Receptions-yards:	14-158
Touchdowns:	2

Olie James Cordill (April 28, 1916 – November 14, 1988) was a professional American football halfback in the National Football League. A 1st round selection (5th overall pick) in the 1940 NFL Draft out of Rice University, Cordill played for the Cleveland Rams in that year.

External links

Olie Cordill at Find a Grave

1940 NFL draft first-round selections

George Cafego George McAfee Kay Eakin Banks McFadden Olie Cordill Doyle Nave Bulldog Turner Ed Boell Hal Van Every Grenny Lansdell

Cleveland / St. Louis / Los Angeles Rams first-round draft picks

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