William Heffelfinger - Playing Career

Playing Career

Heffelfinger, a three-time All-American, played for Walter Camp at Yale University in 1889, 1890, and 1891. He then played amateur football for the Chicago Athletic Association (for which he was compensated with "double expenses," as was a common practice at the time).

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