Hall of Fame
An All-Pro defensive back five times in the NFL, Don Paul is best remembered by WSU fans as a fine all-around athlete. He concentrated on football at WSU, but also lettered two years in baseball and played third base for the 1950 club that finished second in the College World Series. Paul was an All-Conference running back in 1949 and played for the West team in the East-West Shrine Game. He still owns the WSU record for season punt return average and for more than 30 years shared the single-game scoring record with his three touchdowns against Stanford in 1946. He played professionally for nine seasons, four with the Chicago Cardinals and five with the Cleveland Browns, playing on two NFL title clubs with the Browns. In 1978 he was inducted into the State of Washington Sports Hall of Fame and in 1995 he was named to the Spokesman-Review’s All-Century WSU football team.
