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Roy Eugene (Gene) Rose (August 15, 1913 - January 1986) was an American football end in the NFL for the New York Giants. He played college football at the University of Tennessee.

Bob Wilson (August 16, 1913 - May 15, 1999) was an American football player.

Vern Oech (May 31, 1913 - December, 1972) was an American football player.

Darrell George Lester (April 29, 1914 - July 30, 1993) was two-time All-American center for Texas Christian University in the 1930s.

A native of Jacksboro, Texas, Lester was not only a great football player at TCU. He earned nine varsity letters in all, also playing center on the Horned Frogs' basketball team and pitching for the baseball team.

It was football, though, where Lester made his mark. He was the first player in Southwest Conference history to be named consensus All-American twice, earning that honor in both 1934 and 1935. He is the only Horned Frog to be named a two time consensus All-America. He was a captain on the 1935 team, and along with Sammy Baugh led the Frogs to a 12-1 record and a Sugar Bowl victory over LSU. His successor at center for TCU was Ki Aldrich, who was himself a two-time All-American.

Lester was drafted by the Green Bay Packers and played for them for two seasons before retiring due to an injury. After football, Lester served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II, before working for General Mills and being one of the founders of the Bluebonnet Bowl in Houston. He eventually retired to Temple, Texas, where he died in 1993 after being elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988.

Joe Maniaci (January 31, 1914 - September 15, 1996) was an American football player

Robert O'Dell Reynolds (March 30, 1914 - February 8, 1994) was an American football player

Abe "Miracle" Mickal (July 9, 1912 - September 20, 2001) was an American football player. He was named to the College Football Hall of Fame for his career as a running back at LSU and went on to play in the NFL. After his sterling college football career, Abe Mickal became a physician and ultimately become a long-term chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Louisiana State University Medical Center in New Orleans, next to and associated with the famous Charity Hospital of New Orleans. Dr. Mickal was instrumental in educating many Louisiana medical students and obstetricians over several decades at LSU. He retired to become Medical Education director at the Kenner Regional Medical Center (formerly St. Jude Hospital) in Kenner, Louisiana. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity and is survived by his wife Lois and several children and grandchildren.

Jack Weller (January 6, 1913 - August 18, 1994) was an American football player.

Donald Emerson Irwin (July 22, 1913 – June 1983) was an American football running back in the National Football League for the Boston/Washington Redskins. He played college football at Colgate University.

Wallace Leo Fromhart (May 18, 1913—May 23, 2002) was born in the tiny mountain town of Newburg, West Virginia where he lived and attended school up until his freshman year of high school, after which his family moved to the significantly larger town of Moundsville, West Virginia. A gifted athlete, Fromhart played varsity baseball and football for Moundsville High School from 1929-31. Following high school graduation, he worked at the local US Stamping plant until 1932 when he was offered, and accepted, an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Notre Dame and play for the university's baseball team. His athletic prowess also landed him the starting quarterback position on the Fighting Irish football team during his Junior academic year (1935-36).