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24 de ago. de 2012 · STEVE VAN BUREN, the slashing Hall of Fame running back who led the Eagles to their first two NFL championships in the late 1940s, died Thursday from pneumonia in Lancaster, Pa. He was 91. Considered by many the greatest Eagles player of all time, Van Buren took an unlikely path to pro football from a small Caribbean island off Honduras to revolutionize the position of running back in the era ...
28 de nov. de 2019 · When the NFL picked its 75th Anniversary Team in 1994, Steve Van Buren was selected as one of the running backs. He was on the list with Jim Brown, Walter Payton, Gale Sayers, O.J. Simpson, and Bronko Nagurski, the greatest runners of all time. Van Buren, who led the Eagles to back-to-back NFL Championships in 1948 and '49, was surprised when ...
Steve Van Buren, the only unanimous choice on The Associated Press All-Professional Football Team, holds up a card in Philadelphia displaying the 110 points he scored as halfback with the ...
Steve Van Buren was one of the hardest-hitting men in all of football in the mid to late 1940s. Steve was born in La Ceiba, Honduras to a father that was American and a Latino mother. His parents tragically both died when he was about ten years old and then the orphan was sent to live with relatives near New Orleans.
17 de sept. de 2023 · Steve Van Buren was born on December 28, 1920, in La Ceiba, Honduras. His family later moved to New Orleans, where he attended Warren Easton High School. It was there that his football prowess began to emerge. After high school, Van Buren attended LSU (Louisiana State University), where he continued to impress as a running back.
24 de ago. de 2012 · STEVE VAN BUREN George Tames/NY Times/1948 The 6-foot-1, 200-pound back had a leg injury in training camp before the 1952 season and retired as the NFL’s career rushing leader. The Eagles later ...
23 de ago. de 2012 · PHILADELPHIA -- Steve Van Buren, the square-jawed Hall of Fame running back who led the Philadelphia Eagles to NFL titles in 1948 and 1949, has died. He was 91. The Eagles said Van Buren died ...
