Mel Hein
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Melvin Jack Hein, nicknamed "Old Indestructible", was an American professional football player. In the era of one-platoon football, he played as a center and was inducted into the College Football Hal
Hein c. 1942
Hein on the cover of a Giants program from 1937.
Hein, circa 1947
Los Angeles Dons
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The Los Angeles Dons were an American football team in the newly formed football league the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949, and played their home games in the Los Angeles Memorial C
Mel Hein
…1933–1935, 1938–1939, 1941, and 1944). Hein also served as the head football coach at Union College from 1943 to 1946 and as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) from 1947 to 1948, the New York Yankees of the AAFC in 1949, the Los Angeles Rams in 1950, and the USC…
Dons logo 1947
As with many professional football teams of the 1940s and 1950s, the Dons had their own fight song.