- Fullback for the Baltimore Colts (1955-1960).
- Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1975.
- Winner of the 1954 Heisman Trophy as the country's outstanding college football player.
- Fullback and linebacker on the University of Wisconsin's football team, 1951-1954.
- Rushed for 133 yards in the 1953 Rose Bowl.
- Selected by the Baltimore Colts in the first round (3rd overall) of the 1955 NFL Draft.
- Following his football career, he and Baltimore Colts teammate Gino Marchetti founded the Gino's Hamburgers restaurant chain.
- Inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1967.
- Interred in Calvary Cemetery, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Inducted into the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1992.
- Inducted into the University of Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1991 (inaugural class).
- Led the NFL in rushes (213), rushing yards (961), and rushing touchdowns (9) in 1955.
- Inducted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame in 1982.
- Named "Greatest Player" on the University of Wisconsin's All-Time Team in 1969.
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