Hall of Fame
Position: Halfback
Years: 1937-1939
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, CA
Date of Birth: Aug 31, 1918
Place of Death: Los Angeles, CA
Date of Death: Jun 24, 1971
Jersey Number: 13
Height: 6-1
Weight: 195
High School: Los Angeles, CA (Lincoln HS)
Ken Washington was the first All-American in the history of the University of California-Los Angeles football and the first Bruin to be elected to the National Football Foundation's Hall of Fame. In his three years at UCLA, 1937-1939, the team had records of 2-6-1, 7-4-1, 6-0-4. After his All-America season of 1939, the Helms Foundation named him the Athlete of the Year for all of Southern California. Liberty Magazine named him Back of the Year. He rushed for 1,914 yards in his career, a school record for 34 years. In the 1937 game with Southern California, newspaper accounts credited him with making a pass 62 yards in the air to Hal Hirshon. In 1955, the Helms Foundation named Washington and Southern Cal's Morley Drury the greatest football players in the area up to that time. Washington played professionally for the Hollywood Bears, a minor league team, and three years with the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (1946- 1948).
