Position: Halfback
Years: 1973-1976
Place of Birth: Rochester, PA
Date of Birth: Apr 07, 1954
Jersey Number: 33
Height: 5-11
Weight: 192
High School: Aliquippa, PA (Hopewell Township HS)
Tony Dorsett was born April 7, 1954, in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. He attended Hopwell TWP HS. He was All-America halfback three times at Pittsburgh. His college career covers high standards in three categories. One is All-America. He made one team, NEA, in 1973, the first freshman to make All-America since 1944. As a junior he made teams picked by the Football Writers Association and Walter Camp Foundation. In 1976, his senior year, he was a unanimous choice. Another Dorsett category is rushing statistics. As a freshman in 1973 he set a NCAA one-game record, 265 yards, against Northwestern. (The record has since been broken). In national rank each year, he was second, 20th, second, first. His four-year total, 6,082 yards, set an NCAA record. A third Dorsett test is in voting for the Heisman Trophy. In yearly rankings he was 11th, 13th, fourth, first. No one else ever ranked 13th or better four times. In 1976 he also won the Maxwell Trophy. Dorsett went on to play 11 years with Dallas and one with Denver in the NFL. In 1994, "TD Tony" was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
