American football fullbacks

Ferdinand John Burket (born January 9, 1933) is a retired Canadian football player who played for the Montreal Alouettes and Saskatchewan Roughriders. He played college football at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

Norman Lee Rathje (April 27, 1936 – December 9, 2011) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at North Park College—now known as North Park University—from 1967 to 1968.

John Doehring (November 6, 1909 – November 18, 1972) was an American football halfback/fullback in the National Football League (NFL). Despite never playing in college, he played professionally for the Chicago Bears (1932–1934, 1936–1937) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (1935).

Dougal Russell Jr. (June 11, 1911 – October 10, 1995) was a professional American football player. In the 1935 season, Russell led the NFL in rushing yards with 499. On November 27, 1938, during a game against the Cleveland Rams, Russell threw a 98-yard touchdown pass to Gaynell Tinsley.

Michael Karl Kellogg (born October 28, 1942) is a former American football fullback who played two seasons with the Denver Broncos of the American Football League (AFL). He played college football at Santa Clara University and attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California.
He a former judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court; he retired in 2018. His brother is Gen. Keith Kellogg.

John "Bull" Karcis (December 3, 1908 – September 4, 1973) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally as a fullback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and New York Giants. Karcis was also the head coach for the Detroit Lions in 1942. He played college football at Carnegie Tech.
Karcis served as coach of the Lions in 1942 after Bill Edwards was fired three games into the season. It was a season of disaster for the team, which had player shortages due to World War II that took out talent. In his eight games as coach, Karcis lost each one, with the Lions being shutout three times. The most points scored by the team during his tenure was 7, which was done four times.Karcis was inducted into the Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame.

Warren Camp Wilson (March 29, 1922 – March 22, 2001) was an American football player. He played college football at Tarleton Junior College (1941), Hardin–Simmons University (1942), and the University of Tulsa (1943–1945). He helped lead his teams to appearances in the four consecutive New Year's Day bowl games: 1943 Sun Bowl, 1944 Sugar Bowl, 1945 Orange Bowl, and 1946 Oil Bowl. He later played at the fullback position for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) from 1946 to 1949 and was the team's leading rusher each year from 1946 to 1948.

Robert Lee Smith (February 28, 1929 – January 5, 2005) was an American football fullback who played two seasons with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the fourth round of the 1951 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas A&M University and attended Mirabeau B. Lamar Senior High School in Houston, Texas.

Lawrence Dean Hickman (October 9, 1935 – February 10, 2017) was a professional American football fullback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Cardinals and Green Bay Packers. He played college football at Baylor University.

Dee Whitfield "Pete" Hart (born April 19, 1933) is a former American football player who played with the New York Titans. He played college football at Hardin–Simmons University.