Charlie Honaker

{{Short description|American football player (1899–1974)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Charlie Honaker

| image = Honaker.jpg

| caption = Honaker in 1922

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|10|11}}

| birth_place = Russell, Kentucky, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1974|4|21|1899|10|11}}

| death_place =

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lbs = 185

| position = End, halfback

| pfr = HonaCh20

| teams =

• Cleveland Bulldogs (1924)

}}

Charles Franklin "Honey" Honaker (October 11, 1899 – April 21, 1974) was a professional American football player, who played in six games in the early National Football League (NFL), for the Cleveland Bulldogs in 1924.{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HonaCh20.htm|title=Charlie Honaker - Pro Football Reference|publisher=Pro Football Reference|access-date=October 10, 2024}} He was a member of the Bulldogs 1924 NFL Championship team. Prior to his professional career, he played at the college level for Virginia Military Institute and the Ohio State Buckeyes, where he lettered for the team in 1921, 1922, and 1923. In 1921, he was given the nickname "Honey" by the Buckeyes fans. According to an October 7, 1922 game program between Ohio State and Ohio Wesleyan University, Honaker's hometown was Russell, Kentucky.