Elmer Hackney

{{Short description|American football player (1916–1969)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Elmer Hackney

| number = 20, 34

| position = Fullback

| birth_date = {{birth date|1916|7|8}}

| birth_place = Oberlin, Kansas, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1969|05|30|1916|7|8}}

| death_place = Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 205

| college = Kansas State

| draftyear = 1940

| draftround = 11

| draftpick = 92

| pastteams =

• Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|1940}})
• Pittsburgh Steelers ({{NFL Year|1941}})
• Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|1942|1946}})

| highlights =

• First-team All-Big Six (1938)
• Second-team All-Big Six (1937)
• Kansas Sports Hall of Fame (2003){{cite web | title=Hackney, Elmer | url=http://www.kshof.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=139%3Ahackney-elmer&catid=2&Itemid=5 | publisher=Kansas Sports Hall of Fame | date= | access-date=2012-08-22 | archive-date=2019-12-10 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210062342/http://www.kshof.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=139%3Ahackney-elmer&catid=2&Itemid=5 | url-status=dead }}

| statlabel1 = Rushing yards

| statvalue1 = 846

| statlabel2 = Rushing average

| statvalue2 = 3.8

| statlabel3 = Receptions

| statvalue3 = 19

| statlabel4 = Receiving yards

| statvalue4 = 135

| statlabel5 = Total touchdowns

| statvalue5 = 12

| pfr = HackEl20

}}

Elmer Loyd Hackney{{cite web | title=Elmer Hackney | url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HackEl20.htm | publisher=pro-football-reference.com | date= | access-date=2009-03-25}} (July 8, 1916{{spaced ndash}}May 30, 1969) was a professional American football running back in the National Football League (NFL). Hackney was an 11th-round selection (92nd overall pick) by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1940 NFL draft out of Kansas State University.{{Cite web |title=1940 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1940/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} Hackney played seven seasons for the Eagles (1940),{{cite web | title=Philadelphia Eagles All-Time Roster | url=http://assets.philadelphiaeagles.com/assets/team/alltimeroster101308.pdf | publisher=philadelphiaeagles.com | date= | access-date=2009-03-25 }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} the Pittsburgh Steelers (1941),{{cite web| title=Steelers All-Time Jersey Numbers| url=http://news.steelers.com/MediaContent/2008/08/07/08/All-Time_Roster_Number_92994.pdf| publisher=steelers.com| access-date=2009-03-25| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081031090705/http://news.steelers.com/MediaContent/2008/08/07/08/All-Time_Roster_Number_92994.pdf| archive-date=2008-10-31}} and the Detroit Lions (1942–1946).{{cite web | title=DETROIT LIONS ALL-TIME PLAYER ROSTER | url=http://www.detroitlions.com/photos/AllTimeRoster_08.pdf | publisher=detroitlions.com | date= | access-date=2009-03-25}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} He was known as the "One Man Gang," "Stinkfist," and "Iron Man".{{cite news|title=Iron Man: It's Elmer Hackney's Nickname, But It Isn't True |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mHcbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=b0wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6295%2C6324982 |access-date=May 20, 2011 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Press |page=19 |date=August 18, 1941}}

In college, Hackney was an All-Conference back and was also twice the collegiate national champion at shot put (1938 and 1939). He set an American record of 55 feet, 11 inches, and qualified for the 1940 U.S. Olympic Team, but the Games were cancelled because of World War II.