Chuck Hunsinger Charles Ray Hunsinger ( July 25 , 1925 – March 23 , 1998 ) was an American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League ( NFL ) and the Canadian Football League ( CFL ) for six seasons during the 1950s . Hunsinger played college football for the University of Florida , and thereafter , he played professionally for the Chicago Bears of the NFL and the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL . Early life . Hunsinger was born in Harrisburg , Illinois in 1925 . He attended Harrisburg High School , and played for the Harrisburg Bulldogs high school football team . College career . Hunsinger attended the University of Florida in Gainesville , Florida , where he was a running back for coach Bear Wolf ' s Florida Gators football team from 1946 to 1949 . He rushed for 2 , 017 yards in his college career , with 842 yards in 1948 and 774 yards in 1949 . Hunsinger was popular with the Florida student body , and the " Humdinger Song " ( including the lyric " Hunsinger is a humdinger " ) was written by a pair of Alabama sports writers and sung by students . Memorably , in 1948 , he had a 96 - yard kickoff return for a touchdown against the Alabama Crimson Tide , and his 842 total yards for 1948 would remain the Gators ' single season rushing record until it was broken by Nat Moore in 1972 . Hunsinger had two outstanding games in 1949 , rushing for 199 yards versus the Furman Hurricanes and 174 yards and three touchdowns against the Georgia Bulldogs . He was a first - team All - Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) selection in 1948 and 1949 . Hunsinger graduated from the Florida with a bachelor ' s degree in 1950 , and was later inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a " Gator Great . " Professional career . Chicago Bears . The Chicago Bears selected Hunsinger in the first round ( third pick overall ) of the 1950 NFL Draft , and he had a three - year career with the Bears , from to . He played thirty - four games in all , rushing for 834 yards ( his best year was with 369 ) and catching twenty - three passes . Hunsinger also returned punts and kickoffs , and was the fourth - ranked kick returner in the league in , averaging 28 . 6 yards per return . Montreal Alouettes . Hunsinger also played three years ( twenty - seven games from to ) with the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL . He compiled his best CFL season statistically in , when he rushed eighty - six times for 516 yards and six touchdowns , and caught twenty - two passes for 421 yards and two more touchdowns . He is most remembered , however , for one play in 1954 ' s 42nd Grey Cup . His Alouettes were leading by five points in the final minutes of the game , and were threatening to add to the lead with the ball on the Edmonton Eskimos ' ten yard - line . In a 1968 interview with " The Toronto Star " , Hunsinger recalled , Canadian Football Hall of Fame great Parker returned the ball a record ninety yards to score the game - winning touchdown . It was one of the greatest plays in Grey Cup history . Hunsinger recounted picking up his wife at Toronto ' s Royal York Hotel after the game , and heading straight home to Harrisburg with a sick feeling in his stomach . He also recalled the elation of arriving at his home to find an 800 - foot - long " Cheer up , Chuck " telegram with the signatures of 21 , 947 Montreal Alouettes fans .