Lindy Berry Lindy Berry ( born December 21 , 1927 ) is a former American former gridiron football quarterback . He played college football for the TCU Horned Frogs at Texas Christian University . Berry was selected in the 1950 NFL Draft , and played professional football for two seasons with the Edmonton Eskimos in what later became the Canadian Football League ( CFL ) . In 1950 , he received the Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy for the CFL West Division ' s most valuable player . Early life . Berry attended Wichita Falls High School in Wichita Falls , Texas . While there , he played football under head coach Thurman " Tugboat " Jones . During his junior season in 1944 , he led the Coyotes to an 8 – 3 record and the district championship . Nevertheless , Berry said , " There was this café in town where people went on Saturday mornings to rehash the game from the night before . One morning I heard a couple of guys in there talking about me . One said , ' He will never make it . ' I said to myself , ' We ' ll see . ' " As a senior in 1945 , Berry led Wichita Falls to a 11 – 1 – 1 record . The Coyotes ' sole loss was to the eventual state champions , Highland Park High School , which eliminated Wichita Falls in the semifinals . College career . Berry attended Texas Christian University where he played on the Horned Frogs varsity football team all four seasons . In addition to playing quarterback , he was also TCU ' s punt and kickoff returner and played safety on defense . His passing duo with end Morris Bailey was nicknamed the " Berry - to - Bailey Battery . " Wichita Falls ' " Times Record News " reported an incident that demonstrated Berry was " tough as nails " . In one unspecified game against the Texas Longhorns , Berry dropped back in the pocket looking to pass . A Longhorns defender , Errol Fry , dodged a block and sacked Berry . During the tackle , Fry ' s elbow struck Berry in the face and knocked out two of his front teeth and broke his jaw . Nevertheless , Berry played the following week , while wearing a hockey mask to protect his jaw that had been wired shut . He earned his first letter as a freshman in 1946 . In 1947 , he led the team in passing with 429 yards , 31 completion s on 67 attempts , and one touchdown . He also led the team in rush ing with 379 yards on 112 attempts and four touchdown s . In 1948 , Berry recorded 706 passing yards , 61 completions on 134 attempts , and two touchdowns . Midway through the season , he ranked second in the nation in total offensive yards until surpassed by Charlie Justice of North Carolina . Berry finished the season as the team ' s rushing leader with 783 yards on 190 attempts and four touchdowns . He was named an All - Southwest Conference selection . He also received the Rogers Trophy as the team ' s most valuable player . In 1949 , Berry compiled 1 , 445 passing yards , 106 completions on 220 attempts , and seven touchdowns . He also threw 23 interception s , which to date remains the school record . He was named a first - team All - American and an All - Southwest Conference selection . After the season , he participated in the East - West Shrine Game . During that season , he compiled 1 , 445 passing yards in 10 games . At the time , only one other TCU quarterback had exceeded that in a season , Heisman Trophy winner Davey O ' Brien , and he had the benefit of playing in one additional game . During his college career , Berry had recorded 1 , 745 rushing yards , 1 , 372 punt return yards , 729 kickoff return yards , 185 interception return yards , and 32 receiving yards . He graduated from TCU as its all - time career leader in all - purpose yardage , a distinction which stood through the mid - 1980s when his mark was surpassed by Tony Jeffery . Berry ' s 2 , 101 total kick return yards set a school record that stood until 2005 , when it was broken by Cory Rodgers . Professional career . Berry was selected in the seventh round of the 1950 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers as the 89th overall pick . He played two seasons for the Edmonton Eskimos in what later became known as the Canadian Football League ( CFL ) from 1950 to 1951 . He was awarded the Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy in 1950 as the West Division ' s most valuable player . He was named to the CFL ' s 1950 All - West second team . Personal life . In 1951 , Berry married Mary , the secretary of his former college coach Dutch Meyer . Their grandson , Charlie Berry , played for Highland Park High School and the SMU Mustangs at Southern Methodist University as a defensive lineman . Since those are both rivals of the elder Berry ' s alma mater s , he said , " It wasn ' t easy but I had to cheer for Charlie . " Berry was diagnosed with Parkinson ' s disease in 2004 . In 2008 , he was inducted into the Oil Bowl Hall of Fame , which honors the most outstanding past participants of a high school football all - star game between Texas and Oklahoma players . That same year , " Sports Illustrated " listed him among six others as " worthy of consideration " as the best player to have ever worn the number 43 .