databasefootball death_place death_date years birth_place teams stats article_title position birth_date nfl college
gutowace01 kingfisher , oklahoma 4 december 1976 1932 1938 1939 & ndash ; 1933 1934 & ndash ; komolty , russian empire portsmouth spartans detroit lions brooklyn dodgers y ace gutowsky
 fullback 2 august 1909 gut553720 oklahoma city university
ace gutowsky

leroy erwin `` ace '' gutowsky -lrb- august 2 , 1909 -- december 4 , 1976 -rrb- was an american football fullback .
he played professional football for eight years from 1932 to 1939 and set the nfl career rushing record in october 1939 .
he held the detroit lions ' career and single-season rushing records until the 1960s .
