player_team death_date death_place coach_years birth_place player_positions overall_record player_years coach_team cfbdwid sport birth_date article_title name
arkansas tech arkansas state teachers chicago cardinals 19 july 1996 north little rock , arkansas 1939-1940 1944-1947 1948-1953 1954-1958 new hope , arkansas halfback 30-24-3 1933-1935 1936 1938 atkins rock hs hs little rock hs arkansas tech north little 3805 football january 29 , 1914 raymond burnett
 raymond burnett
raymond burnett

raymond burnett -lrb- january 29 , 1914 - july 19 , 1996 -rrb- was a professional american football player and coach .
a native of new hope , arkansas , burnett was a standout football player for four years in basketball and football at atkins high school from 1928-31 .
nicknamed `` rabbit '' he starred as halfback at arkansas tech university and the arkansas state teachers college -lrb- now university of central arkansas -rrb- , before playing the 1938 nfl season for the chicago cardinals .
burnett then started his coaching career at atkins high school in 1939 , where he coached for two seasons before having his career interrupted by world war ii .
in 1944 he returned to coaching , taking over head coaching duties at tradition-rich little rock central high school .
after an unbeaten 14-0 season in 1946 his team was named mythical national high school champion .
in 1948 , burnett left little rock high for his alma mater arkansas tech , where he served as head coach for six seasons .
he compiled a 30-24-3 overall record , including leading tech to back-to-back aic titles in 1948 and 1949 .
however , after some less successful seasons burnett left arkansas tech to coach at north little rock high school from 1954-56 .
he was inducted to the arkansas sports hall of fame in 1974 .
