playing_years databasefootball death_place death_date collegehof birth_place playing_team article_title position birth_date nfl pfr draftedpick college draftedround draftedyear
1941 -- 1947 francgeo01 rock island , illinois 19 january 2011 30152 davenport , iowa new york giants george franck
 halfback 23 september 1918 fra224111 frange21 6 minnesota 1 1941
george franck

george henning `` sonny '' franck -lrb- september 23 , 1918 -- january 19 , 2011 -rrb- was an american football halfback in the national football league for the new york giants .
he was born in davenport , iowa and lived in rock island , illinois .
he played college football at the university of minnesota and was drafted in the first round -lrb- sixth overall -rrb- of the 1941 nfl draft .
franck was inducted into the college football hall of fame in 2002 .
