J.W. Brodnax

J.W. Brodnax
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Position:	Fullback
Personal information
Date of birth:	March 6, 1936
Place of birth:	Bastrop, Louisiana
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Place of death:	Morgan City, Louisiana
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Career information
High school:	Bastrop (LA)
College:	LSU
NFL draft:	1959 / Round: 15 / Pick: 175
Career history
	Denver Broncos (1960);
Career highlights and awards
	National champion (1958); Nils V. "Swede" Nelson Award (1958); Jacobs Blocking Trophy (1958);
Career NFL statistics
	Player stats at NFL.com
	Player stats at NFL.com
	Player stats at PFR

John Willis "Red" Brodnax, Jr. (March 6, 1936 – January 6, 2006) was an American football player. Brodnax played college football for the LSU Tigers and played professionally for both the Pittsburgh Steelers and Denver Broncos.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Brodnax was a member of coach Paul Dietzel's 1958 national championship team.^[4] He was the starting fullback on the "White Team" of Dietzel's three-platoon system, in the backfield with Warren Rabb and Billy Cannon.^[4] Brodnax was awarded the Jacobs Blocking Trophy as the best blocker in the Southeastern Conference.^[5] He was also awarded the Nils V. "Swede" Nelson Award for "the strength of his unselfish sacrifice of personal achievement to aid his team to an unbeaten record and a Sugar Bowl birth against Clemson."^[6]

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