1958-59 Offseason
Retirements RB Billy Gould - Chicago, IL College: Northern Illinois State Teams: Chicago Hogs (1953-1958) AFL Championships: 1 (1954) All-AFL: 4 (1953, 1954, 1955, 1956) All-Star: 5 (1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958) Awards: Most Valuable Player (1954, 1955), Offensive Player of the Year (1953, 1956), Rookie of the Year (1953), AFL Championship MVP (1954) Creator: idm In a shock to pretty much everyone, Gould is hanging up his cleats after only 6 years in the AFL. He made the most of that short time, earning every single award possible as well as reviving the Hogs’ chances at a title by taking them there and winning one in his second year. He nearly didn’t make the league; playing on the newly-formed team at Northern Illinois State didn’t attract any scouts from the AFL and he thought his dream of playing football professionally was over. A chance meeting with Johnnie Hendrix, then-RB coach and one of the first players to break the color barrier in any league, brought him onto the Hogs as...