The complete list of state records below shows that the Plains states, far away from the ocean, can be hotter than the humid Southeast. The USA's highest temperature, 134Â° on July 10, 1913 in Death Valley, Calif., is also the official highest temperature in the Western Hemisphere. Ordinary summer heat makes much of the Southwest, including Death Valley, sizzle from June through August.
A year earlier, Pollard and Bobby Marshall were the first two black players in professional football history and helped the Pros win the championship in the NFLâs inaugural season. The Pros ran the single-wing, and Pollard was the player lined up behind the center who received the snaps.
Confidence votes 3.9K. In 1936, Jay Berwanger was the first player to be drafted by the National Football League in its initial college draft; he was selected first overall by the Philadelphia Eagles.However, he chose not to turn professional and never played in the NFL.erwanger was the first winner of the Heisman Trophy in 1935. Riley H. Smith was a quarterback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He was the first player that signed from the draft that played in the NFL.