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.
Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago was the first player ever chosen in an NFL draft. And he never played a down of pro football. The Feb. 8, 1936, inaugural nine-round event at Philadelphia's Ritz-Carlton lacked the grandiose media exposure and fanfare that the now made-for-TV spectacle attracts.raft's first pick was from Chicago â and he never played in the NFL. Jay Berwanger. Ovie Carter / Chicago Tribune. Jay Berwanger, winner of the first Heisman Trophy. Berwanger played football for the University of Chicago and that is where the original trophy is located.