Who was the 1st 300 pound player in the NFL?

Answer 1

Ed Keenan, G, 6-4, 320: Played for Hartford in 1926. None Milburn "Tiny" Croft, T, 6-3, 300: Played for Green Bay from 1942-'47. Listed at 300 his first season. In succeeding seasons, he was listed at 298, 285 and 280. Forrest "Chubby" Grigg, T-DT, 6-2, 330: Listed at 330 when he played for Chicago and Buffalo in the old All-America Football Conference in 1946-'47. Listed at 285 when he played with Cleveland and the Dallas Texans from 1948-'52. Les Bingaman, MG, 6-3, 320: Played with Detroit from 1948-'54. Listed at 240 as a rookie and at 300 for the first time in 1953. Listed at 320 in '54 but actually weighed 349 1/2. Tom Jones, DT, 6-6, 300: Played two games with Cleveland in 1955. Earl Putnam, C, 6-6, 308: Played with the Chicago Cardinals in 1957. Chuck McMurty, DT, 6-0, 310: Played with Buffalo in 1960-'61 and with Oakland in 1962-'63. Listed at 310 as a rookie, but at 270 his last year. Roger Brown, DT, 6-5, 300: Played with Detroit from 1960-'66 and with the Los Angeles Rams from '67-'69. Listed at 290 his rookie year and at 300 the rest of his career. Ernie Ladd, DT, 6-9, 321: Played with San Diego, Houston and Kansas City from 1961-'68. Listed at 315 as a rookie, 317 his second year, 321 his third year. Listed in the 290s the rest of his career. Lucien Reeburg, T, 6-4, 308: Played with Detroit in 1963. Died of cardiac arrest after the season. Sherman Plunkett, T, 6-4, 330: Played with the Baltimore Colts, San Diego and the New York Jets from 1958-'67. Listed at 265 as a rookie and at 300 for the first time in 1966. Listed at 330 his final season. Richard Sligh, DT, 7-0, 300: Played with Oakland in 1967. Frank Cornish, DT, 6-6, 300: Played with the Chicago Bears, Cincinnati, Miami and Buffalo from 1966-'72. Listed at 300 in 1969. Listed at 270 his second year and 285 the other years. Gene Ferguson, T, 6-7, 306: Played with San Diego and Houston from 1969-'72. Listed at 306 his first year, 300 the last three years. Wilbur Young, DE-DT, 6-6, 305: Played with Kansas City, San Diego and Washington from 1971-'82. Listed at 305 his rookie year. The other years he was listed at 285 or 290. Milton Hardaway, T, 6-9, 309: Played with San Diego in 1978. Weighed 354 when he tried out for the Packers in 1981. Source: The Football Encyclopedia's annual lists of rosters and weights.