American football player (1910–1978)
Ernest John "Pug" Rentner (September 18, 1910 – August 24, 1978) was an American football halfback and quarterback who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Boston Redskins and the Chicago Bears. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1979.
Rentner attended the Farragut School in Joliet, Illinois.
Rentner played college football at Northwestern University and was chosen to the 1931 College Football All-America Team. He was selected as Northwestern's Most Valuable Player in 1932.
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- Unknown (1882–1885)
- Robert D. Silver, Jr. (1886)
- Clyde M. Carr (1887)
- Unknown (1888)
- Ralph A. Harris (1889)
- Unknown (1890–1891)
- Frank W. Griffith (1892)
- Unknown (1893–1904)
- James E. Johnson (1905)
- Unknown (1908–1909)
- "Dug" Johnson (1910)
- Unknown (1911–1912)
- Wilbur E. Hightower (1913–1914)
- Unknown (1915)
- Paddy Driscoll (1916)
- Unknown (1917–27)
- Walt Holmer (1928)
- Unknown (1929)
- Lee Hanley (1930)
- Lafayette Russell (1930)
- Pug Rentner (1930–32)
- George Potter (1931–32)
- Ollie Olson (1933–34)
- Steve Toth (1935)
- Fred Vanzo (1936–37)
- Unknown (1938–39)
- Dick Erdlitz (1940)
- Bill DeCorrevont (1941)
- Otto Graham (1941–43)
- Unknown (1944–46)
- Jim Farrar (1947)
- Don Burson (1948–49)
- Dick Flowers (1950)
- Bob Burson (1951)
- Bob Bunco (1951)
- Dick Thomas (1952–53)
- John Rearden (1954)
- Dale Pienta (1955–56)
- Chip Holcomb (1957)
- Dick Thornton (1958, 60)
- John Talley (1959)
- Tom O'Grady (1961)
- Tom Myers (1962–64)
- Denny Boothe (1965)
- Bill Melzer (1966–67)
- Dave Shelbourne (1968)
- Maurie Daigneau (1969–71)
- Mitch Anderson (1972–74)
- Randy Dean (1975–76)
- Scott Stranski (1977)
- Kevin Strasser (1978)
- Mike Kerrigan (1979–81)
- Kevin Villars (1981)
- Sandy Schwab (1982–84)
- Mike Greenfield (1984–87)
- Greg Bradshaw (1988)
- Tim O'Brien (1989)
- Len Williams (1990–93)
- Tim Hughes (1994, 97)
- Steve Schnur (1994–96)
- Gavin Hoffman (1998)
- Nick Kreinbrink (1999)
- Zak Kustok (1999–2001)
- Tony Stauss (2002)
- Brett Basanez (2002–05)
- Mike Kafka (2006–09)
- C. J. Bachér (2006–08)
- Dan Persa (2010–11)
- Evan Watkins (2010)
- Kain Colter (2011–13)
- Trevor Siemian (2012–14)
- Zack Oliver (2014)
- Clayton Thorson (2015–18)
- Hunter Johnson (2019, 2021)
- Aidan Smith (2019)
- Andrew Marty (2019, 2021)
- Peyton Ramsey (2020)
- Ryan Hilinski (2021–2022)
- Brendan Sullivan (2022–2023)
- Ben Bryant (2023)
- Mike Wright (2024)
- Jack Lausch (2024)
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Formerly the Boston Braves (1932), Boston Redskins (1933–1936), Washington Redskins (1937–2019), and Washington Football Team (2020–2021) |
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