Ronnie Mallett
Encyclopedia
Ronnie Mallett is a former American football
player and member of the College Football Hall of Fame
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Mallett was selected as an All-NAIA
wide receiver
during the 1979, 1980 and 1981 seasons. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006, the only player from the University of Central Arkansas to be so honored.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
player and member of the College Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...
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Mallett was selected as an All-NAIA
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...
wide receiver
Wide receiver
A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...
during the 1979, 1980 and 1981 seasons. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006, the only player from the University of Central Arkansas to be so honored.