Earl Putnam

Earl Robert "Tiny" Putman (January 10, 1932 – February 19, 2006), surname sometimes misspelled "Putnam", was an American professional football player who was a center in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Cardinals during the 1957 season. He appeared in a total of 12 NFL games, all of them as a starter. He played college football for the Arizona State Sun Devils

Early life Putman was born in 1932 in Cincinnati and attended Hughes High School in that city. He played football and competed in the shot put and discus while in high school. He graduated from Arizona State in 1957 and later received a master's degree from Northern Arizona University. and the biggest man in professional football in 1955, at 6 feet, 6 inches, and 310 pounds, but did not appear in any regular season games for the Giants. at 6 feet, 6 inches and 308 pounds, he was reportedly the biggest man in professional football in 1957. He was the head football coach at Moon Valley High School in Phoenix for 25 years from 1965 to 1989. In 1997, he was inducted into the National High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame. He died of brain cancer in 2006 at age 74.