Forrest Behm

Forrest Behm had a historic Husker career that almost never happened. When Behm was only five years old doctors suggested that he have his leg amputated from a severe burn he had suffered in a brush fire. Luckily, Behm’s father thought that his leg could be saved and helped him with daily rehabilitation until Behm was a teenager. Behm would not regain full mobility in his leg until his senior year of high school

Forrest E. Behm, the most inspiring walk-on in Nebraska football history and believed to be the oldest College Football Hall-Famer, died Monday in Corning, N.Y., at age 95.

At Nebraska: A Lincoln High grad, Behm walked on, as did everybody else back then for the 1937 Nebraska football team. After a year, he became a starting lineman "on the worst Nebraska team of the century" (until then), and eventually helped lead the Huskers to the 1941 Rose Bowl. An all-around standout and one of the biggest players in the country at the time at 6-foot-3 and 225 pounds, Behm dominated on the line. He was inducted into the National Football Hall of Fame.

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Forrest Edwin Behm (July 31, 1919 – June 29, 2015) was an American football player. He played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988.[1]