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Don Hutson, the Babe Ruth of wide receivers and Alabama's greatest football player

More than 70 years after his final football game, Don Hutson stands alone at the top.

Hutson is No. 1 on The 100, AL.com's list of the greatest football players with ties to the state of Alabama. The former Alabama star and Green Bay Packers legend was a charter member of the College Football Hall of Fame (Class of 1951), the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1963) and the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame (1968).

Hutson was an All-America end on Alabama's 1934 national championship Rose Bowl team, where he starred on the same front line as future coaching legend Paul "Bear" Bryant.