Steve Van Buren isn’t a name that most fantasy footballers remember. After all, his Hall of Fame pro football career started in the 1940s and ended after the 1951 season.
That was a LONG time ago.
However, Van Buren was the first running back in a long line of players who have fallen into a trend pertaining to scoring touchdowns. In 1945, he became the first running back to score 18 or more times in a single season. That was quite a feat back then when you consider that the regular season lasted just 10 games. “Supersonic Steve,” as he was called, would have been one of the first fantasy superstars had our great game been around back then (most agree that fantasy football didn’t begin until…
