Charlie Honaker | |
Birth Date: | 11 October 1899 |
Birth Place: | Russell, Kentucky, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 11 |
Weight Lbs: | 185 |
Position: | End, halfback |
Pfr: | HonaCh20 |
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Charles Franklin "Honey" Honaker (October 11, 1899 - April 21, 1974) was a professional American football player, who played in five games in the early National Football League (NFL), for the Cleveland Bulldogs in 1924. He was a member of the Bulldogs 1924 NFL Championship team. Prior to his professional career, he played at the college level for Virginia Military Institute and the Ohio State Buckeyes, where he lettered for the team in 1921, 1922, and 1923. In 1921, he was given the nickname "Honey" by the Buckeyes fans. According to an October 7, 1922 game program between Ohio State and Ohio Wesleyan University, Honaker's hometown was Russell, Kentucky.
Honaker graduated from Huntington High School (West Virginia) in 1917.