Hugh McCall Rhea (September 9, 1909 – October 18, 1973) was an American football player and track and field athlete.
In 1930, he was selected as a first-team All-American by Grantland Rice for Collier's Weekly,[1] and in 1931, he was selected as a third-team All-American by the Associated Press.
[2] Rhea also competed in track and field for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, winning the shot put event at the 1932 NCAA Men's Track and Field Championships with an NCAA record-setting throw of 52 feet, 5¾ inches.
[3] He later played two games as a guard in professional football for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1933 NFL season.
[4] Rhea died in Florida in 1973 at age 64,[5] and he was posthumously inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame in 1986.