Aldrich's senior year, 1938, the Horned Frogs won the National Championship, finishing 11-0 and winning the Sugar Bowl.

The Chicago Cardinals made Aldrich the first selection in the 1939 NFL draft, in which his TCU teammates O'Brien and I.

[1] After retiring from football, Aldirch served as the superintendent at the Lena Pope Orphanage in Fort Worth, Texas.

[3] His coach at TCU, Dutch Meyer, said of Aldrich: "That boy wanted to play football more than anyone I ever knew.

"[3] Aldrich was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1960[3] and was named to the Southwest Conference's All-Time Team in 1969.