- Played college football at Southern Methodist University, 1948-1950.
- Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1964.
- Played halfback and end with the New York Giants, 1951-1961.
- In 1950, was second in voting for the Heisman Trophy.
- Inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1962.
- Selected #1 in the 1951 NFL draft by the New York Giants.
- According to Kyle Rote Jr., 14 of his father's New York Giants teammates named their children after him.
- Interred in National Memorial Park, Fairfax, Virginia.
- In 1951, played minor league baseball with the Corpus Christi Aces of the Gulf Coast League (level B).
- Inducted into the San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD) Athletic Hall of Fame in 2015 (inaugural class).
- Inducted into the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame in 1995 (inaugural class).
- Inducted into the Southern Methodist University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1980.
- Inducted into the Southwest Conference (SWC) Hall of Fame in 2013 (inaugural class).
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