Don Perkins was an American football fullback who was named to the PRFA Hall of Very Good Class of 2016 by the Professional Football Researchers Association. Don Perkins won the National Football League Rookie of the Year in 1961.
Don Perkins commenced his football career at Waterloo West High School and proceeded to play college football for the New Mexico Lobos football team of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
Is Don Perkins a Hall of Famer?
Don Perkins was an inductee into the New Mexico Sports Hall of Fame and the University of New Mexico Hall of Honor. Don Perkins was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.
Nevertheless, Don Perkins has not been inducted into the National Football League or Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Where did Don Perkins go to college?
Don Perkins attended the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and he even played for the New Mexico Lobos football team.