Elwin Elton "Tiny" Feather (February 23, 1902 – July 15, 1965) was a professional American football player who played running back for eight seasons for the Cleveland Bulldogs, Detroit Wolverines, New York Giants, Staten Island Stapletons, and Cincinnati Reds. A single wing fullback and blocking back (i.e. quarterback), Feather scored 10 touchdowns in a National Football League (NFL) career that spanned seven seasons.

Biography

Feather was a single wing fullback at Kansas State Agricultural College (today's Kansas State University), earning his first varsity letter as a sophomore in 1924. The Aggies finished with a record of 1–4–1 in the Missouri Valley Conference for the 1924 season — in 8th place out of nine teams. In 1925, Feather's junior season at Kansas State, the team took a step forward, outscoring their opponents 70 to 43, en route to a tie for third place in the Missouri Valley Conference. Feather also played for the Aggies as a senior in 1926. He finally earned a degree from Kansas State in 1932. Feather began playing football professionally in 1927 for the Cleveland Bulldogs of the National Football League (NFL). He would go on to play for a series of teams in the struggling league, including the New York Giants (1929–30, 1931–33), Staten Island Stapletons (1931), and the Cincinnati Reds (1934). After leaving the NFL, Feather worked as a farmer in Sherman County, Kansas. Feather died July 15, 1965, at Goodland, Kansas, of a heart attack. He was 63 years old at the time of his death.