Pro and College Football Hall of Fame Player. He attended Pittston Area High School and began his football career as a tailback for the school's football team. The football stadium at Pittston Area is now named Charley Trippi Stadium in his honor. He also played semi-professional baseball while in high school. He attended the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia where he played football for the Georgia Bulldogs from 1943 until 1945, with a short interruption in 1944 while he served in the military during World War II. While at Georgia he played in the 1943 Rose Bowl, which Georgia won and was named the most valuable player of the game. He also won the 1946 Maxwell Award as the nation's most outstanding college football player. He was named the Southeastern Conference's player of the year, and also earned unanimous first-team All-America recognition. He was a player on the 1942 National Champion team and Georgia retired his number, 42. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1959. After college he was drafted in the 1945 Nation Football League (NFL) draft in round 1 as pick 1 as a halfback from the University of Georgia by the Chicago Cardinals where he played from 1947 until 1955. At the time he signed a record contract with the Cardinals for $100,000.00 dollars. In 1947 he helped lead the Cardinals to a win in the 1947 Championship game beating the Philadelphia Eagles 28 to 21. During his time with the Cardinals he was First-team All-Pro (1948), Second-team All-Pro (1947) and played in the Pro Bowl twice (1952, 1953). He made the National Football League 1940s All-Decade Team list and was named to the Arizona Cardinals Ring of Honor. In 1968 he was inducted into the Pro Football League's Hall of Fame. While at Georgia he also played baseball and played one season of baseball in the minor league with the Atlanta Crackers. His career NFL statistics were rushing yards 3,506, rushing touchdowns 23, passing yards 2,547, TD–INT 16–31, receiving yards 1,321 and 11 receiving touchdowns. In his eight-year professional career he played in 99 games of which he started in 76 of them. After retiring from the field as a player he became an assistant coach with the Cardinals from 1957 to 1965 and later worked in real estate. He passed away at his home in Athens, Georgia at the age of 100.