Background
He was born in Mooreland, Indiana and was raised in and around New Castle, Indiana.
He was born in Mooreland, Indiana and was raised in and around New Castle, Indiana.
He enrolled at Indiana University in 1932 and played both football and basketball there. He played two seasons of professional football in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions in 1937 and 1938. Huffman later managed a dairy and worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
He was inducted into the Indiana Hoosiers Hall of Fame in 1982.
Huffman died in 1995 at age 80 in Bloomington, Indiana.