A standout on offense and defense, Trippi took the Georgia Bulldogs to a Rose Bowl victory and the Chicago Cardinals to a championship.
Charley Trippi, who became one of college football’s most celebrated players at the University of Georgia and then propelled the long-downtrodden Chicago Cardinals to the 1947 N.F.L. championship on his way to a Hall of Fame career, died on Wednesday at home in Athens, Ga.