COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The Maryland Football Family mourns the passing of all-time Terrapin great Chester Hanulak ('54), who passed away on Friday at the age of 88.

Hanulak, who was inducted into the Maryland Athletics Hall of Fame in 1994, was an All-American halfback for the Terps and a member of the 1953 National Championship team. He was an All-ACC selection in both football and baseball, where he was a career .300 hitter.

Hanulak, one of the most explosive runners of his era, set an ACC single-season record for highest per-carry rushing average in the league's first season in 1953 that still stands today. Hanulak averaged 9.78 yards per carry (minimum of 65.0 yards per game) that year in leading Maryland to a 10-1 record and the Terps first National Championship (both AP and UPI) in football.

Nicknamed "Chet the Jet" for his outstanding speed, Hanulak led the ACC in rushing in 1953 with 753 yards in his only season in the league. He still holds the Terrapin record for career yards per carry (8.13). A three-time letterman for Maryland (1951-53), he earned second-team All-America (International News Service) and first-team All-ACC honors in 1953. He was named an ACC Legend in 2012. 

The 24th overall selection in the second round of the 1954 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns, he played two seasons in the NFL with Cleveland in 1954 and 1957. 

A native of Hackensack, N.J., Hanulak met his future wife, Elizabeth "Betsy" Hanulak at Maryland while they were students 1951. They were married on campus in the Maryland Chapel and were wed for 66 years. 
 

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