As a baseball player, Purdy was an outfielder who batted left-handed and threw right-handed. His professional career extended from 1923 through 1938 and much of it was spent in minor league baseball in his native Nebraska, where he toiled in the Class A Western League and the Class D Nebraska State League. He compiled a lifetime minor league batting average of .328 in 1,437 games. \n', '

Purdy also saw 181 games of Major League service with the Chicago White Sox (1926) and Cincinnati Reds (1927–1929), batting .293 with two home runs and 59 runs batted in.\n', '

Meanwhile, he played in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers in 1926 and 1927. At 5\' 6", 145 pounds, Purdy is the lightest player to ever throw a touchdown pass in the NFL. He played at the collegiate level at Beloit College.\n', '

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