Reds Bagnell

American football player
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican football player
A.K.A.Francis Bagnell
A.K.A.Francis Bagnell
PlacesUnited States of America
wasAmerican football player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth15 September 1928
Death10 July 1995 (aged 66 years)
The details

Biography

Francis "Reds" Bagnell (September 15, 1928 – July 10, 1995) was an American football halfback in college. He was an All-American tailback for the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1951. He won the Maxwell Award, was third for Heisman Trophy balloting, and was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame. Inducted in 1970 to the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. He served as President of the College Football Hall of Fame.
Bagnell passed up his chance to play in the NFL to enlist in the Navy, where he served a 4 year stint as a Naval Officer. He spent his professional career as a successful stockbroker followed by a long career as president of a highly sucesfull energy company. He was appointed to the American Battle Monuments Commission by Ronald Reagan and George Bush.

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