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Reds Bagnell

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Career end
  
1951

College
  
Pennsylvania

Position
  
Halfback

Drafted by
  
New York Giants

Nominations
  
Heisman Trophy

Name
  
Reds Bagnell


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Date of birth
  
(1928-09-15)September 15, 1928

Place of birth
  
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Place of death
  
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Role
  
American football halfback

Died
  
July 10, 1995, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Education
  
University of Pennsylvania

NFL draft
  
1951 (Round: 11 / Pick: 134)

Date of death
  
July 10, 1995 (age 66)

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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