Elmer Angsman

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Elmer Angsman
Position (s):
running back 		Jersey number (s):
7
born December 11, 1925 in Chicago , Illinois
died on April 11, 2002 in West Palm Beach , Florida
Career information
Active : 1946 - 1952
NFL Draft : 1946 / Round: 3 / Pick: 16
College : University of Notre Dame
Teams
Career statistics
Games     83
Touchdown     32
Gaining space through running     2908 yards
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards

Elmer Joseph Angsman Junior (born December 11, 1925 in Chicago , Illinois , † April 11, 2002 in West Palm Beach , Florida ) was an American American football player. He played as a running back in the National Football League (NFL) with the Chicago Cardinals .

youth

Elmer Angsman grew up in the south of Chicago. His father was a cattle dealer. He first played football at Mount Carmel High School . His team was coached by two ex- Notre Dame Fighting Irish players , the University of Notre Dame football team . During his childhood his eardrums were incurably damaged as a result of an illness. The American military therefore refrains from being drafted .

Player career

From 1943 Angsman studied at the University of Notre Dame and played there for the Fighting Irish trained by Frank Leahy . In its first year of play, the Fighting Irish won nine out of ten games, making them the national college football championship. Angsman developed into a top player in the Fighting Irish. In the following game year he achieved a space gain of 616 yards with running game , he also got seven touchdowns . Both were team bests. In 1945 he was finally elected to the All American . In 1946 , the Chicago Cardinals secured the rights to Angsman. They drafted him in the 3rd round in 16th place. Angsman could normally have played with the Fighting Irish for another year, but the Cardinals support his studies by transferring him $ 200 a month . Angsman decided to quit his journalism studies early and join the Cardinals, who were supervised by Jimmy Conzelman . The team around Pat Harder , Bill Campbell , Buster Ramsey , Vince Banonis and Frank Seno remained unsuccessful in Angsman's first season. In 1947 the team from Chicago succeeded in signing Charley Trippi . The team won nine out of twelve games this season. Angsman scored eight touchdowns, topping the club's leaderboard. The Cardinals moved with their performance in the NFL championship game , where they defeated the Philadelphia Eagles under head coach Greasy Neale in front of over 30,000 spectators with 28:21. Angsman contributed two touchdowns to his team's victory. In the next game year, the Cardinals won eleven of twelve games. Angsman scored nine touchdowns, but could not prevent the subsequent 7-0 defeat of his team to the Eagles in the NFL final. Under Buddy Parker , the Cardinals could no longer build on their successes in the 1949 season. Also Curly Lambeau not managed this in the next two rounds. Angsman retired after the 1952 season .

Away from career

Elmer Angsman married in 1951. He ran a grocery store after his career, but also worked as a radio host for the US broadcaster CBS and as a sports host for the broadcast of football games for the broadcasters ABC and NBC . He then founded a company in Goshen that produced paper plates and retired in 1998. Elmer Angsman died of a heart attack . His grave is not known.

Honors

Angsman played once in the Pro Bowl , the final game of the best players of the season. He was voted All-Pro three times . He is a member of the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annual statistics of the Chicago Cardinals 1947
  2. ↑ Statistics NFL final 1947
  3. ↑ Annual statistics of the Chicago Cardinals 1948
  4. ↑ Statistics NFL final 1948
personal data
SURNAME Angsman, Elmer
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Angsman, Elmer Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois , United States
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 2002
Place of death West Palm Beach , Florida , United States