Chris Cagle (American football)

Chris Cagle

Cagle on the cover of Time magazine
No. 12
Position:	Halfback, Quarterback
Personal information
Born:	(1905-05-01)May 1, 1905 Merryville, Louisiana, U.S.
Died:	December 26, 1942(1942-12-26) (aged 37) New York, New York, U.S.
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:	174 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school:	Merryville (LA)
College:	Southwestern Louisiana (1922–1925) Army (1926–1929)
Career history
As a player:
New York Giants (1930–1932) Brooklyn Dodgers (1933–1934)
As a coach:
Mississippi A&M (1930) Head coach
As an executive:
Brooklyn Dodgers (1933–1934) Co-owner
Career highlights and awards
Unanimous All-American (1928) 2× Consensus All-American (1927, 1929) 2× First-team All-Eastern (1928, 1929)
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards: 391 Rushing average: 2.7 Rushing touchdowns: 2 Receptions: 13 Receiving yards: 194 Receiving touchdowns: 2 TD–INT: 6–18 Passing yards: 749 Stats at Pro Football Reference
Head coaching record
Career:	2–7 (.222)
College Football Hall of Fame

Christian Keener "Red" Cagle (May 1, 1905 – December 26, 1942) was an American professional football player in the National Football League (NFL). He was a three-time All-American playing college football for the Army Black Knights A star halfback, Cagle's prominence landed him on the cover of Time magazine in 1929.

For five seasons, running from 1930 to 1934, Cagle played professional football in the NFL. His 1932 salary with the New York Football Giants was second highest in the entire league. The following year Cagle became a co-owner of the new Brooklyn Dodgers NFL franchise, for which he also played, selling his stake upon his retirement in 1934.

Cagle was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954.^[1]