Position | Halfback |
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Personal information | |
Born: | Rice Lake, Wisconsin, U.S. | April 18, 1913
Died: | May 26, 1994 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | (aged 81)
Career history | |
College | Minnesota (1932–1934) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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College Football Hall of Fame (1958) |
Francis LeRoy "Pug" Lund (April 18, 1913 – May 26, 1994) was an American football player.[1] He played college football as a halfback for Minnesota Golden Gophers and won All-Big Ten Conference honors in both 1933 and in 1934. He was captain of the 1934 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team that compiled a perfect 8–0 record and won the national championship. He won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy as the most valuable player in the conference in 1934 and was also a consensus first-team player on the 1934 All-America college football team. Lund was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1958.