Max Bumgardner

Max Bumgardner
No. 36
Position:	Defensive end, end
Personal information
Born:	May 13, 1923; Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S.
Died:	April 12, 2005 (aged 81); Greenville, Texas, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school:	Wichita Falls; (Wichita Falls, Texas)
College:	Texas
NFL draft:	1948 / round: 1 / pick: 10
Career history
As a player:
	Detroit Lions (1948);
As a coach:
	Denison HS (TX) (1949); Assistant coach; San Angelo (1950–1960); Head coach; Angelo State (1964–1968); Head coach;
As an administrator:
	San Angelo / Angelo State (1950–1968); Athletic director;
Career highlights and awards
	Third-team All-American (1947); First-team All-SWC (1947);
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Max Andrew Bumgardner (May 13, 1923 – April 12, 2005) was an American football player and coach. After playing college football as an end at the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education in 1948, he was selected in the first round of the 1948 NFL draft by the Chicago Bears, but was sent to the Detroit Lions.^[1] He played for just one season in the National Football League (NFL), with the Lions.^[2]

Bumgardner began his coaching career in 1949 at Denison High School in Denison, Texas, where he worked as an assistant under head football coach Les Cranfill.^[3] In 1950, he was hired as the head football coach and athletic director at San Angelo College—now known as Angelo State University—in San Angelo, Texas.^[4] Bumgardner remained in that post until he resigned in 1968, after the school had become a four-year college and was renamed as Angelo State College.^[5]

^ The Alcade Volume 37, Issue 6.
^ "Max Bumgardner". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
^ "Max Bumgardner At Denison High". The Marshall News Messenger. Marshall, Texas. Associated Press. January 16, 1949. p. 10. Retrieved June 7, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Max Bumgardner Gets San Angelo JC Post". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. Associated Press. January 17, 1950. p. 24. Retrieved June 7, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Angelo State's Bumgardner Quits Grid Coach Post". Mexia News. Mexia, Texas. Associated Press. November 6, 1968. p. 8. Retrieved June 7, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

[1] The Alcade Volume 37, Issue 6.

[2] "Max Bumgardner". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2014.

[3] "Max Bumgardner At Denison High". The Marshall News Messenger. Marshall, Texas. Associated Press. January 16, 1949. p. 10. Retrieved June 7, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

[4] "Max Bumgardner Gets San Angelo JC Post". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. Associated Press. January 17, 1950. p. 24. Retrieved June 7, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

[5] "Angelo State's Bumgardner Quits Grid Coach Post". Mexia News. Mexia, Texas. Associated Press. November 6, 1968. p. 8. Retrieved June 7, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

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