| Harvard Crimson | |
|---|---|
| Position | Center |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | April 30, 1886 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died: | October 28, 1927 (age 39) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Career history | |
| College | Harvard (1907) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Consensus All-American (1907) | |
Patrick Grant II (April 30, 1886 – October 28, 1927) was an American football player. He played college football at Harvard University and was a consensus first-team selection to the 1907 College Football All-America Team.
Grant was born in 1886 at Boston, Massachusetts. His parents were Robert Grant, Boston probate judge, and Amy Gordon Galt.[1]
Grant enrolled at Harvard University where he played on the Harvard Crimson football team. After the 1907 season, he was selected as a consensus first-team center on the 1907 College Football All-America Team.[2] He graduated from Harvard in 1908.[1]
In 1912, Grant ran an aviation school at Seabreeze, Florida. While in Florida, he became engaged to Marie S. Disston.[1] The two were married in September 1912.[3] They had a daughter in approximately 1916.[4] Grant served with the Royal Canadian Flying Corps and won an amateur golf tournament in 1919.[4]
In the 1920s, Grant managed the statistical department at the banking firm of Townsend, Whelen & Co. in Philadelphia. He died in October 1927 at age 39 when he fell from the window of his office on the fifth floor of an office building on Walnut Street in Philadelphia.[4]