Pug Lund

Pug Lund
Lund from 1935 University of Minnesota yearbook
PositionHalfback
Personal information
Born:(1913-04-18)April 18, 1913
Rice Lake, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died:May 26, 1994(1994-05-26) (aged 81)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Career history
CollegeMinnesota (1932–1934)
Career highlights and awards
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.