Merwin Mitterwallner

Merwin Mitterwallner
Position: Guard
Personal information
Date of birth: (1897-07-04)July 4, 1897
Place of birth: Trumansburg, New York
Date of death: December 1, 1974(1974-12-01) (aged 77)
Career information
College: Denver
Illinois
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-American (1925)

Merwin Mitterwallner (July 4, 1897 – December 1, 1974), sometimes known as Bubbles Mitterwallner, was an American football player. Mitterwallner was born in Trumansburg, New York. He played college football at the guard position at both the University of Denver and the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.[1] While playing for Illinois, he was a key blocker for Red Grange and was selected by Herbert Reed as a first-team player on the 1925 College Football All-America Team.[2] He also received third-team All-American honors from the International News Service and the Chicago Daily News.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Legends, lists & lore: Bubbles Mitterwallner". The News-Gazette. July 4, 2009.
  2. ↑ "All-America Addendum" (PDF). College Football Historical Society Newsletter. November 2008. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
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