Pug Rentner
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| File:Pug Rentner 1935.jpg | |
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| Positions | Halfback, quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Born | September 18, 1910 Joliet, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | August 24, 1978 (aged 67) Glencoe, Illinois, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 187 lb (85 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Northwestern |
| Career history | |
| 1934–1936 | Boston Redskins |
| 1937 | Chicago Bears |
| Awards and highlights | |
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Ernest John "Pug" Rentner (September 18, 1910 – August 24, 1978) was an American football halfback and quarterback who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Boston Redskins and the Chicago Bears. He played college football for the Northwestern Wildcats.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Rentner attended the Farragut School in Joliet, Illinois.[1]
College career
[edit | edit source]Rentner played college football at Northwestern University and was chosen to the 1931 College Football All-America Team. He was selected as Northwestern's Most Valuable Player in 1932. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1979.[1]
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Categories:
- 1910 births
- 1978 deaths
- American football halfbacks
- American football quarterbacks
- Boston Redskins players
- Chicago Bears players
- Northwestern Wildcats football players
- All-American college football players
- College Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Players of American football from Joliet, Illinois
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football running back, 1910s birth stubs
- American football quarterback stubs
- College football player stubs