Alex Agase, 1950
Photo: Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Guard, Illinois and Purdue, 1941–⁠46

Alex Agase

Lettered 1941–⁠42, 1946 at Illinois (school media guide)

Born
Mar 27, 1922, in Chicago, Illinois
Died
May 3, 2007, in Tarpon Springs, Florida
Served
United States Marine Corps

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Alex Agase played guard at Illinois (1941–⁠42, 1946) and Purdue (1943). He was a consensus All‑American in 1943 and 1946. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1963.

Honors

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 1943 and 1946

All-America: consensus 1943 and 1946; NBC radio and Look magazine first team 1942; Sporting News first team 1942; UP first team 1942; INS second team 1942; NEA third team 1942; Maxwell Stiles first team 1942; Central Press third team 1942

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

The teams in those years

Linemen have no individual stat lines in our source.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
1947AAFCLos Angeles Dons
1947AAFCChicago Rockets
1948–⁠49AAFCCleveland Browns

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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