Walter Francis "Jack" Crangle (June 8, 1899 – August 31, 1944) was an

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fullback. He played

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for the

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and was selected as an All-American in 1920 and 1921. He was a member of Illinois'

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championship teams in 1919 and 1920. He played one season of professional football for the

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of the

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. He was selected as a second-team All-NFL player by Collyers Eye Magazine in 1923. He also played minor league baseball in 1924 for Elgin in the Chicago League. Crangle later became a football and basketball coach at

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, head baseball coach and assistant football coach under

Gwinn Henry Gwinn Henry (August 5, 1887 – May 16, 1955) was an American football player, track athlete, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Howard Payne University (1912–1913), the College of Emporia (1918� ...

at the University of Missouri and assistant football coach at St. Louis University. In his later years, he worked for the Aluminum Company of America and operated a filling station north of

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. Crangle died at his home in

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at age 45 in 1944. Following Crangle's death in 1944, Jack Ryan of the ''Chicago Daily News'' wrote that Crangle "rates high among the many good backs

Bob Zuppke Robert Carl Zuppke (July 2, 1879 – December 22, 1957) was an American football coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 1913 until 1941, compiling a career college football record of 131–81� ...

developed at the state university." Howard Millard of the ''Decatur Review'' wrote: "It doesn't seem possible that Jack Crangle, the big, easy going, likeable fellow, probably the greatest fullback in all Illinois University history, is dead." Crangle was survived by his widow, Marjorie.

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