Mike Palm (American football)

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Mike Palm
Date of birth November 24, 1899
Place of birth St. James, Minnesota, United States
Date of death Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.
Place of death Washington D.C., United States
Career information
Position(s) Halfback, Quarterback
College Penn State
Career history
As coach
1926-1929 Georgetown (assistant)
1933 Cincinnati Reds
1936 Brooklyn Tigers
1937 Rochester Tigers
1941 New York Giants (assistant)
As player
1925-1926 New York Giants
1933 Cincinnati Reds
As owner
1936-1937 Rochester-Brooklyn Tigers
Career stats

Myron Herrick Palm (November 24, 1899 – April 8, 1974)[1] was a professional football player in the National Football League for the New York Giants. He was also a player-coach in 1933 for the NFL's Cincinnati Reds. He was also the owner and head coach of the Brooklyn-Rochester Tigers of the second American Football League from 1936-1937. By 1941, he returned to the Giants, to serve as an assistant coach.

Prior to his professional career, Palm played college football at Penn State. He played in the Nittany Lions 28-3 loss to USC in the 1923 Rose Bowl. During the game, he scored Penn State's only points off a field goal. Palm was an assistant at Georgetown University from 1926-1929 under coach Lou Little. In 1941 he returned to the Giants and worked as an assistant coach.

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