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Mike Palm (American football) Date of birth: November 26, 1899 Place of birth: St. James, Minnesota Date of death: Unknown Career information Position(s): Halfback, Quarterback College: Penn State Organizations As player: 1925-1926
1933
1936
1937
1941New York Giants (Player)
Cincinnati Reds (Player-coach)
Brooklyn Tigers (Head Coach)
Rochester Tigers (Head Coach)
New York Giants (Assistant Coach)Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com Myron Herrick Palm 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 served as an assistant coach.
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- 1923 Rose Bowl
- Rochester Tigers
New York Giants 1925 Inaugural Season Roster Joe Alexander | Al Bedner | Heinie Benkert | Lynn Bomar | Matt Brennan | Art Carney | Jim Frugone | Hinkey Haines | Dutch Hendrian | Cowboy Hill | Paul Jappe | William C. Kenyon | Jack McBride | Ed McGinley | Century Milstead | Tom Moran | Tommy Myers | Bob Nash | Swede Nordstrom | Mike Palm | Babe Parnell | Earl Potteiger | Owen Reynolds | Bill Rooney | Jim Thorpe | Tommy Tomlin | Larry Walbridge | Phil White | Joe Williams
Head Coach: Bob FolwellCategories:- 1899 births
- Players of American football from Minnesota
- Penn State Nittany Lions football players
- New York Giants players
- New York Giants coaches
- Cincinnati Reds football players
- Cincinnati Reds (NFL) coaches
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