Wally Cruice

Wally Cruice

Walter Cruice (April 13, 1913 - December 7, 2001(Indianapolis Star, December 9, 2001) was a professional American football player, assistant coach, and scout in the National Football League with the Green Bay Packers.

Playing career

Cruice high school football at Washington High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He then played college football as a halfback at Northwestern University from 1934-1936 and was the team's co-captain and most valuable player as a senior. After his final season, he played in the East-West Shrine Game.

Cruice was drafted by the Packers in the eighth round of the 1936 NFL Draft, but turned down the contract offer. Instead, he went to work for an oil company in Chicago and played for the Chicago Gunners, a regional professional team.Fact|date=February 2008

Coaching career

Cruice began his coaching career by coaching freshman football at Northwestern in 1938 and 1939 and served as an assistant coach at Naval Station Great Lakes in 1942 and 1943.Fact|date=February 2008 He was hired by the Packers in 1946 and worked for them through 1949. When Curly Lambeau resigned as the Packers' coach and took over the Chicago Cardinals, Cruice left with him for two seasons. Cruice returned to the Packers in 1952 under Gene Ronzani and scouted for them through the 1976 season, Bart Starr's second as head coach. Cruice also served under Scooter McLean, Phil Bengtson and Dan Devine.

Cruice served as a scout for the Packers for 31 years under every head coach from Curly Lambeau through Bart Starr.


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