Mike Palm (American football)
Date of birth | November 24, 1899 |
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Place of birth | St. James, Minnesota, United States |
Date of death | April 8, 1974 74) | (aged
Place of death | Washington D.C., United States |
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Position(s) | Halfback, Quarterback |
College | Penn State |
Career history | |
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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 |
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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.