Glenn Presnell

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Glenn Presnell
Date of birth:	July 28, 1905
Place of birth:	Gilead, Nebraska
Date of death:	September 13, 2004 (aged 99)
Place of death:	Ironton, Ohio
Career information
Position(s):	Running back
College:	Nebraska
Organizations
As player:
1931-1933 1934-1936	Portsmouth Spartans Detroit Lions
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Glenn Presnell (July 28, 1905 – September 13, 2004) was a football player. Born in Gilead, Nebraska and educated at University of Nebraska where he was an All American, Presnell played for the NFL's Portsmouth Spartans, who later became the Detroit Lions, in the 1930s.

After playing in the NFL, Presnell was assistant football coach for the University of Kansas, then an assistant for the University of Nebraska and Eastern Kentucky University. He was Head Coach at Nebraska in 1942 and Eastern Kentucky from 1954-1963. He was then athletic director at Eastern Kentucky until his retirement in 1974.

Presnell died on September 13, 2004 in Ironton, Ohio at the age of 99.

[edit] Teams played for

Ironton Tanks (1928-1930)
Portsmouth Spartans/Detroit Lions (1930-1936)

[edit] Awards

Topped NFL in made field goals (1933 with 6).
NFL scoring leader in 1933 with 64 total points.
Member of Nebraska Hall of Fame (1973).

[edit] External links

Glenn Presnell at Find A Grave

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