Max Krause
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| Max Krause | |
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| Position(s): Running back |
Jersey #(s): 25 |
| Born: April 5, 1909 Spokane, Washington |
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| Died: April 5, 1909 (aged -76) Spokane, Washington |
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| Year(s): 1933–1940 | |
| Undrafted in 1933 | |
| College: Gonzaga | |
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| Career Stats | |
| Rushing yards | 613 |
| Average | 4.4 |
| Touchdowns | 6 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
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Max Joseph Krause (April 5, 1909 – July 11, 1984) was an American football running back in the National Football League for the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins.
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[edit] High school career
Krause played high school football at Gonzaga Preparatory School in Spokane, Washington, where he starred as an all-city running back and linebacker. He won 14 letters in four high school sports and in basketball he made the all-city second team as a guard. In baseball he played outfield, and in track he participated in the broad jump and ran the 220 yard low hurdles.
[edit] College career
Krause stayed in Spokane for his college years, graduating from Gonzaga University with a B.A. degree in Philosophy. As fullback and halfback for the Bulldogs, Krause led the varsity backfield for three years.
During his senior year (1932 season), Krause was the leading scorer on the West Coast with 88 points and 1044 yards (130.5 yards/game from scrimmage, averaging 8.5 yards per carry). He scored four touchdowns in his final college game, a 56-13 win over the University of Montana.
Krause was named 1st team All-West Coast fullback, and first choice Little All-American halfback. In the annual East-West Shrine Game, Max started for the West at left halfback.
[edit] Professional career
After college, Krause played professional football for four seasons with the New York Giants. In his initial year with the Giants he had the distinction of scoring the first rushing touchdown in the NFL's first title game, the 1933 NFL Championship Game.[citation needed]
In 1937, Krause moved to the Washington Redskins for an additional four seasons. Coach Ray Flaherty of the Redskins, former Gonzaga star himself, invited Krause along with other former Zags to Washington, including Ed Justice and George Karamatic.[citation needed]
During his first year with the Redskins, the 1937 championship season, Krause was mainly a substitute and blocking back for the running back, Cliff Battles. After Battles retired in 1938 over a salary dispute, Krause finished second in the NFL in total yards rushing (averaging 8.6 yards per carry), behind Byron White of the Pittsburgh Pirates (now Steelers). For many years, Krause also held the record for the longest kickoff return for a touchdown in an NFL championship game.[citation needed]
[edit] Life after football
A knee injury ended Krause's football career in 1940. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Krause joined the United States Navy and fought in World War II. Later he established himself in the brewery business. From 1956-1983 he owned Spokane Distributors, Inc., a wholesale liquor warehouse for beer and wine.
On April 24, 1981 Krause was inducted into the Inland Northwest Sports Hall of Fame. In 1989, he was inducted into the Gonzaga Hall of Fame.
Krause died in Spokane on July 11, 1984 at the age of 75. His widow, Eleanor, died two years later. Their only child, Mike Krause, (b.1954) lives and works in western Washington.[citation needed]
[edit] References
[edit] External Links
- Gonzaga University Athletic Hall of Fame, class of 1989
- GU Athletics, official site, "Looking Back When Football Roamed The Campus", February 3, 2006.
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