Curtis Redden
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| Biographical details | |
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| Born |
February 8, 1881 Danville, Illinois |
| Died | January 16, 1919 (aged 37) Koblenz, Germany |
| Alma mater | Michigan |
| Playing career | |
| 1900–1903 | Michigan |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1905 | Kentucky U. |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| First-team All-Western, 1903 Third-team All-American, 1903 |
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Curtis Gerald "Cap" Redden (February 8, 1881 – January 16, 1919) was an American football player. He was the starting left end for the University of Michigan's football team from 1901–1904. He played for Michigan's "Point-a-Minute" teams and was unanimously selected as an All-Western player in 1903. Redden died of pneumonia while serving in the U.S. Army in Germany at the end of World War I.
Redden was born in Danville, Illinois. His father, William B. Redden, was an Indiana native and a lawyer. His mother, Sarah E. Redden, was also an Indiana native. Redden had two younger brothers, Forest and James, and a younger sister, Jessie. At the time of the 1900 United States Census, Redden was living in Rossville, Illinois with his parents and siblings.
Redden enrolled at the University of Michigan where he became one of the stars of Fielding H. Yost's famous "Point-a-Minute" teams of 1901, 1902, and 1903. The 1901 team compiled a record of 11–0 and outscored its opponents 550–0. In Redden's sophomore, junior and senior years, Michigan was 33–0–1 and outscored opponents by a total of 1,764 to 18. At the end of his senior season, Redden was a unanimous first-team All-Western selection, including designations by the Chicago Record-Herald,The Chicago Daily News, and The Inter-Ocean. He was one of only five players upon whom the "Western football critics have been able to unanimously agree."The Chicago Daily News also designated Redden as the captain of its 1903 All-Western team and explained its choice as follows:
"Redden's cool head in a game, his speed and strong playing mark him as the most legitimate selection for captain among all the other captains ... Redden's speed up the field on punts, his ability to stiff arm every interferer without slackening up that speed, and his open-field tackling mark him as the best end for the pure type of end work the west has seen in years. Offensively his skill lies in assisting his tackle in boxing an opponent and assisting the runner after he has passed the line."
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