Glenn Presnell
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Presnell from 1943 Cornhusker
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
July 28, 1905 Gilead, Nebraska |
| Died | September 13, 2004 (aged 99) Ironton, Ohio |
| Playing career | |
| 1925–1927 | Nebraska |
| 1929–1930 | Ironton Tanks |
| 1931–1933 | Portsmouth Spartans |
| 1934–1936 | Detroit Lions |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1937 | Kansas (assistant) |
| 1938–1941 | Nebraska (assistant) |
| 1942 | Nebraska |
| 1944 | North Carolina Pre-Flight (backs) |
| 1946 | Nebraska (assistant) |
| 1947–1953 | Eastern Kentucky (assistant) |
| 1954–1963 | Eastern Kentucky |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1963–1971 | Eastern Kentucky |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 45–56–3 |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 OVC (1954) | |
| Awards | |
| All-American, 1927 | |
Glenn Emery "Press" Presnell (July 28, 1905 – September 13, 2004) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He set the NFL single-season scoring record in 1933 and led the league in total offense. He was the last surviving member of the Detroit Lions inaugural 1934 team and helped lead the team to its first NFL championship in 1935. He also set an NFL record with a 54-yard field goal in 1934, a record which was not broken for 19 years.
Born in Gilead, Nebraska, Presnell attended DeWitt High School and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He played college football as a halfback for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team from 1925 to 1927. In 1925, Presnell led Nebraska to a 14-0 victory over an Illini team that included the "Galloping Ghost", Red Grange. As one writer put it, "all the galloping was done by Presnell this day." Presnell was selected as a first-team player on the 1927 College Football All-America Team.
After leaving Nebraska, Presnell played football for the Ironton Tanks in Ironton, Ohio. He was a player-coach for the team and also taught science at Ironton High School. Presnell was a halfback in Ironton's single wing offense and also played on defense at what would later be considered the safety position. Although not officially part of the National Football League, the Tanks played against teams in the league. In 1930, Presnell led Ironton to victories over both the New York Giants and the Chicago Bears. Against the Giants, the Tanks trailed 12-6 with three seconds left. Presnell threw a touchdown pass to Gene Alford and then kicked the extra point to give Ironton a 13-12 victory over a Giants team that finished in second place in the NFL. He also scored two touchdowns against the Bears, including an 88-yard run.
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