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Hank Gillo

Hank Gillo
Date of birth October 5, 1894
Place of birth Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Date of death September 6, 1948(1948-09-06) (aged 53)
Place of death Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Career information
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg)
College Colgate
Career history
As coach
1920 Hammond Pros
As player
1920–1921 Hammond Pros
1922–1924 Racine Legion
1925 Milwaukee Badgers
1926 Racine Tornadoes
Career highlights and awards
  • Collyer's First Team All-Pro (1923)
Career stats
Military career
Allegiance United States United States
Service/branch United States Army seal U.S. Army
Years of service 1918-1919
Battles/wars World War I

Henry Charles "Hank" Gillo (October 5, 1894 – September 6, 1948) was a professional football player for the Hammond Pros, Racine Legion, and the Milwaukee Badgers from 1920 to 1926. In 1920, Gillo also served as head coach of the Pros. He played at the collegiate level at Colgate University. His style of play earned him the nickname Hank 'Line Plunging' Gillo.

Gillo was born Henry Charles Gillo on October 5, 1894 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Gillo played at Colgate from 1915–1917, and 1919. He was voted captain for the 1918 team but was serving in France in World War I (there was no football at Colgate in 1918). After his collegiate career he led the NFL in scoring in 1922 with 52 points. In 1923 he was a Collyer's First Team All-Pro. He held the NFL record for longest field goal with a 55, 56, or 57 yard kick against the Packers in 1922. When he returned to Milwaukee he married Eva Shead, his high school girlfriend. He spent 21 years as a teacher in a prep school in Milwaukee and was the head of the biology department at the time of his death. Gillo died of a heart attack on September 6, 1948.


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