(1922-10-10)October 10, 1922 Lansing, Michigan, U.S.
Died:
November 30, 2012(2012-11-30) (aged 90)[1] Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
Height:
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:
215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
College:
Michigan
NFL draft:
1944 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7
Career history
Green Bay Packers (1946)
Detroit Lions (1947–1948)
New York Bulldogs (1949)
Career highlights and awards
2× First-team All-American (1942, 1943)
3× Second-team All-Big Ten (1941, 1942, 1943)
Career NFL statistics
Games played:
47
Field goals:
2
Extra points:
26
Interceptions:
3
Fumbles recovered:
4
Player stats at PFR
College Football Hall of Fame
Mervin Pregulman (October 10, 1922 – November 30, 2012) was an American football player, businessman, and philanthropist. He played college football as a tackle and center for the Michigan Wolverines from 1941 to 1943 and was selected as a first-team All-American in 1943. He was inducted into the United States Navy and served in the Pacific Theater during World War II, narrowly surviving a kamikaze attack on his ship in 1945.
Pregulman was a first-round draft pick (seventh overall pick) of the Green Bay Packers in the 1944 NFL draft. He played four years professionally with the Packers (1946), Detroit Lions (1947–48), and New York Bulldogs (1949).
He later became the president of Siskin Steel & Supply Co.in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was also active in philanthropy and community service, including service as president of the Siskin Foundation and a member of the University of Chattanooga Foundation's board of trustees. In 2004, he became the 13th recipient of the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford Award. He was also inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1982.
^"Philanthropist, former Siskin Steel CEO Merv Pregulman dies". Chattanooga Times Free Press. November 30, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
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"all-opponent" team. Guard MervPregulman was selected by the United Press as a second-team All-Big Ten player. Pregulman also received the team's Meyer...
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broadcasting in Havana as the first regular radio station in Cuba. Born: MervPregulman, American football player, businessman and philanthropist, inductee...
football players, including Derleth's Wolverine teammates Bob Westfall, MervPregulman, Bob Wiese, and Elmer Madar. Derleth appeared in only one game for the...
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for Michigan, including All-Americans Benny Friedman, Harry Newman, MervPregulman and Dan Dworsky. According to several publications on Jews in sports...
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