Reds Bagnell

Francis “Reds” Bagnell, a University of Pennsylvania quarterback, was born September 15, 1928. He grew up in West Philadelphia, and fittingly enough, the house he grew up in is now part of the extended Pennsylvania University Campus. At Penn, he earned 9 varsity letters, 3 each in baseball, basketball, and football.

The highlight of his collegiate career had to be the 1950 game against Dartmouth College, when the Reds had an impressive 490 total offensive yards in the contest! Bagnell also threw 14 straight completions as the Quakers rolled to a 42-26 win at Franklin Field in Philly.  The National Football Foundation selected him to enter its College Football Hall of Fame in 1977.