Reds Bassman
American gridiron football player and athletics competitor
About Reds Bassman
Lived 1913 – 2010 (aged 97). Reds Bassman was an American athletics competitor and american football player.
Herman L. "Reds" Bassman (February 25, 1913 – August 3, 2010) was an American professional football halfback who played one season with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ursinus College.
Early life Bassman attended Central High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
College career Bassman played for the Ursinus Bears from 1933 to 1935. He also participated in track and wrestling. He returned an interception 45 yards for a touchdown in a 7–6 upset victory against the Penn Quakers in 1934. Bassman was inducted into the Ursinus College Athletics Hall of Fame in 1980.
Professional career Bassman played in eight games for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1936.
Personal life Bassman served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. He died on August 3, 2010, in Petersburg, Virginia. He was the oldest living former Eagles player at the time of his death.
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Who was Reds Bassman?
American gridiron football player and athletics competitor (1913-2010)
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Reds Bassman was born on 25 February 1913 in Philadelphia.
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Reds Bassman died on 3 August 2010 in Petersburg.
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Reds Bassman was an athletics competitor and american football player.
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Reds Bassman was American.
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