1942_Camp_Grant_Warriors_football_team

1942 Camp Grant Warriors football team

1942 Camp Grant Warriors football team

American college football season

The 1942 Camp Grant Warriors football team represented the United States Army's Camp Grant during the 1942 college football season. In 1942, Camp Grant used for basic training and training of Army medical corpsmen. It was located in the southern outskirts of Rockford, Illinois, approximately 90 miles west of Chicago. The 1942 football team compiled a 4–5 record and was ranked No. 7 among the service teams in a poll of 91 sports writers conducted by the Associated Press.[1]

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Glen Rose, who was the head basketball coach at Arkansas before the war, was the team's head coach. Notable players included Reino Nori (quarterback, Chicago Bears), Sam Goldman (end, Washington Redskins), end Doug Renzel (end, Marquette), and Jim Cary (back, Purdue).

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    "Great Lakes Is Leading Service Team Of Nation". Ashville Citizen-Times. December 6, 1942. p. D2 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Wilfrid Smith (September 20, 1942). "Wisconsin Beats Camp Grant, 7-0". Chicago Tribune. pp. 2–1, 2–6 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Service Dept". Marshfield News-Herald. September 14, 1942. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Huskies Fall Victim to Smashing Warrior Attack: Service Team Is Powerful". The De Kalb Daily Chronicle. October 5, 1942. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
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    C. H. Beukema (October 11, 1942). "Camp Grant Is Beaten, 33-16, by Hawkeyes". Chicago Tribune. p. 2-1, 2-8 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Bradley Tech Beaten, 26 to 7, by Camp Grant". Chicago Tribune. October 16, 1942. p. 3-1 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Edward Prell (November 1, 1942). "Ft. Knox Beaten By Camp Grant by 22 to 0 Score". Chicago Tribune. p. 2-2 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Irving Vaughan (November 12, 1942). "Great Lakes Whips Camp Grant Eleven, 33-0". Chicago Tribune. pp. 25, 27 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Knights Blasted at Camp Grant, 40-6, in Season's Final Game". Green Bay Press-Gazette. November 16, 1942. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Marquette Ends Season; Blasts Warriors, 34-0". Chicago Tribune. November 23, 1942. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Vaughan, Irving (November 29, 1942). "Illinois Beats Camp Grant by 20 to 0 Margin". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. B2.
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    Daye, John (2014). Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football. Haworth, New Jersey: St. Johann Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-937943-21-9.
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