Al Kreuz Explained

Position:	Fullback
Birth Date:	August 21, 1898
Death Date:	August 1975
College:	Kalamazoo College, Western Michigan University,^[1] University of Pennsylvania
Teams:	Philadelphia Quakers (1926)
Highlights:	Second-team All-Eastern (1925)^[2]

Albert F. Kreuz (August 21, 1898 – August 1975) was an American football fullback. He played on the Philadelphia Quakers' 1926 American Football League (AFL) team, which won the league's only championship.

Kreuz played college football at the University of Pennsylvania as a back and placekicker.^[3] ^[4] His first season at Pennsylvania was 1924, his sophomore year,^[4] and he played through 1925 before being ruled ineligible for the 1926 season due to having previously played for Kalamazoo College.^[5] Kreuz joined the Quakers in 1926. He played in all 10 games during the Quakers' 8–2 season, in which they won the AFL championship.^[6] The Chicago Tribune's Wilfrid Smith named Kreuz a second-team All-Pro fullback in a list that included players from the National Football League and AFL.^[7]

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Notes and References

Web site: Al Kreuz. Database Football. May 15, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20100218174135/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KREUZAL01. February 18, 2010. dead.
News: Dartmouth Carries Off Bulk Of Positions On A. P. All-Eastern Team . Associated Press . Dayton Daily News . D-6 . December 5, 1925 . July 24, 2024 . newspapers.com.
Football. Time. December 7, 1925. https://web.archive.org/web/20120219121827/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,721504,00.html. dead. February 19, 2012. July 20, 2021.
News: Sophomore Grid Player Proving Penn Sensation. Berkeley Daily Gazette. October 29, 1924. 15. August 6, 2011.
News: Kreuz Officially Declared Ineligible. The Norwalk Hour. December 10, 1925. 14. August 6, 2011.
Web site: 1926 Philadelphia Quakers . Database Football . June 10, 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150324144658/http://databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=PHI&lg=AFLG&yr=1926 . March 24, 2015 .
Hogrogian . John . 1926 All Pros . The Coffin Corner . 1983 . 5 . 6 . PDF . June 10, 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120311103556/http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/05-06-144.pdf . March 11, 2012 .