Position: | Halfback, quarterback |
Birth Date: | 26 June 1883 |
Birth Place: | Stavanger, Norway |
Death Place: | Hennepin County, Minnesota |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 8 |
Weight Lbs: | 175 |
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Statlabel1: | Games |
Statvalue1: | 11 |
Pfr: | IrgeBi20 |
Einar Magnus "Bill" Irgens (June 26, 1883 – October 28, 1947) was an American football player.
A native of Stavanger, Norway, he played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) as a halfback and quarterback for the Minneapolis Marines. He appeared in 11 NFL games, seven as a starter, from 1921 to 1923.[1] [2]
Sav Rocca is sometimes cited as the oldest NFL rookie at age 34.[3] Irgens tops Rocca's mark by four years, having made his NFL debut at age 38.[1]
Irgens was also the first Norwegian-born player in the NFL. The second Norwegian-born player, Halvor Hagen, did not debut in the NFL until 1975.[4]
In later years, Irgens worked as a painter in Minneapolis.[5] He died in 1947 in Minneapolis.[1]