| Chuck Braidwood | |||||||||
| Birth Date: | 15 October 1903 | ||||||||
| Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||
| Death Place: | Biak Island, Indonesia | ||||||||
| Position: | End | ||||||||
| College: | Loyola (Chicago) Tennessee (Chattanooga) | ||||||||
| Stats: | y | ||||||||
| Databasefootball: | BRAIDCHU01 | ||||||||
| Playing Years1: | 1930 | ||||||||
| Playing Team1: | Portsmouth Spartans | ||||||||
| Playing Years2: | 1931 | ||||||||
| Playing Team2: | Cleveland Indians | ||||||||
| Playing Years3: | 1932 | ||||||||
| Playing Team3: | Chicago Cardinals | ||||||||
| Playing Years4: | 1933 | ||||||||
| Playing Team4: | Cincinnati Reds | ||||||||
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Charles Grant Braidwood (October 15, 1903 – January 8, 1945) was a professional American football player who played end for four seasons for the Portsmouth Spartans, Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cardinals, and Cincinnati Reds.
After ending his playing career, Braidwood was a wrestling referee in Tennessee.[1] During World War II, he was an American Red Cross program director, working overseas to help the Allied war effort. While serving in the Red Cross, he died of a heart attack on Biak Island.[2] [3] He is buried in Fort William McKinley in Manila, Philippines.
Braidwood was the son of James Grant Braidwood and Cornelia Mayerhofernee McDole. He was one of four children; his siblings were Louise I Braidwood, Andrew W. Braidwood and Edna Braidwood.
