Mike Palm | |
Birth Date: | 24 November 1899 |
Birth Place: | St. James, Minnesota, U.S. |
Death Place: | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Position1: | Halfback, quarterback |
College: | Penn State |
Coaching Years1: | 1926–1929 |
Coaching Team1: | Georgetown (assistant) |
Coaching Years2: | 1933 |
Coaching Team2: | Cincinnati Reds |
Coaching Years3: | 1936 |
Coaching Team3: | Brooklyn Tigers |
Coaching Years4: | 1937 |
Coaching Team4: | Rochester Tigers |
Coaching Years5: | 1941 |
Coaching Team5: | New York Giants (assistant) |
Playing Years1: | 1925–1926 |
Playing Team1: | New York Giants |
Playing Years2: | 1933 |
Playing Team2: | Cincinnati Reds |
Other Title: | owner |
Other Years1: | 1936–1937 |
Other Team1: | Rochester-Brooklyn Tigers |
Myron Herrick "Mike" Palm (November 24, 1899 – April 8, 1974)[1] was a professional American football player in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants. He was also a player-coach in 1933 for the NFL's Cincinnati Reds. He was also the owner and head coach of the Brooklyn-Rochester Tigers of the second American Football League (AFL) from 1936 to 1937. By 1941, he returned to the Giants, to serve as an assistant coach.
Prior to his professional career, Palm played college football at Pennsylvania State University. He played in the Nittany Lions 14–3 loss to USC in the 1923 Rose Bowl. During the game, he scored Penn State's only points off a field goal. Palm was an assistant at Georgetown University from 1926 to 1929 under coach Lou Little. In 1941, he returned to the Giants and worked as an assistant coach.