Roger Grove Explained

Position:Blocking back
Halfback (American football)
Number:10, 11
Birth Date:19 June 1908
Birth Place:Greenville, Ohio, USA
Death Place:Torrance, California, USA
High School:Sturgis (MI)
College:Michigan State
Teams:
Statlabel1:Games
Statvalue1:51
Statlabel2:Starts
Statvalue2:26
Statlabel3:Rushing yards
Statvalue3:308 (3.1 average)
Statlabel4:Receiving yards
Statvalue4:489 (15.3 average)
Statlabel5:Touchdowns
Statvalue5:7
Pfr:G/GrovRo20.htm
Highlights:
  • NFL champion (1931)
  • All-American (1930)
  • MSU Athletics Hall of Fame (2000)

Roger Robert Grove (June 19, 1908December 19, 1986) was a professional American football running back in the National Football League (NFL).[1] He played five seasons for the Green Bay Packers including the 1931 team that won the NFL Championship. He lettered at Michigan State in 1928, 1929, and 1930.

Grove was regarded as one of the fastest players on the Packers team during the first half of the 1930s, along with Bob Monnett, and distinguished himself as a punt returner for head coach Curly Lambeau's squad.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Roger Grove Stats . April 5, 2024 . Pro-Football-Reference.com .
  2. Harold "Speed" Johnson (ed.), Who's Who in Major League Football: 1936 Edition. Chicago: B.E. Callahan, 1936; p. 37.