14 Facts About Charlie LaPradd

Charles W LaPradd was an American football player during the early 1950s.

Charlie LaPradd played college football for the University of Florida and was recognized as an All-American as a defensive lineman.

Charlie LaPradd later served as the president of St Johns River Community College in northeast Florida.

Charlie LaPradd attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Bob Woodruff's Florida Gators football team from 1950 to 1952.

Charlie LaPradd had hitch-hiked to Gainesville for a chance to try out for the Florida Gators football team.

Charlie LaPradd initially played for the Gators as a freshman walk-on in 1949, after convincing the coaches to permit him to try out for the squad, and later earned an athletic scholarship.

Charlie LaPradd was a third-team All-Southeastern Conference selection as a sophomore in 1950, and a second-team All-SEC pick following his junior season in 1951.

Charlie LaPradd was married and had an infant son during his senior year, and was a member of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity.

Charlie LaPradd was one of two senior team captains and the defensive leader of the Gators.

Charlie LaPradd was the Gators' only All-America first team member since Dale Van Sickel in 1928.

Charlie LaPradd graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1953.

Charlie LaPradd later served as the president of the three-campus St Johns River Community College in Orange Park, Palatka and St Augustine from 1966 to 1972.

Charlie LaPradd was a "Gator Great" member of the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Florida-Georgia Hall of Fame in 1998.

Charlie LaPradd died February 1,2006; he was 78 years old.