24 Facts About Curtis Redden

Curtis Gerald "Cap" Redden was an American college football player and coach.

Curtis Redden was the starting left end for the University of Michigan's football team from 1901 to 1904.

Curtis Redden played for Michigan's "Point-a-Minute" teams and was unanimously selected as an All-Western player in 1903.

Curtis Redden's father, William B Redden, was an Indiana native and a lawyer.

Curtis Redden's mother, Sarah E Redden, was an Indiana native.

Curtis Redden had two younger brothers, Forest and James, and a younger sister, Jessie.

At the time of the 1900 United States census, Curtis Redden was living in Rossville, Illinois, with his parents and siblings.

Curtis Redden was selected as a third-team All-American by Walter Camp.

An all-around athlete, Curtis Redden was selected as the captain of Michigan's football and baseball teams in his senior year.

Curtis Redden was captain not only of this year's Michigan football team but of the selected All-Star Western team.

Curtis Redden is a natural football player and is one of the best ends the Middle West has ever produced.

Curtis Redden is captain of the school track team, being the only man who has had the distinction of holding both stations of honor at the same time.

Undoubtedly, the close, hard game given the purple bv Curtis Redden's pupils, helped pull Northwestern down to the weakened condition in which Stagg's men found McCormick's players.

In 1906, Curtis Redden, who had been a star in baseball at Michigan, signed to play baseball with the Indianapolis Indians in the American Association.

In October 1908, Curtis Redden agreed to take time out from his law practice to join Coach Yost's staff to whip the Michigan football team into shape.

Curtis Redden remained on Yost's coaching staff through the 1912 season.

For several years, Curtis Redden had continued his law practice in Illinois but had "been able to spare a few weeks to return to Ann Arbor and help out" as Yost's assistant.

Curtis Redden returned to Illinois, where he worked at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, from 1915 to 1917 as an assistant physical education director, line coach for the Knox football team, and as head baseball coach.

Curtis Redden's unit was among the first to leave for France.

In November 1918, Curtis Redden was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and assumed command of the 149th Field Artillery Regiment.

Curtis Redden died of pneumonia in January 1919 at a hospital in Koblenz, Germany.

Curtis Redden had been in command of the artillery unit since October 1918.

Curtis Redden was buried in Germany on a slope near the point where the Rhine and Moselle Rivers meet.

Curtis Redden has since been reburied in Spring Hill Cemetery in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, US.