1. Francis Xavier Reagan was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator.
15 Facts About Frank Reagan
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Frank Reagan played professionally for the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles during a seven-season National Football League career that spanned from 1941 to 1951.
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Frank Reagan was Villanova's athletic director from 1957 to 1961.
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Frank Reagan was voted 1st Team All-Scholastic by the Philadelphia Bulletin in his senior year.
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Frank Reagan then played college football at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Frank Reagan was named a 1st Team All-American Back for the 1940 season.
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Frank Reagan was drafted in the third round of the 1941 NFL draft by the New York Giants.
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Frank Reagan was traded to the Eagles after the 1948 season and was a big factor in helping the Eagles repeat as NFL Champions in 1949.
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Frank Reagan punted for a 45-yard average and returned punts for 12.7 yards per return and one touchdown.
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Frank Reagan finished his NFL career in 1951 with 35 interceptions, which led all of football before former teammate Emlen Tunnell passed him the following year.
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Frank Reagan scored six touchdowns on offense and threw a touchdown pass.
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Frank Reagan remained the school's athletic director until 1961 when he went into partnership in an insurance brokerage firm in Norristown, Pennsylvania.
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Frank Reagan died of complications of lung cancer at age 53 in 1972.
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Frank Reagan is enshrined in both the Northeast Catholic HS Hall of Fame and the University of Pennsylvania Hall of Fame.
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In 2000, Philadelphia Daily News sports writer Ted Silary named Frank Reagan as the best Philadelphia area born punter of the 20th century.