Norman Parker "Red" Strader was an American football player and coach who served in both capacities at the collegiate and professional levels.
10 Facts About Red Strader
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Red Strader then turned to baseball when he was signed on February 20,1926, by the Cleveland Indians.
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Red Strader played with three teams: the Saginaw Aces in Saginaw, Michigan; Wheeling, West Virginia; and Hollywood, California, but returned to football in 1926, when he played one season with the Chicago Bulls of the first American Football League and another season with the National Football League's Chicago Cardinals.
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In 1928, Red Strader took his first football coaching job when accepted the top job for Regis College in Colorado.
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However, greater considerations due to the onset of World War II and Saint Mary's turning over a portion of their campus to naval training caused Red Strader to resign and spend the next 40 months in the service.
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When head coach Ray Flaherty was forced out after a slow start on September 17,1948, Red Strader was elevated to take his place.
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Red Strader's anger continued six weeks later when he filed a lawsuit asking for $10,000 in salary from Collins, while severely criticizing the NFL draft.
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Red Strader spent the next year working in the construction business, while continuing to scout, and was again speculated as a head coaching candidate.
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San Francisco head coach Buck Shaw was fired on December 13,1954, after serving as the only coach in franchise history, with Strader being hired 10 days later to replace him.
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Five months after being fired from his position as San Francisco's head coach, Strader died in his sleep of a heart attack, the result of cardiac problems that had plagued him for the past two years.