Frank Reagan

Who is Frank Reagan?

Francis Xavier "Frank" Reagan was an outstanding two-way football player who played for the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles in his seven-year National Football League career from 1941 through 1951. Born in Philadelphia, Reagan was the star quarterback/defensive back at Northeast Catholic High School and led the team to championships in 1935 and 1936. He was voted 1st Team All-Scholastic by the Philadelphia Bulletin in his senior year.

Reagan then played college football at the University of Pennsylvania. Standing 5'11" and 182 lbs., Reagan was a varsity player during George Munger’s first three seasons as head coach of the Quakers, 1938, 1939, and 1940. His 135 points scored is still ninth all-time in UPenn history and his 103 points scored as a senior is the second most in one season in over 120 years of Pennsylvania football. Reagan had one of the great individual performances of all time against Princeton on October 19, 1940, rushing for 200 yards, scoring five touchdowns and 31 points in a 46–28 victory at Franklin Field.