Merv Pregulman
Tackle, American football player
1922 – 2012
Who was Merv Pregulman?
Mervin Pregulman was an All-American football player, businessman, and philanthropist. He played football as a tackle and center for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1941 to 1943 and was selected as a first-team All-American in 1943. He was inducted into the United States Navy and served in the Pacific Theater during World War II, narrowly surviving a kamikaze attack on his ship in 1945.
Pregulman was a first-round draft pick of the Green Bay Packers in the 1944 NFL Draft. He played four years of professional football with the Packers, Detroit Lions, and New York Bulldogs.
He later became the president of Siskin Steel & Supply Co.in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was also active in philanthropy and community service, including service as president of the Siskin Foundation and a member of the University of Chattanooga Foundation's board of trustees. In 2004, he became the 13th recipient of the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford Award. He was also inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1982.
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- Born
- Oct 10, 1922
Lansing - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Michigan
- Lived in
- Chattanooga
- Lansing
- Died
- Nov 29, 2012
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on July 23, 2013
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