Mike Palm

Who was Mike Palm?

Myron Herrick Palm was a professional football player in the National Football League for the New York Giants. He was also a player-coach in 1933 for the NFL's Cincinnati Reds. He was also the owner and head coach of the Brooklyn-Rochester Tigers of the second American Football League from 1936-1937. By 1941, he returned to the Giants, to serve as an assistant coach.

Prior to his professional career, Palm played college football at Penn State. He played in the Nittany Lions 28-3 loss to USC in the 1923 Rose Bowl. During the game, he scored Penn State's only points off a field goal. Palm was an assistant at Georgetown University from 1926-1929 under coach Lou Little. In 1941 he returned to the Giants and served as an assistant coach.