Harry Jagade

Professional Football Player. Jagade attended high school at Leyden Township in Franklin Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. He received a scholarship to Indiana University and in 1944 was named to the all Big Ten football team. In 1948 he was drafted in the fourteenth round by the Washington Redskins. In 1949 he played ten games for the Baltimore Colts and in 1951 he was traded to the Cleveland Browns where he became the starting fullback for three years. He earned Pro Bowl recognition in 1953, also being named to the 2nd team "All NFL" that same year. He was traded to the Chicago Bears in 1954 and again was named to the Pro Bowl team. During his career he played mostly at fullback with some efforts as a kick returner. He retired from football after the 1954 season, but stayed close to the game when he became a player coach later becoming the head coach of the Chicago Panthers of the Central States Football league in 1965. He died while on a hunting trip to Dore county, Wisconsin when he collasped after felling a deer.