Alfred Grady Rose (January 26, 1905 – October 1985) was a

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in the

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(NFL) who played for the

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and the

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, and for 1 season with the

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of the 2nd AFL. Rose was a three-sport athlete for the

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before playing professionally for 7 seasons. He retired after the 1936 season. Rose was born in Oenaville, Texas, just outside of Temple, in 1905 and went to high school at Highland Park High School in University Park, Texas where he started playing football in 1923. He went to the University of Texas starting in 1926 where he was a three-sport athlete who lettered 3 times in Football, 3 times in basketball and twice in track. He led Texas to Southwest Conference Championships in Football in 1928 and in track in 1929. He was the runner-up in the discus at the 1929 SWC Track Championship. In football, where he was nicknamed "Big Un" he played halfback and end; he made the 1929 All-Southwest Conference football team and was named the team's MVP that year. After graduation from Texas, he went to play in the NFL. His first two seasons he played in Providence, but when that team broke up he was signed by Green Bay where he played until 1936. In 1931 he was named 3rd Team All Pro by the Green Bay Press-Gazette and in 1932 he led the league in non-offensive TDs with 2. He resigned with the Packers in 1936, but only played in 2 games for them before he was released and was not with them when the Packers won the NFL Championship. He finished his career with the Yankees of the AFL. During the offseason he would work with the Douglas Aircraft company in Santa Monica, CA. He stayed in Green Bay after his playing days were over and became a branch manager of CIT Financial Corporation until his retirement of 1936. He was a charter member of the NFL Alumni Association and was inducted into the Texas Longhorns Hall of Honor in 1985.

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