- Keith Molesworth
NFL player
Name=Keith Molesworth
DateOfBirth=October 20 ,1905
Birthplace=Washington, Iowa
DateOfDeath=March 1966
College=Monmouth
Position=Halfback,mainlyQuarterback
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years=1931-1937
teams=Chicago Bears
Stats=y
DatabaseFootball=MOLESKEI01
CollegeHOF=Keith Frank Molesworth (born
October 20 ,1905 -March 1966) graduated from Washington High School. Molesworth was 17 years old, 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighed 98 pounds. Due to his size he never started a prep football game. He started growing during the following year, never getting bigger than 5-9 by 167, however this spurt started his career in sports.College career
Molesworth went to
Monmouth College located inMonmouth, Illinois where he won three letters each in four varsity sports football, basketball, baseball and track. He became one of the rare 12-letter performers in the history of Monmouth College.Professional career
He played as a professional for nine years, the last seven in both
baseball and football. Four of the baseball seasons were inMinor league baseball . Seven football seasons were with theChicago Bears , where he was the T-formation quarterback in a backfield that includedRed Grange andBronko Nagurski . The 1932 and 1933 Bears wereNational Football League champions.Coaching career
Molesworth spent eight years as the backfield coach at the
U.S. Naval Academy , then six more as a semipro football coach and one year doubling as a minor-league baseball manager, before becoming backfield coach for thePittsburgh Steelers in 1952.He was Head Coach of the Baltimore Colts in 1953, the first season of that franchise's existence. He remained with the club as a vice president and director of personnel until dying of a heart attack in March 1966, while seeding his lawn. He was 60.
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External links
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