Merv Pregulman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Merv Pregulman

Player of American football

Date of Birth: 10-Oct-1922

Place of Birth: Lansing, Michigan, United States

Date of Death: 29-Nov-2012

Profession: American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Mervin Pregulman (October 10, 1922 – November 29, 2012) 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 (seventh overall pick) of the Green Bay Packers in the 1944 NFL Draft.
He played four years of professional football with the Packers (1946), Detroit Lions (1947–48), and New York Bulldogs (1949). 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.