Max Krause
Krause at Gonzaga
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | April 5, 1909 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Spokane, Washington | ||||||||
| Date of death: | July 11, 1984 (aged 75) | ||||||||
| Place of death: | Spokane, Washington | ||||||||
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| High school: | Spokane (WA) Gonzaga Prep | ||||||||
| College: | Gonzaga | ||||||||
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| Rushing yards: | 613 |
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| Receiving yards: | 159 |
| Touchdowns: | 6 |
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Max Joseph Krause (April 5, 1909 – July 11, 1984) was an American football running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins.
Krause played high school football at Gonzaga Preparatory School in Spokane, Washington, where he starred as an all-city running back and linebacker. He won 14 letters in four high school sports and in basketball he made the all-city second team as a guard. In baseball, Krause played outfield, and in track he participated in the broad jump and ran the 220 yard low hurdles.
Krause stayed in Spokane for his college years, graduating from Gonzaga University with a B.A. degree in Philosophy. As fullback and halfback for the Bulldogs. Krause led the varsity backfield for three years.
Reporter Abe Kemp described sophomore Krause in his first varsity year at Gonzaga during a game on October 12, 1930 against St. Ignatius (now the University of San Francisco). It was a close game that included a 70-yard scoring run from scrimmage by Krause:
"They said Krause was good.... He was better than good; he was immense. Whether he ran, kicked, passed or tackled, there was a deadly and skilled earnestness about him that won the sympathy of the crowd and even the partisans."
In the buildup to the 1932 cross-state matchup between Gonzaga and the University of Washington, Clarence Dirks wrote that "A coach couldn’t ask for a better back than stocky Max Krause. He kicks, passes, tackles viciously and in an open field is as illusive as a cemetery shadow."
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