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Francis J. "Reds" Bagnell (September 15, 1928 – July 10, 1995) was an American football halfback. He played college football for the Penn Quakers, where he won the Maxwell Award in 1950. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1977.
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| Position | Halfback |
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| Born: | September 15, 1928 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died: | July 10, 1995 (aged 66) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 178 lb (81 kg) |
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| College Football Hall of Fame (1977) | |
Bagnell passed up his chance to play in the NFL to enlist in the navy, where he served a 4-year stint as a naval officer.[citation needed]
He had a successful business career as resident manager of Fahnestock & Co. (investment bankers) in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, and as a senior vice president of New York Stock Exchange from 1967 to 1970, followed by a long career as president of a highly successful energy company.[citation needed] He was appointed to the American Battle Monuments Commission by Ronald Reagan[1] and George Herbert Walker Bush.