37-441: Agase is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alex Agase (1922–2007), American footballer and coach Lou Agase (1924–2006), American footballer and coach [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Agase . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding
74-639: A 45-yard indoor football field. Atlanta Hall Management operates the College Football Hall of Fame. During the George Floyd Protests on May 29, 2020, the Hall of Fame was damaged and looted by protesters. Hall of Fame CEO Kimberly Beaudin told ESPN that only the gift shop was looted, adding that "no artifacts or displays were damaged". In 2022, civil rights icon and Pitt Hall of Famer Bobby Grier along with family and Blake Van Leer were invited for
111-462: A VIP tour. Grier's football story is being made into a future film. As of 2018, there are 997 players and 217 coaches enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame, representing 308 schools. Thirteen players, two coaches and one inanimate object (the Goodyear Blimp ) were slated for induction in 2019. The National Football Foundation outlines specific criteria that may be used for evaluating
148-621: A former Cleveland teammate. In seven years under Parseghian at Northwestern, Agase rose to become the coach's top assistant. When Parseghian was offered the head coaching job at the University of Notre Dame at the end of 1963, he recommended Agase as his replacement. Agase got the job immediately after Parseghian left. Agase's first years as coach of the Northwestern Wildcats football team were unsuccessful. The team had losing records each season between 1964 and 1969. In 1970, however,
185-645: A hundred people to craft a proposal for South Bend to host the Hall of Fame, which was presented to the National Football Foundation in November 1992. The proposal slated for a $ 14 million facility to be constructed in South Bend's downtown. Several sites in the city had been explored, such as a site near the Indiana Toll Road and various sites in the city's downtown, but a location near Century Center
222-524: Is a hall of fame and interactive attraction devoted to college American football . The National Football Foundation (NFF) founded the Hall in 1951 to immortalize the players and coaches of college football that were voted first team All-American by the media. In August 2014, the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame opened in downtown Atlanta , Georgia . The facility is a 94,256 square feet (8,756.7 m ) attraction located in
259-727: The ACC (home to the oldest stadium in Division I FBS , Bobby Dodd Stadium ), 10 blocks from Georgia State University of the Sun Belt Conference , and roughly 70 miles (110 km) from the University of Georgia of the SEC . The new building broke ground on January 28, 2013. Sections of the architecture are reminiscent of a football in shape. The facility is 94,256 square feet (8,756.7 m ) and contains approximately 50,000 square feet (4,600 m ) of exhibit and event space, interactive displays and
296-603: The U.S. Marines during World War II and played a season at Purdue while in training. He was again named an All-American in 1943. After his discharge from the Marines, he came back to Illinois and played a final season in 1946, after which he was named an All-American for a third time. Agase began his professional football career with the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) in 1947, but
333-501: The University of Illinois and played college football there as a right guard in 1941 and 1942. In a 1942 game against the University of Minnesota , Agase scored two touchdowns for the Fighting Illini , becoming only the second guard in college football history to accomplish that feat. The first touchdown came in the second quarter, when Agase stripped the ball from Minnesota's Bill Daley and ran it back 35 yards. The second
370-664: The AAFC then dissolved and the Browns, along with two other teams, were absorbed by the NFL. Helped by a strong offensive line including Agase, center Frank Gatski and tackles Lou Groza and Lou Rymkus , Cleveland won the NFL championship in 1950. The team reached the NFL championship in 1951 but lost to the Los Angeles Rams . Cleveland lost 24–17 despite gaining more yards and more first downs than
407-642: The National Football Foundation ultimately decided on Atlanta for the next site. The new $ 68.5 million museum opened on August 23, 2014. It is located next to Centennial Olympic Park , which is near other attractions such as the Georgia Aquarium , the World of Coca-Cola , CNN Center , and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights . The Hall of Fame is located near the Georgia Institute of Technology of
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#1733085358471444-559: The National Football Foundation, announced that the museum would be moving to Atlanta. The South Bend location closed in December of 2012. In 2009, the National Football Foundation decided to move the College Football Hall of Fame to Atlanta , Georgia. The possibility of moving the museum has been brought up in other cities, including Dallas , which had the financial backing of multi-millionaire T. Boone Pickens . However,
481-558: The Rams. "It was a very disappointing loss", Agase later said. "We weren't quite as sharp as we normally were on offense." Before the 1952 season, the Browns traded Agase to the Dallas Texans , a newly formed team set to start play that year. He ended his playing career and signed as a line coach with the Texans under head coach Jim Phelan . The Texans finished with a 1–11 record and folded after
518-413: The South Bend location would attract more than 150,000 visitors a year, the Hall of Fame drew about 115,000 people the first year, and about 60,000 annually after that. By the late 1990s, some had already begun to criticize the Hall of Fame in South Bend as a failure, due to a lack of corporate sponsorship and poor turnout even during special events. In September 2009, Archie Manning , the chairman of
555-736: The University of Illinois all-century team in 1990. Agase was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1963. While living in Tarpon Springs, Florida, Agase was an active member of George Young United Methodist Church, later renamed East Lake United Methodist Church. He died in 2007 at a hospital near his home in Tarpon Springs, Florida . # denotes interim head coach # denotes interim athletic director College Football Hall of Fame The College Football Hall of Fame
592-627: The construction of the building with ground not having been broken and no plans to do so, the New Jersey Attorney General began an investigation of the finances of the Hall of Fame's foundation, the National Football Foundation . In response, the Foundation moved its operations to New York City , where it continued to collect donations for several years. When the New York Attorney General 's office began its own investigation,
629-714: The first game of intercollegiate football in New Brunswick on November 6, 1869. Secondary plans in 1967 called for the Hall of Fame to be located at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey , the location of the first contest under rules now considered to be those of modern football , between teams from Rutgers and the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University ; Rutgers won 6–4. Rutgers donated land near its football stadium, office space, and administrative support. After years of collecting donations starting in 1949 for
666-523: The following year to the Cleveland Browns , who had won the AAFC championship in each of the league's first two years of play. Led by quarterback Otto Graham , fullback Marion Motley and ends Dante Lavelli and Mac Speedie , Cleveland won the championship again in 1948, posting a perfect 14–0 record and beating the Buffalo Bills in the title game. Another championship followed in 1949, but
703-655: The foundation moved to Kings Mills, Ohio in suburban Cincinnati , where a building finally was constructed adjacent to Kings Island in 1978. In choosing the site, it had been hoped that the museum could attract the same visitors attending the adjacent Kings Island amusement park, but this failed to happen. The Hall opened with good attendance figures early on, but visitation dwindled dramatically as time went on and never truly met projections. Attendance, which had been projected to be 300,000 annually, peaked at 80,000 per year and dwindled to 30,000 per year. The facility closed in 1992. Nearby Galbreath Field remained open as
740-488: The heart of Atlanta's sports, entertainment and tourism district, and is adjacent to the Georgia World Congress Center and Centennial Olympic Park . In 1949, Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey , was selected as the site for football's Hall of Fame, via a vote by thousands of sportswriters, coaches, and athletic leaders. Rutgers was chosen for the location because Rutgers and Princeton played
777-441: The home of Moeller High School football until 2003. In 2024, Mercy Health Kings Mills Hospital opened on the site. In September 1991, the National Football Foundation opened a national search for a new location, soliciting bids from cities. It first started by offering bids to cities with local National Football Foundation chapters. Thirty-five such cities replied, including South Bend, Indiana . The South Bend bid proposal
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#1733085358471814-717: The nation in the AP Poll at season's end. Illinois beat the UCLA Bruins in the 1947 Rose Bowl after the season. Agase was named an All-American for a third time, and received the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the most valuable player in the Big Ten. Agase had been selected by the Green Bay Packers in the 1944 NFL draft , but military service delayed his professional career. Although Green Bay still held
851-415: The person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agase&oldid=1022310116 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Monitored short pages Alex Agase Alexander Arrasi Agase (March 27, 1922 – May 3, 2007)
888-612: The rights to him when he graduated from college, Agase instead signed in 1947 with the Los Angeles Dons of the new All-America Football Conference (AAFC). Agase, however, played just three games for the Dons before he was traded in September 1947 to the Chicago Rockets , another AAFC team. The Rockets finished the season in last place in the AAFC's western division with a 1–13 record. The Rockets traded Agase and fellow lineman Chubby Grigg
925-810: The season. Agase came out of retirement briefly after the Texans disbanded, joining the Baltimore Colts and playing as a linebacker for the 1953 season. The Colts finished the season with a 3–9 record, placing fifth in the NFL West division. Agase was offered a job as an assistant coach for the Colts, but instead joined Iowa State University as its line coach in early 1954 on a $ 7,000-a-year salary. He and Iowa State head coach Vince DiFrancesca had played football together in high school. After two seasons at Iowa State, he signed as defensive line coach at Northwestern University . He worked under head coach Ara Parseghian ,
962-589: The team finished with a 6–4 record, taking second place in the Big Ten Conference, and Agase was named the national coach of the year by the Football Writers Association of America . The Wildcats followed up with a 7–4 record in 1971, but fell to 2–9 in 1972. After nine seasons as the Northwestern coach, Agase accepted an offer at the end of 1972 to become head football coach at Purdue, one of
999-470: The two schools for which he played. Taking the job was "not an easy decision to make", he said at the time, because he was happy at Northwestern. Agase coached at Purdue through the 1976 season. His teams never posted a winning record in his years there, although they did pull two noteworthy upsets of Top Ten teams, defeating #2 Notre Dame in South Bend in 1974 and #1 Michigan in West Lafayette in 1976. He
1036-484: Was a fourth-quarter fumble recovery in the end zone to give Illinois a 20–13 victory. In another game against Great Lakes Naval Training Station , a military team, Agase had 22 tackles. Under coach Ray Eliot , Illinois finished the season with a 6–4 win–loss record . Agase was named an All-American after the season. Agase entered the U.S. military in 1943 as America's involvement in World War II intensified. He
1073-402: Was again named an All-American. During the following two years, Agase served on active duty in the war. He participated in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa , where he received a Purple Heart after he was wounded in action. He rose to the rank of first lieutenant . Agase returned to Illinois in 1946 and rejoined a Fightining Illini team that posted an 8–2 record and was ranked fifth in
1110-490: Was an American football guard and linebacker who was named an All-American three times in college and played on three Cleveland Browns championship teams before becoming head football coach at Northwestern University and Purdue University . Agase grew up in Illinois and attended the University of Illinois , where he was a standout as a guard starting in 1941. He was named an All-American in 1942. Agase then entered
1147-564: Was fired in early 1977 and took a job as athletic director at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan . He stayed in that job until 1982, when he unexpectedly resigned citing "personal reasons". Agase remained active in college football by assisting Bo Schembechler as a volunteer at the University of Michigan until 1987, focusing on special teams. He was named to the Walter Camp Foundation all-century team in 1989 and
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1184-538: Was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1963. Agase was born in Chicago to an Assyrian father, Goolasis(Charles) Agase (1883–1959), and an Armenian mother, Eslie Darwitt (1892–1971). Both were born in Persia . His brother Lou was also involved with football. He attended Evanston Township High School , but only played on the school's varsity football team in his senior year. After graduating, he attended
1221-415: Was led by Bill Starks and Edward "Moose" Krause of the South Bend chapter of the National Football Foundation, who then approached South Bend mayor Joe E. Kernan about the concept. Kernan brought the concept to the city's Project Future department, tasked with bringing new attractions to the city to assist its economic development. Patrick McMahon, Project Future's executive director, collaborated with over
1258-486: Was named the new head coach. Agase guided the Northwestern Wildcats to a 32–58–1 win-loss-tie record in nine seasons. He was named coach of the year by the Football Writers Association of America after guiding the team to a 6–4 record in 1970. Agase left to coach at Purdue in 1972, but none of his teams posted a winning record there, and he was fired in 1977. He then spent six years as athletic director at Eastern Michigan University before retiring. Agase died in 2007. He
1295-492: Was sent to Purdue University for training in the U.S. Marines and played on the school's football team along with enlistees from other schools. Purdue had won just one Big Ten Conference game the previous year, but the influx of trainees including Agase led to a reversal of fortune in 1943. Coached by Elmer Burnham , the Purdue Boilermakers won all of their games that year and were named Big Ten co-champions. Agase
1332-566: Was soon traded to the Chicago Rockets and then the Browns, where he remained until 1952. Cleveland won two AAFC championships and one National Football League championship while Agase was on the team. After retiring from football, Agase worked as an assistant coach for the Dallas Texans and, after a brief return to playing for the Baltimore Colts , Iowa State University . He was hired as an assistant at Northwestern in 1956 under head coach Ara Parseghian . Agase remained as an assistant until Parseghian left to coach at Notre Dame in 1963 and he
1369-532: Was the top choice. On July 13, 1992, William Pearce, chairman of the National Football Foundation, made the announcement that South Bend had won the bid to host the Hall of Fame's new location. South Bend had beaten out other locales, including Atlanta , Houston , the New Jersey Meadowlands , New Orleans . The new location was opened in South Bend, Indiana , on August 25, 1995. Despite estimates that
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