Bruce Gregory (American football)
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Bruce Robert Gregory was an American football
player. A native of Battle Creek, Michigan
, Gregory played halfback
for the Michigan Wolverines football
team from 1924 to 1925. Gregory later played professional football for the Detroit Panthers in 1926. He played in all 12 games for the Panthers in 1926, including 11 games as a starter. Gregory later became a tire dealer.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
player. A native of Battle Creek, Michigan
Battle Creek, Michigan
Battle Creek is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, in northwest Calhoun County, at the confluence of the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek Rivers. It is the principal city of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area , which encompasses all of Calhoun county...
, Gregory played halfback
Halfback (American football)
A halfback, sometimes referred to as a tailback, is an offensive position in American football, which lines up in the backfield and generally is responsible for carrying the ball on run plays. Historically, from the 1870s through the 1950s, the halfback position was both an offensive and defensive...
for the Michigan Wolverines football
Michigan Wolverines football
The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history...
team from 1924 to 1925. Gregory later played professional football for the Detroit Panthers in 1926. He played in all 12 games for the Panthers in 1926, including 11 games as a starter. Gregory later became a tire dealer.