:Hank Gremminger
{{Short description|American football player (1933–2001)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Use American English|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| image =
| caption =
| number = 46
| position = Defensive back
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|09|1}}
| birth_place = Windthorst, Texas, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|11|2|1933|09|1}}
| death_place = Weatherford, Texas, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lbs = 201
| draftyear = 1956
| draftround = 7
| draftpick = 80
| high_school = Weatherford
| college = Baylor
| teams =
| highlights =
- 3× NFL champion (1961, 1962, 1965)
- Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame
- Third-team All-American (1955)
- 2× First-team All-SWC (1954, 1955)
- Baylor University Athletics Hall of Fame {{cite news |url=http://www.baylorbears.com/ot/hall-alpha.html#G |publisher=Baylor University Athletics |title=Hall of Fame |access-date=February 25, 2016}}
| statlabel1 = Games played
| statvalue1 = 131
| statlabel2 = Interceptions
| statvalue2 = 29
| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries
| statvalue3 = 7
| pfr = GremHa20
}}
Charles Henry Gremminger (September 1, 1933 – November 2, 2001) was an American professional football player who was a defensive back in the National Football League (NFL). He played for 11 seasons from 1956 to 1965 with the Green Bay Packers and in 1966 for the Los Angeles Rams.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/29566294.html|title=Gremminger starred in the shadows|last=Hendricks|first=Martin|date=April 15, 2008|website=The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|publisher=The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|access-date=April 19, 2016}} He played college football as an end for the Baylor Bears.
Early life
Born in Windthorst, Texas, Gremminger was raised in Weatherford, Texas and graduated from Weatherford High School in 1952.{{cite news |url=http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/110501aac.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051437/http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/110501aac.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |publisher=Baylor University Athletics |title=Ex-Baylor gridder Henry Gremminger dead at 67 |date=November 5, 2001 |access-date=February 25, 2016 }}
Pro football
Gremminger was selected in the seventh round of the 1956 NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers. Head coach Vince Lombardi arrived in 1959 and Gremminger was part of three NFL championship teams in 1961, 1962, and 1965.
In 1966, Gremminger was traded to the Dallas Cowboys in June but left during the first week of training camp. He was also with the expansion Atlanta Falcons before being named to the roster of the Los Angeles Rams in late October.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TtwjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3CcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6434%2C4900347 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |title=Gremminger added to roster of Rams |date=October 28, 1966 |page=22, part 2 }}
He was named to the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1976.{{Cite web | url = https://www.packers.com/history/hof/hank-gremminger | title = Hank Gremminger | last = Christl | first = Cliff | author-link = Cliff Christl | website = Packers.com | access-date = September 20, 2023 | archive-date = September 29, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230929170202/https://www.packers.com/history/hof/hank-gremminger | url-status = live }}
Late life and death
Back in Texas, Gremminger was a contractor and later worked in the banking and insurance business and was a county commissioner in Parker County.
Gremminger died at age 68 of cardiac arrest in Weatherford.
References
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{{Green Bay Packers 1956 NFL draft picks}}
{{1961 Green Bay Packers}}
{{1962 Green Bay Packers}}
{{1965 Green Bay Packers}}
{{Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame}}
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Category:American football defensive backs
Category:American football ends
Category:Baylor Bears football players
Category:Green Bay Packers players
Category:Los Angeles Rams players
Category:Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame