Al Kreuz

{{Short description|American football player (1898–1975)}}

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|position=Fullback

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|birth_date={{birth date|1898|08|21|mf=y}}

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|death_date=August 1975

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|college=Kalamazoo College, Western Michigan University,{{cite web|title=Al Kreuz|publisher=Database Football|url=http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KREUZAL01|access-date=February 15, 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218174135/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KREUZAL01|archivedate=February 18, 2010|url-status=usurped}} University of Pennsylvania

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• Philadelphia Quakers (1926)

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• Second-team All-Eastern (1925){{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/dayton-daily-news-dartmouth-carries-off/131595993/ |title=Dartmouth Carries Off Bulk Of Positions On A. P. All-Eastern Team |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=Dayton Daily News |page=D-6 |date=December 5, 1925 |access-date=July 24, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}

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Albert F. Kreuz (August 21, 1898 – August 1975) was an American football fullback. He played on the Philadelphia Quakers' 1926 American Football League (AFL) team, which won the league's only championship.

Kreuz played college football at the University of Pennsylvania as a back and placekicker.{{cite journal|title=Football|journal=Time|date=December 7, 1925|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,721504,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219121827/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,721504,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 19, 2012|accessdate=July 20, 2021}}{{cite news|title=Sophomore Grid Player Proving Penn Sensation|work=Berkeley Daily Gazette|date=October 29, 1924|page=15|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tscoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SQYGAAAAIBAJ&pg=4192,2581550|accessdate=August 6, 2011}} His first season at Pennsylvania was 1924, his sophomore year, and he played through 1925 before being ruled ineligible for the 1926 season due to having previously played for Kalamazoo College.{{cite news|title=Kreuz Officially Declared Ineligible|work=The Norwalk Hour|date=December 10, 1925|page=14|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FEAvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AOAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4605,2883719|accessdate=August 6, 2011}} Kreuz joined the Quakers in 1926. He played in all 10 games during the Quakers' 8–2 season, in which they won the AFL championship.{{cite web|title=1926 Philadelphia Quakers |publisher=Database Football |url=http://www.databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=PHI&yr=1926&lg=aflg |access-date=February 15, 2025 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150324144658/http://databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=PHI&lg=AFLG&yr=1926 |archivedate=March 24, 2015 }} The Chicago Tribune's Wilfrid Smith named Kreuz a second-team All-Pro fullback in a list that included players from the National Football League and AFL.{{cite journal|last=Hogrogian |first=John |title=1926 All Pros |journal=The Coffin Corner |year=1983 |volume=5 |issue=6 |url=http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/05-06-144.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=June 10, 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311103556/http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/05-06-144.pdf |archivedate=March 11, 2012 }}