Don Gramenz

{{short description|American soccer player and manager}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Don Gramenz

| image = Don-gramenz-soccer.jpg

| image_size = 175

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|3|20}}

| birth_place = Cottage Grove, Minnesota, United States

| height = {{height|m=1.69}}

| position = Left back

| youthyears1 = 1990–1993

| youthclubs1 = University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

| years1 = 1991–2003

| clubs1 = Minnesota Thunder

| caps1 = 212

| goals1 = 17

| years2 = 2001

| clubs2 = → Tampa Bay Mutiny (loan)

| caps2 = 1

| goals2 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2008

| managerclubs1 = Minnesota Thunder

}}

Don Gramenz is an American former professional soccer player who played as a defender for Minnesota Thunder for eleven seasons, being named to the club's Hall of Fame. Gramenz played collegiately at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, where he was a team captain."Don Gramenz Named To Minnesota Thunder Hall of Fame." University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. August 19, 2004. {{cite web |url=http://uwmpanthers.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/081904aaa.html |title=Don Gramenz Named to Minnesota Thunder Hall of Fame - Former star becomes fourth Panther in the Hall |accessdate=July 25, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726200815/http://uwmpanthers.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/081904aaa.html |archivedate=July 26, 2008 }} In 2008, he served as the interim manager of the Minnesota Thunder, succeeding Amos Magee.La Vaque, David. "Magee out as Thunder coach." Minneapolis Star-Tribune, July 22, 2008. http://www.startribune.com/sports/25775264.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725141240/http://www.startribune.com/sports/25775264.html |date=July 25, 2008 }}. Accessed July 24, 2008. Gramenz move into teaching after his soccer career and worked as an elementary school teacher for 11 years before eventually moving into a role as an elementary school principal in Bloomington, Minnesota.{{cite web |last1=Gramenz |first1=Don |title=Meet the Principal - Bloomington Public Schools |url=https://www.bloomington.k12.mn.us/hccs/meet-principal |website=www.bloomington.k12.mn.us |publisher=Bloomington Public Schools |access-date=January 20, 2022}}