HB Jerry Krall (Rose Bowl Champion, R.I.P.)

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Jerry Krall shows off his memorabilia, including the helmet he wore while playing for Ohio State in the 1950 Rose Bowl.

IN THEIR WORDS: JERRY KRALL
Hard-nosed halfback at Ohio State

In Their Words is a weekly feature appearing in The Blade's sports section. Blade sports writer Donald Emmons spoke with 1945 Libbey High graduate and former Ohio State University football standout Jerry Krall about his athletic pursuits that included playing in the 1950 Rose Bowl.

Jerry Krall's eyes will be glued to the television tomorrow night when top-ranked Ohio State University meets No. 2-ranked Louisiana State University in the Bowl Championship Series national championship game.

The 80-year-old Toledo native is a die-hard Buckeye who starred as a hard-nosed halfback for OSU during the mid-20th century. He was instrumental in the Buckeyes defeating California 17-14 in the 1950 Rose Bowl. He gained a total of 70 yards (50 rushing, 20 passing) during the game decided by a field goal in the final two minutes by Jimmy Hague.

The Rose Bowl victory is just one of many memorable moments for the Toledoan, who first established himself as a top area athletic talent by starring at Libbey.

He excelled as a Cowboy in football and track. He earned All-City and All-Ohio first team honors and was named Ohio player of the year in his senior season.Krall initially attended Cornell University for a week during the summer after graduating from high school, but realized he would prefer attending a Big Ten university.

He chose to transfer to OSU over Michigan that fall. Krall said deciding on the Buckeyes over the Wolverines came down to a coin flip. Heads Michigan, tails OSU. Tails it was.

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Bob Hunter commentary: Pryor's feat pulls man's story out of the records

Jerry Krall was watching the Ohio State-Eastern Michigan game on television Saturday when quarterback Terrelle Pryor caught a touchdown pass and pulled him from the shadows. Pryor had already run and thrown for touchdowns, a rare triple in school history.

"I said, 'There's No.3,'" Krall said. "It was just me and Keith Byars. I think it had been 33 years."

Krall laughed when asked if he knew as soon as Pryor did it.
"That's something that I held by myself for many years," he said.

It had actually been 26 years since Byars scored three ways from scrimmage. The important thing is that the run-pass-catch triple from Pryor temporarily thrust the 83-year-old Krall, living a quiet retirement in Rossford, Ohio, with wife Helen, into the spotlight and offered him a chance to re-introduce himself to a generation of OSU fans who don't know his name.

Krall has watched friends be inducted into the school's Hall of Fame, and he can't be blamed if he sometimes feels forgotten. He was a star halfback on Wes Fesler's teams of the late 1940s, a multipurpose guy who led the team in rushing and made first-team All-Big Ten as a senior in 1949.

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FORMER OHIO STATE RUNNING BACK JERRY KRALL DIES AT 92 YEARS OLD

Ohio State lost a legend this week as former Buckeye running back Jerry Krall passed away at the age 92.

A four-year letterman at Ohio State, Krall was a do-it-all offensive weapon. His final season with the Buckeyes in 1949, he led the team in rushing, passing and receiving according to the Toledo Blade, and was a integral part of the team's 1950 Rose Bowl victory, rushing for 50 yards and throwing for 20.

The Ohio player of the year as a senior, Krall was highly recruited coming out of high school and narrowed his list to two potential colleges to Ohio State and Michigan before literally flipping a coin to decide his college future.

Krall had a brief stint in the NFL with the Detroit Lions and the Chicago Cardinals before retiring to a career in Virgil Gladieux’s food service business, according to The Blade.

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...running-back-jerry-krall-dies-at-92-years-old

Jerry Krall (1927-2019)
Libbey star a standout at Ohio State

Jerry Krall, 92, a football star at Libbey High School and Ohio State University — and essential to the Buckeyes’ 1950 Rose Bowl win — who brought a grasp of detail to a high-profile role at Owens-Illinois Inc., died Sunday in his Rossford home.

He was under hospice care as he dealt with complications of cancer, son Chris said.

He was born April 19, 1927, to Frances and Anthony Krall, one of 10 children and the youngest of seven boys. He was 9 years old when his father died in a fall. In those Depression days, he helped his mother carry home provisions from a relief station at the Civic Auditorium on Erie Street, he told The Blade in 2018.

Entire article: https://www.toledoblade.com/news/de...-star-ohio-state-standout/stories/20190605174

 

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R.I.P.

 

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Heads or tails, Ohio State or Michigan? Jerry Krall let the coin decide
Nov. 24, 2018; Toledo Blade

Waiting at the front door of his tidy Rossford ranch the other morning, Jerry Krall greeted us with a wave and a pumped fist.

“Go Blue!” he shouted.

Then the 91-year-old former Ohio State star and resident cut-up smiled.

“Nah,” he said, motioning a photographer and I [sic] inside the house, where he lives with his wife, Helen, and their basement guest, a female department store mannequin wearing his old leather football helmet atop a dirty blonde wig and a Varsity ‘O’ sweater. “Go Bucks.”

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Heads or tails, Ohio State or Michigan? Jerry Krall let the coin decide
Nov. 24, 2018; Toledo Blade

Waiting at the front door of his tidy Rossford ranch the other morning, Jerry Krall greeted us with a wave and a pumped fist.

“Go Blue!” he shouted.

Then the 91-year-old former Ohio State star and resident cut-up smiled.

“Nah,” he said, motioning a photographer and I [sic] inside the house, where he lives with his wife, Helen, and their basement guest, a female department store mannequin wearing his old leather football helmet atop a dirty blonde wig and a Varsity ‘O’ sweater. “Go Bucks.”

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Good read but this made me chuckle. He may have misjudged a bit.

“I think it’s going to be a matter of few points,” Mr. Krall said. “It could go either way, the way I’m seeing it.”

In reference to pre 62-39 The Game