Agase, Alexander A.
Football
b. March 27, 1922, Evanston, IL
A 5-foot-10, 205-pound guard, Agase is the only player ever to be named an All-American at two different schools. He played at Illinois in 1942. As a Marine Corps trainee, he was sent to Purdue the following season, when he made All-American for the first time. After serving in the Pacific during World War II, he returned to Illinois in 1946 and was again an All-American.
Agase played professional football with the Los Angeles Dons and Chicago Rockets of the AAFC in 1947; the Cleveland Browns from 1948 through 1951; and the Baltimore Colts in 1953.
In 1964, Agase was named head coach at Northwestern University in his native Evanston. When the school placed second in the Big Ten in 1970, its highest finish in twenty-two years, Agase was voted coach of the year by the Football Writers Association of America. He left Northwestern in 1973 to take over at Purdue for four seasons. His overall coaching record was 50 wins, 83 losses, and 2 ties.