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Roger Grove

Grove in 1935
No. 10, 11
Position:	Blocking back Halfback (American football)
Personal information
Born:	(1908-06-19)June 19, 1908 Greenville, Ohio, USA
Died:	December 19, 1986(1986-12-19) (aged 78) Torrance, California, USA
Career information
High school:	Sturgis (MI)
College:	Michigan State
Career history
Green Bay Packers (1931–1935)
Career highlights and awards
NFL champion (1931) All-American (1930) MSU Athletics Hall of Fame (2000)
Career NFL statistics
Games: 51 Starts: 26 Rushing yards: 308 (3.1 average) Receiving yards: 489 (15.3 average) Touchdowns: 7 Stats at Pro Football Reference

Roger Robert Grove (June 19, 1908 – December 19, 1986) was a professional American football running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played five seasons for the Green Bay Packers including the 1931 team that won the NFL Championship. He lettered at Michigan State in 1928, 1929, and 1930.

Grove was regarded as one of the fastest players on the Packers team during the first half of the 1930s, along with Bob Monnett, and distinguished himself as a punt returner for head coach Curly Lambeau's squad.

References

1. "Roger Grove Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
2. Harold "Speed" Johnson (ed.), Who's Who in Major League Football: 1936 Edition. Chicago: B.E. Callahan, 1936; p. 37.

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