Deceased by Last Name G- R

  • The legend of Reggie Grob

    In 1962 two real heat-related deaths in the SWC exposed the belief that water is for sissies as a fraud. It would forever change the national dynamics of hydration at practice. Reggie Grob was well-liked and respected on the football team. He was the first walk-on of Royal’s career to earn a scholarship. On September…

  • Nolte McElroy

    Nolte McElroy 1928 19-year-old Nolte McElroy a U.T. football player during fraternity initiation was instructed to bend down and crawl through a set of bedsprings to which city light wires had been connected. An excited, giggling crowd of Delta Kappa Epsilons were numbed into silence when McElroy fainted from shock, and died 15 minutes later.