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Cliff Montgomery

American football player (1910–2005)

Summary

American football player (1910–2005)

Field	Value
name	Cliff Montgomery
image	Montgomery-Cliff-1932.jpg
caption	Montgomery in 1932
position	Quarterback, halfback
number	33
birth_date
birth_place	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Mineola, New York, U.S.
height_ft	5
height_in	9
weight_lbs	165
high_school	Har-Brack Union
(Brackenridge, Pennsylvania)
The Kiski School
(Saltsburg, Pennsylvania)
college	Columbia
statlabel1	Games played
statvalue1	11
statlabel2	Starts
statvalue2	3
pfr	M/MontCl21
CollegeHOF	1471

(Brackenridge, Pennsylvania) The Kiski School (Saltsburg, Pennsylvania)

Brooklyn Dodgers (1934)
2× First-team All-Eastern (1932, 1933)
Rose Bowl MVP (1934)
Rose Bowl champion Cliff Montgomery (September 17, 1910 – April 21, 2005) was an American football player who served as the captain of the Columbia Lions football team that won the 1934 Rose Bowl Game. Montgomery, the quarterback, called a hidden-ball trick play known as KF-79 that led to Columbia's 7–0 upset over Stanford University. It was widely regarded as one of the greatest athletic upsets of the twentieth century, and Montgomery was named the game's most valuable player.

Montgomery went on to play for one season with the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National Football League (NFL), seeing action in 11 games and starting 3 times.

Montgomery served with the United States Navy during World War II. He earned the Silver Star during the 1945 invasion of Okinawa, credited with saving the lives of 400 sailors on April 6, 1945, when he navigated his flagship alongside a burning destroyer in rough seas.

An executive at McGraw Hill, Montgomery spent 25 years as a college football official and earned a spot in the College Football Hall of Fame.

References

(January 9, 1988). "Alfred J. Barabas, Star Halfback In Columbia's Rose Bowl Victory". New York Times.
Daley, Arthur. (January 1, 1954). "Sports of The Times / One for the Book". [[The New York Times]].
[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MontCl21.htm "Cliff Montgomery,"] Pro Football Reference, www.pro-football-reference.com/
"Columbia College Today".
Frank Litsky. (April 23, 2005). "Cliff Montgomery, Who Starred at Columbia, Dies at 94". The New York Times.

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