Paul Franklin (American football)

Paul Roland Franklin (January 2, 1906 – August 26, 1959) was an American professional football player who played at the fullback, halfback, and end positions for the Chicago Bears from 1931 to 1933.[1] He scored his first NFL touchdown on November 22, 1931, on a 20-yard run against Brooklyn.[1][3] He missed the first part of the 1933 season due to a fractured skull sustained in an automobile accident in August 1933.[4][5] He also played in the American Football League for the Tulsa Oilers in 1934 and the East Chicago Indians in 1938 and 1939.[1] Franklin died in 1959 at his home in Mount Prospect, Illinois.
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