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{{Short description|American football player (1905–1985)}}
{{distinguish|Al Rosen (disambiguation){{!}}Al Rosen|Albert Rose (disambiguation)|Elie Rous|Alden Roche}}
{{other people|Alfred Rose}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Al Rose
| image =
| caption =
| position = [[End (American football)|End]]
| number =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1905|1|26|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Oenaville, Texas]], U.S.
| death_date = October 1985 (aged 80)
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lbs = 205
| high_school = [[Highland Park High School (University Park, Texas)|University Park (TX) Highland Park]]
| college = [[Texas Longhorns football|Texas]]
| pastteams =
* [[Providence Steam Roller]] (1930–1931)
* [[Green Bay Packers]] (1932–1936)
* [[New York Yankees (1936 AFL)|New York Yankees]] (1936)
| highlights =
* First-team All-[[Southwest Conference|SWC]] ([[1929 All-Southwest Conference football team|1929]])
* 1928 Southwest Conference Football Championship
* 1929 Southwest Conference Track Championship
* 1931 Third Team All-Pro
| statlabel1 = [[Reception (American football)|Receptions]]
| statvalue1 = 21
| statlabel2 = Receiving yards
| statvalue2 = 317
| statlabel3 = [[Touchdown|Touchdowns]]
| statvalue3 = 5
| pfr =
| cfl =
| afl =
| HOF =
| CollegeHOF =
}}

'''Alfred Grady Rose''' (January 26, 1905 – October 1985) was a [[tight end]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) who played for the [[Providence Steam Roller]] and the [[Green Bay Packers]], and for 1 season with the [[New York Yankees (1936 AFL)|New York Yankees]] of the 2nd AFL.<ref>{{cite web |title=Al Rose |url=https://profootballarchives.com/players/r/rose00200.html |access-date=11 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Packers.com - Al Rose | work = Packers.com | url = http://www.packers.com/history/all_time_roster/player/rose_al_1932-36/ | accessdate = October 7, 2008 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Rose was a three-sport athlete for the [[University of Texas]] before playing professionally for 7 seasons. He retired after the 1936 season.<ref name="database">{{cite web | title = Al Rose Statistics | work = Pro Football Reference | url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RoseAl20.htm | accessdate = October 7, 2008 }}</ref>

Rose was born in Oenaville, Texas, just outside of Temple, in 1905 and went to high school at [[Highland Park High School (University Park, Texas)|Highland Park High School]] in University Park, Texas where he started playing football in 1923.<ref name="database"/><ref name="Obit">{{cite news |title=Alfred Grady Rose Obituary |url=https://greenbaypressgazette.newspapers.com/image/189600518/?clipping_id=63953820&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE4OTYwMDUxOCwiaWF0IjoxNzI2MDcwMTIyLCJleHAiOjE3MjYxNTY1MjJ9.FjRMshfiSqwBPl6ZdJrSZ049sR7IY5XNotNiZUPaaXU |access-date=11 September 2024 |date=10 October 1985}}</ref> He went to the University of Texas starting in 1926 where he was a three-sport athlete who lettered 3 times in Football, 3 times in basketball and twice in track. He led Texas to Southwest Conference Championships in Football in 1928 and in track in 1929. He was the runner-up in the discus at the 1929 SWC Track Championship. In football, where he was nicknamed "Big Un" he played halfback and end; he made the 1929 All-Southwest Conference football team and was named the team's MVP that year.<ref name="Hall">{{cite web |title=Alfred "Big un" Rose Hall of Honor |url=https://texaslonghorns.com/honors/hall-of-honor/alfred-big-un-rose/772 |access-date=11 September 2024}}</ref><ref name="Packers"/>

After graduation from Texas, he went to play in the NFL. His first two seasons he played in Providence, but when that team broke up he was signed by Green Bay where he played until 1936. In 1931 he was named 3rd Team All Pro by the Green Bay Press-Gazette and in 1932 he led the league in non-offensive TDs with 2. He resigned with the Packers in 1936, but only played in 2 games for them before he was released and was not with them when the Packers won the NFL Championship.<ref>{{cite web |title=Al Rose Transactions |url=https://profootballarchives.com/transactions/r/rose00200.html |access-date=11 September 2024}}</ref> He finished his career with the Yankees of the AFL. During the offseason he would work with the Douglas Aircraft company in Santa Monica, CA.<ref name="Packers">{{cite web |title=1936 Packers |url=https://www.packershistory.net/1936packers |access-date=11 September 2024}}</ref>

He stayed in Green Bay after his playing days were over and became a branch manager of CIT Financial Corporation until his retirement of 1936. He was a charter member of the NFL Alumni Association and was inducted into the Texas Longhorns Hall of Honor in 1985.<ref name="Obit"/><ref name="Hall"/>

==References==
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{{1936 Green Bay Packers}}

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[[Category:1905 births]]
[[Category:1985 deaths]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Temple, Texas]]
[[Category:American football tight ends]]
[[Category:Texas Longhorns football players]]
[[Category:Providence Steam Roller players]]
[[Category:Green Bay Packers players]]
[[Category:New York Yankees (1936 AFL) players]]

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Al Rose - Revision history

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