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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|American football player and coach (1891–1968)}}<br />
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{{Infobox gridiron football person<br />
| name = Cecil Grigg<br />
| image = Cecil Grigg (Rice yearbook).png<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = Grigg, {{Circa|1961}}<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1891|2|15}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Nashville, Tennessee]], U.S.<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1968|9|5|1891|2|15}}<br />
| death_place = [[Houston|Houston, Texas]], U.S.<br />
| team = <br />
| number = <br />
| status = <br />
| position1 = [[Running back]]<br />
| height_ft = <br />
| height_in = <br />
| weight_lb = <br />
| college = <br />
| coaching_years1 = 1925<br />
| coaching_team1 = [[Rochester Jeffersons]]<br />
| coaching_years2 = 1928–1933<br />
| coaching_team2 = [[Austin Kangaroos football|Austin]]<br />
| coaching_years3 = 1936–1966<br />
| coaching_team3 = [[Rice Owls baseball|Rice]] (baseball & football)<br />
| playing_years1 = 1915<br />
| playing_team1 = [[Dallas Hilltoppers football|Dallas]]<br />
| playing_years2 = 1919–1923<br />
| playing_team2 = [[Canton Bulldogs]]<br />
| playing_years3 = 1924–1925<br />
| playing_team3 = [[Rochester Jeffersons]]<br />
| playing_years4 = 1926<br />
| playing_team4 = [[New York Giants]]<br />
| playing_years5 = 1927<br />
| playing_team5 = [[Frankford Yellow Jackets]]<br />
| career_highlights = <br />
* 2× [[List of NFL champions|NFL champion]] ([[1922 NFL season|1922]], [[1923 NFL season|1923]])<br />
* [[Ohio League]] champion ([[1919 Canton Bulldogs season|1919]])<br />
| NFL = GRI509652<br />
}}<br />
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'''Cecil Burkett''' "'''Tex'''" '''Grigg''' (February 15, 1891 – September 5, 1968) was an [[American football]] player and coach.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Gaylin Wilkins |title=Cecil Grigg: Victory is his trademark |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118168403/cecil-grigg-victory-is-his-trademark/ |access-date=7 February 2023 |work=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]] |date=19 August 1962 |page=49 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Pat Truly |title=Yours truly |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118168789/yours-truly/ |access-date=7 February 2023 |work=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]] |date=26 September 1963 |page=48 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Harold V. Ratliff |title=Outruns Charley Horses |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118168966/outruns-charley-horses/ |access-date=7 February 2023 |work=[[The Newport Daily Express]] |date=2 November 1945 |page=4 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{open access}}</ref> He played [[running back]] for eight seasons in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for the [[Canton Bulldogs]], the [[Rochester Jeffersons]], the [[New York Giants]], and the [[Frankford Yellow Jackets]]. He made his professional debut in 1919 with the Bulldogs who were still members of the [[Ohio League]], the direct predecessor to the NFL. Grigg then went on to coach for many years as [[Jess Neely]]'s [[backfield]] coach at [[Rice Owls football|Rice]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Owl coach dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118168573/former-owl-coach-dies/ |access-date=7 February 2023 |work=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]] |date=6 September 1968 |page=48 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{open access}}</ref><br />
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==Head coaching record==<br />
===College football===<br />
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}<br />
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead<br />
| name = [[Austin Kangaroos football|Austin Kangaroos]]<br />
| conf = [[Texas Conference]]<br />
| startyear = 1928<br />
| endyear = 1932<br />
}}<br />
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry<br />
| championship = <br />
| year = [[1928 college football season|1928]]<br />
| name = Austin<br />
| overall = 4–6<br />
| conference = 2–2<br />
| confstanding = 3rd<br />
| bowlname = <br />
| bowloutcome = <br />
| bcsbowl = <br />
| ranking = no<br />
| ranking2 = no<br />
}}<br />
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry<br />
| championship = <br />
| year = [[1929 college football season|1929]]<br />
| name = Austin<br />
| overall = 3–6<br />
| conference = 3–2<br />
| confstanding = 3rd<br />
| bowlname = <br />
| bowloutcome = <br />
| bcsbowl = <br />
| ranking = no<br />
| ranking2 = no<br />
}}<br />
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry<br />
| championship = <br />
| year = [[1930 college football season|1930]]<br />
| name = Austin<br />
| overall = 3–5–1<br />
| conference = 2–2–1<br />
| confstanding = 3rd<br />
| bowlname = <br />
| bowloutcome = <br />
| bcsbowl = <br />
| ranking = no<br />
| ranking2 = no<br />
}}<br />
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry<br />
| championship = <br />
| year = [[1931 college football season|1931]]<br />
| name = Austin<br />
| overall = 3–5–1<br />
| conference = 3–2<br />
| confstanding = 3rd<br />
| bowlname = <br />
| bowloutcome = <br />
| bcsbowl = <br />
| ranking = no<br />
| ranking2 = no<br />
}}<br />
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry<br />
| championship = <br />
| year = [[1932 college football season|1932]]<br />
| name = Austin<br />
| overall = 0–9<br />
| conference = 0–4<br />
| confstanding = 5th<br />
| bowlname = <br />
| bowloutcome = <br />
| bcsbowl = <br />
| ranking = no<br />
| ranking2 = no<br />
}}<br />
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal<br />
| name = Austin<br />
| overall = 13–31–2<br />
| confrecord = 10–12–1<br />
}}<br />
{{CFB Yearly Record End<br />
| overall = 13–31–2<br />
| bowls = no<br />
| poll = no<br />
| polltype = <br />
| legend = no<br />
}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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===Additional sources===<br />
* {{cite journal|title=Twilight |journal=Coffin Corner |publisher=Professional Football Researchers Association |pages=1–10 |url=http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Twilight.pdf |author=PFRA Research |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311103649/http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Twilight.pdf |archivedate=March 11, 2012 }}<br />
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{{Dallas Hilltoppers football coach navbox}}<br />
{{Rochester Jeffersons coach navbox}}<br />
{{Austin Kangaroos football coach navbox}}<br />
{{Rice Owls baseball coach navbox}}<br />
{{1922 Canton Bulldogs}}<br />
{{1923 Canton Bulldogs}}<br />
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[[Category:1891 births]]<br />
[[Category:1968 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:American football running backs]]<br />
[[Category:Austin Kangaroos football coaches]]<br />
[[Category:Austin Kangaroos men's basketball coaches]]<br />
[[Category:Basketball coaches from Tennessee]]<br />
[[Category:Canton Bulldogs players]]<br />
[[Category:Canton Bulldogs (Ohio League) players]]<br />
[[Category:Dallas Hilltoppers football coaches]]<br />
[[Category:Dallas Hilltoppers football players]]<br />
[[Category:Frankford Yellow Jackets players]]<br />
[[Category:New York Giants players]]<br />
[[Category:Rice Owls baseball coaches]]<br />
[[Category:Rice Owls football coaches]]<br />
[[Category:Rochester Jeffersons coaches]]<br />
[[Category:Rochester Jeffersons players]]<br />
[[Category:Players of American football from Nashville, Tennessee]]<br />
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