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American football player (1906–1941) Not to be confused with Mel Bleeker.

American football player
Mal Bleecker
Personal information
Born:(1906-10-06)October 6, 1906
Died:April 11, 1941(1941-04-11) (aged 34)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school:Flushing (NY), Mercersburg Academy (PA)
College:Columbia
Position:Tackle, guard, center
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Games played:3
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Malcolm S. Bleecker (October 6, 1906 – April 11, 1941) was an American football player.

He played college football as a tackle for the Columbia Lions and was captain of the 1929 team. In 1930, he received the Edward Sutliff Brainerd Memorial Prize as the senior "adjudged by his classmates as most worthy of distinction on the ground of his qualities of mind and character."

He later played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) as a guard and center for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He appeared in three NFL games during the 1930 season.

After retiring from football, Bleecker worked as an insurance salesman. He killed himself and his two children in 1941 by gas at his home in Bayside, Queens. He was age 34 at the time of his death.

References

  1. "Mystery Envelops Gas Deaths of Grid Star, Two Children". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. April 12, 1941. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Mal Bleecker". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  3. "Ex-Grid Player Kills Self and 2 Children by Gas". New York Daily News. April 12, 1941. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.


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