Pug Lund

Pug Lund
Lund from 1935 University of Minnesota yearbook
PositionHalfback
Personal information
Born:(1913-04-18)April 18, 1913
Rice Lake, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died:May 26, 1994(1994-05-26) (aged 81)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Career history
CollegeMinnesota (1932–1934)
Career highlights and awards
College Football Hall of Fame (1958)

Francis LeRoy "Pug" Lund (April 18, 1913 May 26, 1994) was an American football player. He played college football as a halfback for Minnesota Golden Gophers and won All-Big Ten Conference honors in both 1933 and in 1934. He was captain of the 1934 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team that compiled a perfect 8–0 record and won the national championship. He won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy as the most valuable player in the conference in 1934 and was also a consensus first-team player on the 1934 All-America college football team. Lund was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1958.