Hal Brill

Hal Brill

Brill, 1938
No. 4
Position:	Tailback
Personal information
Born:	(1914-03-26)March 26, 1914 Clay Center, Kansas, U.S.
Died:	September 2, 1980(1980-09-02) (aged 66) Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:	175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school:	Norton (Norton, Kansas)
College:	Wichita
Undrafted:	1939
Career history
Detroit Lions (1939) Los Angeles Bulldogs (1939)
Career highlights and awards
Second-team Little All-American (1938)
Career NFL statistics
Games played: 2 Games started: 0 Stats at Pro Football Reference

Harold Edwin Brill (March 26, 1914 – September 2, 1980) was an American football tailback.

A native of Clay Center, Kansas, Brill attended the Norton High School and then played college football at Wichita University. He played for the 1938 Wichita Shockers football team that won a conference championship with a 7–2–1 record (4–0 in conference). He was selected as a second-team back on the 1938 Little All-America college football team.^[1]

Brill left school after the conclusion of the 1938 football season, stating that he could not afford to go to college any more.^[2] He then signed with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) and mmade the club's lineup in September 1939.^[3] He appeared in two games for the Lions during the 1939 season.^[4] The Lions waived him in October 1939.^[5] He finished the 1939 season with the Los Angeles Bulldogs of the American Professional Football Association.

He later worked for Beech Aircraft Company. He died in 1980 at age 66 in Wichita, Kansas.^[6]

References

1. "Little All-America Named, Brill Makes Second Squad". The Wichita Eagle. December 8, 1938. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Brill May Take Trip". The Wichita Eagle. February 9, 1939. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Brill Makes Good with Detroit Pros". The Wichita Beacon. September 8, 1939. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Hal Brill". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
5. "Lions Asking Waivers on Halfback Harold Brill". Detroit Free Press. October 13, 1939. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Harold E. Brill". The Wichita Beacon. September 4, 1980. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.