Gage Park is one of Chicago's 77 well-defined community areas, located on the city's southwest side; it is also the name of a park within the neighborhood. Gage Park's population is largely working-class, and its housing stock is mostly bungalows. For generations, the neighborhood was Eastern European and Irish Catholic. The neighborhood remains overwhelmingly Catholic with the addition of many Hispanic residents. Gage Park is bounded by 49th Street to the north, 59th Street to the south, Central Park Ave to the west, and Leavitt Street to the east.
Ahmad Rashad Merritt is a former American football wide receiver. He was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2000. He played college football at Wisconsin.
Tony De'Angelo Simmons is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns, Indianapolis Colts, Houston Texans and New York Giants. He has also played for the Edmonton Eskimos, BC Lions of the Canadian Football League, Triangle Razorbacks in the National Ligaen in Denmark and for the Békéscsaba Raptors in the Hungarian American Football League.
Aaron Stecker is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Western Illinois Leathernecks and Wisconsin Badgers. He was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 1999.
The Chicago Catholic League (CCL) is a high school athletic conference based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. All of the schools are part of the Illinois High School Association, the governing body for Illinois scholastic sports. While some of the schools are coeducational institutions, the conference only supports athletics for male teams.
Edward Bulwer Cochems was an American football player and coach. He played football for the University of Wisconsin from 1898 to 1901 and was the head football coach at North Dakota Agricultural College—now known as North Dakota State University (1902–1903), Clemson University (1905), Saint Louis University (1906–1908), and the University of Maine (1914). During his three years at Saint Louis, he was the first football coach to build an offense around the forward pass, which became a legal play in the 1906 college football season. Using the forward pass, Cochems' 1906 team compiled an undefeated 11–0 record, led the nation in scoring, and outscored opponents by a combined score of 407 to 11. He is considered by some to be the "father of the forward pass" in American football.
John Henry Mohardt was an American football and baseball player and medical doctor.
Arthur Washington Bramhall was an American baseball, basketball, and American football player. He played minor league baseball from 1930 to 1935 and in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1935. He also played professional basketball and football. After his playing career ended, he worked as a sportscaster for radio stations in Wisconsin.
John Francis Dittrich was a player in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) for the Chicago Cardinals, Green Bay Packers, Oakland Raiders, and the Buffalo Bills as a guard. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Walter Otto Dreyer was an American football player and coach He played professionally as a defensive back and halfback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Bears (1949) and the Green Bay Packers (1950–1951). Dreyer played college football at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Michigan. He served as the head football coach at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee from 1960 to 1969.
Ralph Kurek is a former player in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Bears from 1965 to 1970 as a running back. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
St. Rita of Cascia High School is an all-boys Catholic high school located in the Ashburn neighborhood on Chicago's Southwest Side., United States. It is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, is operated by the Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel, a Catholic jurisdiction of the Order of Saint Augustine, and is a member of the Augustinian Secondary Education Association. The school is named for Rita of Cascia (1381–1457), an Italian Augustinian nun and Roman Catholic saint.
Alfred Leo Buser, nicknamed Al Buser, was an American football player and coach. Buser played college football for the University of Wisconsin, and was recognized as an All-American. He later became the fourth head coach of the Florida Gators football team that represents the University of Florida.
Gabriel Andrew Carimi is an American former professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL). Carimi had 49 starts at left tackle in his four-year Wisconsin Badgers college career, which culminated at the 2011 Rose Bowl. He was awarded the 2010 Outland Trophy, as the nation's top collegiate interior lineman. He was also a unanimous All-American, and the Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year.
John Joseph Karwales was an American football player. He played at the end and tackle positions for the University of Michigan in 1941 and 1942. Following four years of service in the United States Army Air Forces during and after World War II, he played professional football for the Chicago Bears in 1946 and for the Chicago Cardinals in 1947.
The 1898 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1898 Western Conference football season. Led by third-year head coach Philip King, the Badgers compiled an overall record of 9–1 with a mark of 2–1 in conference play, placing third in the Western Conference. The team's captain was Pat O'Dea.
Billy Marek is a former American football running back. He played college football for the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1972 to 1975.
T. J. Edwards is an American football linebacker for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Wisconsin.
Merritt James Norvell Jr. was an American college athletics administrator. He served as the athletic director at Michigan State University from 1995 to 1998.
Jack Sanborn is an American football linebacker for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Wisconsin.
