Don Gramenz

{{short description|American soccer player and manager}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Don Gramenz | image = Don-gramenz-soccer.jpg | image_size = 175 | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|3|20}} | birth_place = Cottage Grove, Minnesota, United States | height = {{height|m=1.69}} | position = Left back | youthyears1 = 1990–1993 | youthclubs1 = University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee | years1 = 1991–2003 | clubs1 = Minnesota Thunder | caps1 = 212 | goals1 = 17 | years2 = 2001 | clubs2 = → Tampa Bay Mutiny (loan) | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 0 | manageryears1 = 2008 | managerclubs1 = Minnesota Thunder }} '''Don Gramenz''' is an American former professional soccer player who played as a defender for Minnesota Thunder for eleven seasons, being named to the club's Hall of Fame. Gramenz played collegiately at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, where he was a team captain.<ref>"Don Gramenz Named To Minnesota Thunder Hall of Fame." University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. August 19, 2004. {{cite web |url=http://uwmpanthers.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/081904aaa.html |title=Don Gramenz Named to Minnesota Thunder Hall of Fame - Former star becomes fourth Panther in the Hall |accessdate=July 25, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726200815/http://uwmpanthers.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/081904aaa.html |archivedate=July 26, 2008 }}</ref> In 2008, he served as the interim manager of the Minnesota Thunder, succeeding Amos Magee.<ref>La Vaque, David. "Magee out as Thunder coach." ''Minneapolis Star-Tribune'', July 22, 2008. http://www.startribune.com/sports/25775264.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725141240/http://www.startribune.com/sports/25775264.html |date=July 25, 2008 }}. Accessed July 24, 2008.</ref> Gramenz move into teaching after his soccer career and worked as an elementary school teacher for 11 years before eventually moving into a role as an elementary school principal in Bloomington, Minnesota.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gramenz |first1=Don |title=Meet the Principal - Bloomington Public Schools |url=https://www.bloomington.k12.mn.us/hccs/meet-principal |website=www.bloomington.k12.mn.us |publisher=Bloomington Public Schools |access-date=January 20, 2022}}</ref>

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