Jake Lanum

{{Short description|American football player (1896–1968)}} {{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox CFL biography | name = Jake Lanum | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1896|9|13}} | birth_place = [[Carmi, Illinois]], U.S.<ref name=staleymuseum>[http://staleymuseum.com/staleys-bears-20-21/jake-lanum/ Jake Lanum | Staley Museum] Retrieved 2017-02-18.</ref> | death_date = {{death date and age|1968|03|19|1896|9|13}} | death_place = [[Homewood, Illinois]], U.S. | team = | number = | status = | position1 = [[Running back]] | height_ft = | height_in = | weight_lb = | college = [[Illinois Fighting Illini football|Illinois]] | playing_years1 = 1919-1924 | playing_team1 = [[Chicago Bears|Decatur Staleys / Chicago Staleys / Chicago Bears]] | career_highlights = * [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|National Champion]] ([[1919 college football season|1919]]) }}

'''Ralph Lewis "Jake" Lanum''' (September 13, 1896 – March 19, 1968) was an American professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[running back]] for five seasons for the [[Chicago Bears]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LanuJa20.htm|title = Jake Lanum Stats| website=[[Pro-Football-Reference.com]] }}</ref> and its predecessors the [[1920 Decatur Staleys season|Decatur Staleys]] and the [[History of the Chicago Bears#1921–1929: First years in Chicago and the rise of the Bears|Chicago Staleys]].

Lanum was a starting fullback and also handled some kicking duties on the [[1919 Illinois Fighting Illini football]] National Championship team.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/illio20univ#page/234/mode/2up/search/Bradshaw|title=The Illio|publisher=University of Illinois|year=1920|access-date=January 23, 2018}}</ref>

After football, Lanum moved to [[Hammond, Indiana]], working mostly in the oil industry. In retirement he returned to Illinois, living in [[Homewood, Illinois|Homewood]], where he died in 1968 at the age of 71.<ref name=staleymuseum/>

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==External links== *[https://staleymuseum.com/staleys-bears-20-21/jake-lanum/ Jake Lanum Bio (Staley Museum)]

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