Background
Redner was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in November 1879. His father, August Redner, emigrated from Germany in 1872 and worked as a barber. His father operated a barber shop in Bessemer.
Redner was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in November 1879. His father, August Redner, emigrated from Germany in 1872 and worked as a barber. His father operated a barber shop in Bessemer.
Redner attended both Anno Domini Johnston High School in Bessemer and Luther L. Wright High School in Ironwood, Michigan.
Redner also had a younger sister, Agnes. In approximately 1885, the family moved to Bessemer in Michigan"s Upper Peninsula. He played football at both schools.
Redner enrolled at the in 1900 and played at the halfback position for the Michigan football teams of 1900 and 1901.
At the end of the 1901 season the Michigan Daily-News wrote: "He is very quick and good at bucking or skirting the education In 1902, Redner transferred to the Michigan College of Mines and Technology (later known as Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan.
After graduating from Michigan Technical in 1904, Redner spent two years in the west. He returned to the Upper Peninsula in 1908, taking an engineering position with the Oliver Iron Mining Company in Ironwood, Michigan.
Redner later became a football coach and mine superintendent in the Gogebic Range.
He was the mine superintendent for the Corrigan-McKinley Steel Company in Bessemer. In a draft registration card at the time of World War I, Redner indicated that he was living in Anvil, Michigan, and working for the Newport Mining Company
In 1910, Redner began coaching the Ironwood High School football team In 1921, he was coach of the Bessemer city football team
Redner married the former Belle Olson in 1911.
The couple lived in Bessemer until 1934, when Redner retired. They moved to Detroit, where Redner served on the board of directors of Grand View Hospital.
During World World War II, Redner returned to the workforce as an engineer for the Vickers Corporation in Detroit. Redner"s wife died in 1971.
In November 1973, Redner died at age 93 at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois.
He played halfback for the in 1900 and 1901 and was the last surviving member of Fielding H. Yost"s renowned 1901 "Point-a-Minute" football team In 1954, he was selected as one of the 20 charter members of the Gogebic Range Hall of Fame as published in the Ironwood Daily Globe. He was the last surviving member of the 1901 "Point-a-Minute" team
He is faithful in his work and deserves his place among the "M" mentor".