[1] Bradbury Robinson, who threw the first legal forward pass in college football, cited Savage as his inspiration.

to show me how he did it.Twenty-five years later, Robinson told St. Louis Star-Times sports editor Sid Keener (1888–1981)[2] that Savage threw "the pigskin to his players with the ball revolving as it sailed through the air."

In 1910, he became an engineer for the Chicago Elevated Train, eventually working his way up to general manager of the Metropolitan Motor Coach Company.

[1] Savage was commissioned a first lieutenant on June 7, 1918, and assigned to the United States Army's 55th Engineer Regiment, serving on railway construction in France until July 1, 1919.

[1] Savage became active in The American Legion after the war and served at post, county, department and national levels.

[3] An additional issue he strongly advocated for while department commander was to grant more independence to the Cook County branch of the Legion.

[3] In 1927, Savage led 20,000 members of The American legion on a goodwill tour of post war Europe.