He played almost every minute of every game in 1926 and was selected as captain of the 1927 Chicago Maroons football team.

Against Purdue in 1927, he blocked an extra point to secure Chicago's victory.

"[2] At the end of the 1927 season, he won the 1927 Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy as the most valuable player in the Big Ten Conference.

[6][7][8][9] Rouse and his wife, the former Helen King (1907-1993), had a daughter, Joanne (born 1932).

B. Dick Company as the vice president in charge of personnel and public relations.