Lew Russell Palmer (February 11, 1875 – March 24, 1945) was an American football player and expert on industrial safety and accident prevention.
While at Grinnell, he set a western intercollegiate record in the half-mile run and was selected as an All-American in cross country.
He was a consensus first-team honoree on the 1898 College Football All-America Team,[2] and he was selected as a second-team All-American by Outing magazine in 1899.
[3] After completing his studies at Princeton, Palmer went to work for Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
[5] In 1930 and 1940, he remained living with his wife, Vesta (and in 1920 his daughter) in Yonkers and was employed as a "conservation engineer" by Equitable Life.