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Theodore Leo Fritsch (October 31, 1920 – October 4, 1979) was an American baseball, basketball, and football player who played running back for the National Football League's Green Bay Packers from 1942 to 1950. He also played two seasons for the Oshkosh All-Stars of the National Basketball League. Fritsch also played as an outfielder for the Portsmouth Cubs, Nashville Vols, and Los Angeles Angels minor league baseball teams in 1944.[1] He attended Spencer High School in Spencer, WI and the High School's football field was named after him. Notre Dame High School in Green Bay is also named after him. Fritsch died in 1979 of a heart attack

Ted Fritsch

Fritsch on a 1948 Bowman football card
No. 64
Position:	Running back
Personal information
Born:	(1920-10-31)October 31, 1920 Spencer, Wisconsin
Died:	October 4, 1979(1979-10-04) (aged 58) Green Bay, Wisconsin
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school:	Spencer (WI)
College:	Wisconsin–Stevens Point
Undrafted:	1942
Career history
Green Bay Packers (1942–1950)
Career highlights and awards
NFL champion (1944) NFL rushing touchdowns leader (1946) NFL scoring leader (1946) Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

His son, Ted Fritsch, Jr., also played in the NFL in the 1970s.

References

External links

• Ted Fritsch at Find a Grave

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