William Peter Fleckenstein (November 4, 1903 – January 25, 1967) was an American professional

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player who was a

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in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons with the

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, the Portsmouth Spartans, the

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, and the Frankford Yellow Jackets. In March 1934, he married the actress Mildred Harris,''Mason City Globe Gazette'' , March 19, 1934, p. 18
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, with whom he lived until her death in 1944. On April 9, 1946, he married Esther Louise Priebe. They lived in Hollywood, California. They had three children (John William, Cheryl Ann, and Julie Jane).

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