Fred Mortensen (born March 24, 1954) was a former
college football player at
Arizona State University.
Fred played three years in the
United States Football League
The United States Football League (USFL) was a professional American football league that played for three seasons, 1983 through 1985. The league played a spring/summer schedule in each of its active seasons. The 1986 season was scheduled to be ...
, playing
quarterback
The quarterback (commonly abbreviated "QB"), colloquially known as the "signal caller", is a position in gridiron football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive platoon and mostly line up directly behind the offensive line. In modern Ame ...
for the
Denver Gold
The Denver Gold was a franchise in the United States Football League, an attempt to establish a second major professional football league in the United States, playing a springtime season, from 1983 to 1985. The Gold played their home games at Mi ...
in 1983 and 1984 and the
San Antonio Gunslingers
The San Antonio Gunslingers were a professional American football team based in San Antonio, Texas, that played in the United States Football League (USFL) in 1984 and 1985. Owned by oil magnate Clinton Manges, the team played its home games in ...
in 1985.
In the 1990s Fred also served as a high school Football coach for the Tempe High School Buffalo Varsity football team where both his son Todd and Nathan attended. Fred quarterbacked Tempe High School to the state finals in 1971. In the 1975 Fiesta Bowl, Fred helped lead the Sun Devils to a 17-14 victory over Nebraska. Today Mortensen lives in Tempe where he acts as a member, and former Bishop, of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a nontrinitarian Christian church that considers itself to be the restoration of the original church founded by Jesus Christ. The ch ...
, and runs a general contracting business.
References
he was a mission president in Bengalaru India for the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint
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1954 births
American football quarterbacks
Arizona State Sun Devils football players
Living people
People from Safford, Arizona
San Antonio Gunslingers players
Denver Gold players