Lloyd George Wasserbach (January 30, 1921 – February 1, 1949) was a player in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for the

Chicago Rockets The Chicago Rockets were an American football team that played in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) from 1946 to 1949. During the 1949 season, the team was known as the Chicago Hornets. Unlike the Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, a ...

in 1946 and 1947 as a tackle. He played at the collegiate level at the

University of Wisconsin–Madison A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United Stat ...

. He was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the

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, but was drafted into

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before he had a chance to play for the team.

Biography

Wasserbach was born Lloyd George Wasserbach on January 30, 1921, in

Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin The Town of Baileys Harbor is located in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,003 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Peninsula Center is located in the town. The census-designated place of Baileys Harb ...

. He died on February 1, 1949, in a hotel fire in Ripon, Wisconsin.

References

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