Martin A. Zoll (November 12, 1900 – October 14, 1968) was a professional
football
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player who was an original member of the
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. It ...
. He played for the Packers beginning in 1919, two years before the team joined the
National Football League
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. He was also a wrestler. His career ended after the 1922 season. He was also the brother of teammate
Carl Zoll
Carl Francis Zoll (January 29, 1899 – October 19, 1973) was an American Gridiron football, football Guard (American football), guard for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He was a member of the 1919 Green Bay Packers ...
and future-Packer
Dick Zoll
Richard Archibald Zoll (December 10, 1913 – September 6, 1985) was an American professional football player in the National Football League for the Cleveland Rams and Green Bay Packers from 1937 to 1939 as a guard and tackle. He played at the ...
. Zoll died at a hospital in Green Bay on October 14, 1968.
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1900 births
1968 deaths
Players of American football from Wisconsin
Green Bay Packers players
People from Howard, Wisconsin
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