Rudoph F. "Rudy" or "Rosy" Rosatti (September 12, 1895 – July 9, 1975) was an

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player. Rosatti was born in 1895 at

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in Michigan's

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. He attended Norway High School. Rosatti played football at

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and

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before enrolling at the

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. He played tackle for the

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. He later played professional football for the

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(1923),

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(1924-1927), and

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(1928). He appeared in a total of 45 NFL games, 40 of them as a starter. Rosatti worked for the Michigan State Highway Department for 32 years from 1933 to 1965 and retired as the chief of highway maintenance for the western half of the Upper Peninsula. In December 1933, Rosatti fatally shot James Contratta with a rifle at a road building camp west of

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. Rosatti was released after the coroner determined the shooting to have been accidental. Rosatti died in 1975 at age 79 at his home in his hometown of Norway, Michigan.

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