Victor Leroy Baltzell Sr. (June 20, 1912 – April 1986), sometimes known as both "Dick" and "Vic", and by the nickname "Bullet" Baltzell, was an

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player. Baltzell was born in 1912 in

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. He attended Hebron High School in Hebron, Nebraska where he played football from 1927 to 1929. He enrolled as Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas, and played for the

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team from 1931 to 1934. He was an all-conference fullback at Southwestern. Baltzell then played four years of professional football, beginning as a fullback in the

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for the

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. He appeared in two games for the Redskins during the 1935 season. He also played for the New York Yankees of the American Football League (1946) and Paterson Panthers of the American Association (1936-1938). After his playing career, Baltzell lived in

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, where he was the executive vice president of Oakite Products Inc. He died in 1986 in

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