Theodore Leo Fritsch (October 31, 1920 – October 4, 1979) was an American

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, and football player who played

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for the

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's Green Bay Packers from 1942 to 1950. He also played two seasons for the

Oshkosh All-Stars The Oshkosh All-Stars were an American professional basketball team based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Founded in 1929 by Lonnie Darling, the team was a member of the National Basketball League, a forerunner to the NBA, from 1937 until 1949. Histor ...

of the National Basketball League. Fritsch also played as an

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for the

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, and

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minor league baseball teams in 1944."Ted Fritsch Minor League Statistics & History."
Baseball-Reference. Retrieved on 15 August 2010. He attended Spencer High School in Spencer, WI and the High School's football field was named after him. Notre Dame High School in Green Bay is also named after him. Fritsch died in 1979 of a

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His son, Ted Fritsch, Jr., also played in the NFL in the 1970s.

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* 1920 births 1979 deaths American men's basketball players American football running backs Green Bay Packers players Los Angeles Angels (minor league) players Nashville Vols players Oshkosh All-Stars players People from Spencer, Wisconsin Players of American football from Wisconsin Baseball players from Wisconsin Basketball players from Wisconsin Portsmouth Cubs players Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers baseball players Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers football players Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers men's basketball players {{1920s-US-basketball-bio-stub