Over the following days, while Ted Fritsch spent time at the Browns training camp, newspapers quoted Packers Head Coach Curly Lambeau saying that there was a 50-50 chance that Fritsch would end up …
GREEN BAY — The Green Bay Packers saw a brutal 35-14 loss at Lambeau Field on Thursday, Sept. 24, to the Atlanta Falcons. According to Packers Safety Evan Williams, each player needs to …
“The All-America League has lured its first player from the Green Bay Packers of the rival National League, the star fullback Ted Fritsch, who will do his place kicking and line plunging with the …
In April 1945, Ted Fritsch tried out for a spot with the Toledo Mud Hens baseball team, a farm team for the St. Louis Browns in the American Association; but that summer, he was back playing with …
That winter, Ted played guard for the Oshkosh All-Stars. The Oshkosh All-Stars were an American professional basketball team based in Oshkosh that played from 1929 to 1949. They became a …
The Green Bay Packers started out the 1944 season by dropping the opening exhibition game to the Washington Redskins, 20-7, with Fritsch scoring the lone touchdown for Green Bay. “Green Bay …
Ted Fritsch’s time in Nashville did not last long. The next month, the outfielder was traded to a team that had been itching to get Fritsch on their roster. “Outfielder Ted Fritsch, …
Highlights from previous segment • Fritsch’s standout 1943 preseason play against Washington and the Philadelphia-Pittsburgh combine drew comparisons to Clarke Hinkle, and he closed out the …
Highlights from previous segment • As fall 1943 approached, Fritsch seriously considered leaving the Packers to enroll at Wisconsin and pursue a masters degree. • Fritsch waited until the eve of …
Highlights from previous segment • Fritsch capped his rookie season as the Packers’ leading rusher. • Despite draft calls in January 1943 and press speculation that his football career was …
Continued from previous week Ted Fritsch finished his rookie season with the Green Bay Packers as the lead rusher with 323 yards, ahead of Tony Canadeo, who had 272. He was also fifth in …
Continued from previous week “Another football player from a small college has clicked as a professional,” The Journal Times stated that fall. “Young Ted Fritsch, stubby fullback brought …
Continued from previous week In January of 1942, Green Bay Packers Coach Curly Lambeau took a trip to Chicago, where he met with Elmer Layden, National Football League commissioner at the time. …
Continued from previous week The oldest Fritsch son, Larry, followed his dad into the railroad industry, while the next two sons, Emery and Myron, took the path of education via the Stevens …
SPENCER/GREEN BAY – The summer of 1871 was an unusually dry one for the city of Chicago, with just a quarter of the normal rainfall in July and August and drought conditions worsening. The dry …
Continued from last week The front page of the Oct. 15, 1969, Green Bay Press-Gazette heralded the news of Arnie Herber’s death. A day earlier, Herber lost his battle with cancer at a …
Continued from last week Following his induction into the Professional Football Hall of Fame, Arnie Herber continued to work for the Pepsi Bottling Company in De Pere. After being diagnosed …
Continued from last week “The announcement that ex-Packer Arnie Herber had been named to the pro Football Hall of Fame did not come exactly as jolting news. Rumors of his selection had been …
Continued from last week Arnie Herber, the Packer passing immortal, has been contacted by Hollywood agents to play the role of Jim Thorpe, the one-time [Native American] athlete, as a …
Continued from last week Dear Arnie, I think you were a great football player. Your playing was always superb for Wisconsin, St. Regis and the Green Bay Packers. You were a great …