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 …
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 …
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 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 “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 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 …
Continued from last week After leaving UW-Madison, Arnie Herber headed back to Green Bay, taking a job with the railroad. “A prominent family in town persuaded him to go to St. Regis …