Theodore Edward Fritsch Jr. (born August 26, 1950) is a former

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in the

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(NFL). His father,

Ted Fritsch Theodore Leo Fritsch (October 31, 1920 – October 4, 1979) was an American baseball, basketball, and American football, football player who played running back for the National Football League (NFL)'s Green Bay Packers from 1942 to 1950. He als ...

, played for the

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in the 1940s. Fritsch played

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at St. Norbert College.

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