William Peter Fleckenstein (November 4, 1903 – January 25, 1967) was an American professional
football
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player who was a
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in the
National Football League
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(NFL) for seven seasons with the
Chicago Bears
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, the
Portsmouth Spartans
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, the
Brooklyn Dodgers
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, and the
Frankford Yellow Jackets
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.
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In March 1934, he married the actress ]Mildred Harris
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,[''Mason City Globe Gazette'' , March 19, 1934, p. 18]
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/ref> who was previously married to Charlie Chaplin
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, with whom he lived until her death in 1944.
On April 9, 1946, he married Esther Louise Priebe. They lived in Hollywood, California. They had three children (John William, Cheryl Ann, and Julie Jane).
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1967 deaths
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