Walter Clarence "Tillie" Voss (March 28, 1897 – December 14, 1975) was an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wit ...
tackle
Tackle may refer to:
* In football:
** Tackle (football move), a play in various forms of football
** Tackle (gridiron football position), a position in American football and Canadian football
** Dump tackle, a forceful move in rugby of picking ...
who played nine seasons in the
National Football League
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(NFL). During his time with the
Green Bay Packers
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, Voss, along with
Frank Hanny of the
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) North division. The Bears have won nine ...
were the first players to be ejected in a game in league history after exchanging punches.
He died in 1975.
NFL Records
Most teams played for : 11
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1897 births
1975 deaths
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Akron Pros players
Buffalo All-Americans players
Buffalo Bisons (NFL) players
Chicago Bears players
Dayton Triangles players
Detroit Panthers players
Detroit Tigers (NFL) players
Detroit Titans football players
Detroit Mercy Titans men's basketball players
Green Bay Packers players
New York Giants players
Rock Island Independents players
Toledo Maroons players
Players of American football from Detroit
University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy alumni
American men's basketball players
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