Albert Wistert
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| Position: | Tackle | ||||||
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| Date of birth: | December 28, 1920 | ||||||
| Place of birth: | Chicago, Illinois | ||||||
| Date of death: | March 5, 2016 (aged 95) | ||||||
| Place of death: | Grants Pass, Oregon | ||||||
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| High school: | Chicago (IL) Schurz | ||||||
| College: | Michigan | ||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1943 / Round: 5 / Pick: 32 | ||||||
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| Games played: | 95 |
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| Games started: | 62 |
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Albert Alexander "Ox" Wistert (December 28, 1920 – March 5, 2016) was an All-Pro American football tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles. He played his entire nine-year NFL career for the Eagles and became their team captain. He was named to play in the NFL's first Pro Bowl as an Eagle. During most of Wistert's career there were no football All-star games, although he was named to the league All-Pro team eight times.
Wistert played college football at the University of Michigan. He is one of the three brothers—along with Whitey and Alvin— who were named All-American tackles at Michigan and later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He was the first Michigan alumnus to be selected to the National Football League Pro Bowl. The Wistert brothers all wore jersey No. 11 at Michigan and are among the seven players who have had their numbers retired by the Michigan Wolverines football program. Their number will be put back into circulation starting on November 10, 2012 before a Michigan home game against Northwestern as part of the Michigan Football Legend program.
Wistert, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, was from a Lithuanian family. His father, Kazimer Wistert, was a Spanish–American War veteran who was later killed in the line of duty while working for the Chicago Police Department. The story of the Wistert brothers at Michigan began when Whitey's Carl Schurz High School classmate John Kowalik was invited to visit the University of Michigan. At the time, Whitey Wistert had a factory job where he was involved with building Majestic radios. Kowalik took Whitey with him on his visit to Ann Arbor, and according to Alvin, "that's how it started: the Wisterts of Michigan."
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