Ed Frutig
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| Position: | End | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | August 19, 1918 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | River Rouge, Michigan | ||||||||
| Date of death: | February 26, 2011 (aged 92) | ||||||||
| Place of death: | Vero Beach, Florida | ||||||||
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| College: | Michigan | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1941 / Round: 5 / Pick: 37 | ||||||||
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| Receptions: | 12 |
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| Receiving yards: | 117 |
| Touchdowns: | 3 |
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Edward C. Frutig (August 19, 1918 – February 26, 2011) was an American football end who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1938 to 1940. He was selected as a first-team All-American in 1940 by William Randolph Hearst's International News Service. A teammate of Heisman Trophy winner Tom Harmon for three years at Michigan, he was Harmon's main receiver. Frutig played professional football with the Green Bay Packers (1941, 1945) and Detroit Lions (1945–1946) of the National Football League.
Frutig was born and raised in River Rouge, Michigan, the son of a River Rouge councilman.
Frutig attended the University of Michigan from 1937 to 1941. He came to Michigan with very little football reputation and is reported to have “barely made the freshman squad” in 1937. Frutig put himself through college by covering Ann Arbor for a Detroit newspaper.
As a sophomore in 1938, he was part of coach Fritz Crisler's first Michigan football team. This was the year that Crisler introduced the Winged Helmet at Michigan. He was “just another varsity candidate as a sophomore” in 1938 but before the season was over, he was “the best end” on the team. “That’s real development,” said Fielding H. Yost. Going into the 1938 season, Michigan had not scored a touchdown against Ohio State in four years. On November 19, 1938, the drought ended as Michigan beat the Buckeyes, 18–0. In the fourth quarter, Frutig caught two passes from Tom Harmon, one a 22-yard pass to the 18-yard line and then a five-yard pass for a touchdown.
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