Fred Negus
Negus from 1944 Michiganensian
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| Date of birth | November 7, 1923 |
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| Place of birth | Colerain, Ohio |
| Date of death | April 18, 2005 (aged 81) |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Center, Linebacker |
| College | Michigan, Wisconsin |
| NFL draft | 1945 / Round: 7 / Pick: 59 |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1942, 1946 | Wisconsin Badgers |
| 1943 | Michigan Wolverines |
| 1947–48 | Chicago Rockets |
| 1949 | Chicago Hornets |
| 1950 | Chicago Bears |
Frederick Wilson Negus (November 7, 1923 – April 18, 2005) was an American football player. He played college football for Wisconsin and Michigan and professional football in the All-America Football Conference and the National Football League.
Negus was born in Colerain, Ohio and began his college football career with the University of Wisconsin. As Wisconsin's starting center in 1942, he was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten Conference player by the Associated Press. He was inducted into the U.S. Navy and was assigned to the V-12 Navy College Training Program at the University of Michigan. While at Michigan, Negus played for Fritz Crisler's 1943 Michigan Wolverines football team; Negus was the starting center on a Michigan team that compiled an 8–1 record, outscored opponents 302 to 73, and won the Big Ten Conference championship (in a tie with Purdue). Michigan's line coach, Biggie Munn, praised Negus's performance for Michigan: "Negus played a remarkably steady game for us this fall. Last year at Wisconsin he injured his shoulder and had to have an operation. Nine out of ten boys would have quit football at that stage, but Negus didn't."
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