George Ceithaml
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| Date of birth | February 10, 1921 |
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| Place of birth | Chicago, Illinois |
| Date of death | May 24, 2012 (aged 91) |
| Place of death | Dana Point, California |
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| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| College | Michigan |
| NFL draft | 1943 / Round: 3 / Pick: 19 |
| Drafted by | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Awards | First-team All-Big Ten quarterback, 1942 Captain of 1942 All-American Blocking Team |
George Frank Ceithaml (/ˈsaɪhæməl/ SY-ham-əl; February 10, 1921 – May 24, 2012) was an American football quarterback and coach. He was the starting quarterback for Fritz Crisler's University of Michigan football teams in 1941 and 1942. Crisler later called Ceithaml "the smartest player he ever taught." Ceithaml was selected as the quarterback on the 1942 All-Big Ten Conference team, the captain of the 1942 All-American Blocking Team, and was the 19th player selected in the 1943 NFL Draft. He later served as an assistant football coach at Michigan and the University of Southern California.
Ceithaml was born in Chicago and raised on the city's South Side. He was an All-City quarterback two straight years for Lindbloom High School.
In 1939 Ceithaml enrolled at the University of Michigan and joined the football team at the beginning of the Fritz Crisler era. He was 6-feet tall and weighed 184 pounds as a football player at Michigan.
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