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Ted Petoskey

Ted Petoskey
Posed black and white photograph of Petoskey wearing a dark-colored football uniform without a helmet and standing on a grass field in a two-point football stance
Petoskey from 1933 Michiganensian
Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born (1911-01-05)January 5, 1911
St. Charles, Michigan
Died November 30, 1996(1996-11-30) (aged 85)
Elgin, South Carolina
Playing career
Football
1931–1932 Michigan
Basketball
1931–1934 Michigan
Baseball
1932–1934 Michigan
1934–1935 Cincinnati Reds
Position(s) End (football)
Guard (basketball)
Outfielder (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1942–1946 Wofford
Basketball
1935–1940 South Carolina
1942–1946 Wofford
Baseball
1940–1942 South Carolina
1944 Birmingham Barons
1945–1947 Wofford
1948–1956 South Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall 3–13 (college football)
58–91 (college basketball)
133–145–1 (college baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Football:
First-team All-American (1932, 1933)
Ted Petoskey
Outfielder
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 9, 1934, for the Cincinnati Reds
Last MLB appearance
June 20, 1935, for the Cincinnati Reds
MLB statistics
Batting average .167
Home runs 0
Runs batted in 1
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Big Ten batting average champion (1934)

Frederick Lee "Ted" Petoskey (January 5, 1911 – November 30, 1996) was a three-sport athlete at the University of Michigan, a Major League Baseball player, a collegiate coach in three sports and an athletic director.

At the University of Michigan, Petoskey received eight varsity letters in three sports. In American football, he was a two-time All-American end for the undefeated Michigan Wolverines football teams that won back-to-back college football national championships in 1932 and 1933. He was also a guard and captain of Michigan's basketball team in the 1933–34 season. As a baseball player in 1934, Petoskey led the Big Ten Conference with a .452 batting average.

Petoskey played parts of the 1934 and 1935 Major League Baseball seasons as an outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds and played minor league baseball until 1944. Petoskey also served in a variety of collegiate coaching positions, including head coach of the University of South Carolina's basketball team (1935–1940), athletic director and football coach at Wofford College, and head baseball coach at the University of South Carolina (1940–42, 1948–56).


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