Question: Facts: - finalyear: 1942 - statlabel: games played games started interceptions - position: og/lb - statvalue: 35 25 3 - death date: 3 may 1989 - college: xavier university - birth date: 17 october 1912 - nfl: wie711924 - birth place: cincinnati , ohio - debutyear: 1939 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john wiethe .
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john albert '' socko '' wiethe -lrb- october 17 , 1912may 3 , 1989 -rrb- was an early all-around sports star in football , baseball and basketball .he played professional american football guard/linebacker in the national football league .he played four seasons for the detroit lions -lrb- 1939 -- 1942 -rrb- .he also briefly played in the national basketball league during the late 1930s , and also played independent pro baseball .he later coached both football and then basketball at the university of cincinnati .in later years , he was also active in local cincinnati politics as a democrat .