Facts: - teams: washington redskins - number: 45 - position: end - years: 1943 -- 1944 , 1946 - pfr: lapkte20 - databasefootball: lapkated01 - college: depaul st. ambrose - death date: 1 december 2011 - birth date: 20 april 1920 - nfl: lap415288 - birth place: hawthorne , illinois Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ted lapka .
theodore aloysius '' ted '' lapka -lrb- april 20 , 1920 -- december 1 , 2011 -rrb- was an american football end in the national football league for the washington redskins .he was born in hawthorne , illinois .he attended depaul university and st. ambrose university he had one receiving touchdown and missed the 1945 season while fighting in world war ii . .