caption player_team death_date coach_years player_positions overall_record player_years coach_team cfbdwid sport birth_date image article_title name
fred trosko cropped from 1939 michigan team photograph michigan 6 february 1999 1952 & ndash ; 1964 halfback 50 & ndash ; 56 & ndash ; 4 1937 & ndash ; 1939 eastern michigan 2358 football 16 august 1917 fred trosko.jpg fred trosko
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fred trosko

fred trosko -lrb- september 5 , 1917 -- february 6 , 1999 -rrb- was an american football player and coach .
he played at the halfback position for the university of michigan football team from 1937 to 1939 .
he later served as the head football coach at eastern michigan university from 1952 to 1964 .
