databasefootball death_date birth_place article_title position birth_date image college name
fritzral01 4 february 2002 new kensington , pennsylvania ralph fritz
 guard november 23 , 1917 ralph fritz.jpg michigan ralph fritz
ralph fritz

ralph c. fritz -lrb- november 23 , 1917 -- february 4 , 2002 -rrb- was an american football player and coach .
a native of new kensington , pennsylvania , fritz attended kiski preparatory school before enrolling at the university of michigan .
he played guard for the michigan wolverines football team from 1939 to 1940 .
in 1940 , he was chosen by conference coaches as a first-team player on the associated press all-big ten conference team.fritz later played professional football for the philadelphia eagles in 1941 .
fritz was one of the more than 1,000 nfl personnel who served in the military during world war ii .
starting in 1949 , fritz worked as a high school football coach in wauchula , florida .
in 1954 , fritz was hired as the athletic director and football coach at lake wales high school in lake wales , florida .
fritz died in 2002 at age 84 while living in miami , florida .
