nfldraftedyear nfldraftedpick full_name article_title position nfldraftedteam nfldraftedround college name imagewidth
1947 115 emile fritz emile fritz
 guard chicago bears 13 maryland vanderbilt emile fritz 200
emile fritz

emile fritz , jr. was an american football player .
fritz was selected in the thirteenth round of the 1947 nfl draft .
in the late 1930s , fritz attended vanderbilt university , where he played on the football team as a guard .
he then served overseas in the united states military for 25 months , before enrolling again in college , this time at the university of maryland .
at maryland in 1945 , fritz played under the legendary head coach , paul `` bear '' bryant , who had been an assistant coach for fritz at vanderbilt before the war .
in 1946 , the associated press named fritz an honorable mention all-american .
fritz was selected in the thirteenth round of the 1947 nfl draft -lrb- 115 overall -rrb- by the chicago bears .
at maryland , fritz was a member of the delta phi chapter of the sigma nu fraternity .
