Frank Tripucka
Photo: Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, Notre Dame, 1946–⁠47

Frank Tripucka

Born
Dec 8, 1927, in Bloomfield, New Jersey
Died
Sep 12, 2013, in Woodland Park, New Jersey

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Frank Tripucka played quarterback at Notre Dame (1946–⁠47). The Philadelphia Eagles took Tripucka in the first round, No. 9 overall in the 1949 NFL Draft.

Team titles: National champions, 1946 and 1947

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

In the NFL

AFL All-Star Game: 1960

Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
1958CFLSaskatchewan Roughriders
1959CFLOttawa Rough Riders
1959CFLSaskatchewan Roughriders
1960–⁠63AFLDenver Broncos
1963CFLSaskatchewan Roughriders

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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