Fred Mazurek
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| Date of birth | March 21, 1943 |
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| Place of birth | Uniontown, Pennsylvania |
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| Position(s) | Flanker |
| US college | Pittsburgh |
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| 1965–1966 | Washington Redskins |
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Frederick Henry Mazurek (born March 21, 1943) is a former American football flanker in the National Football League. He played for the Washington Redskins.
Biography
[edit]Mazurek received a scholarship from the University of Pittsburgh and played as the starting quarterback for the Pitt Panthers from 1961 to 1965. Competing for the national championship in 1963 against Navy, he and his team lost 7 to 6 during a game in which Roger Staubach quarterbacked for the Navy team.
Mazurek also played baseball, and was an All-American center fielder for the baseball team at the University of Pittsburgh.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Mazurek's younger sister Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk is dean of the College of Nursing at The Ohio State University.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Pitt's Mazurek Back of Week". Sioux City Journal. November 7, 1963. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
- ^ Mattson, James E. (October 19, 2011). "Bernadette Melnyk: Coal miner's daughter (Part One)". nursingcentered.sigmanursing.org. Retrieved September 14, 2020.