Tillie Voss
Appearance
Born: | Detroit, Michigan | March 28, 1897
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Died: | December 14, 1975 Stuart, Florida | (aged 78)
Career information | |
Position(s) | Tackle End |
College | Detroit Mercy |
Career history | |
As player | |
1921 | Detroit Tigers |
1921 | Buffalo All-Americans |
1922 | Rock Island Independents |
1922 | Akron Pros |
1923 | Toledo Maroons |
1924 | Green Bay Packers |
1925 | Detroit Panthers |
1926 | New York Giants |
1927–1928 | Chicago Bears |
1929 | Dayton Triangles |
1929 | Buffalo Bisons |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Walter Clarence "Tillie" Voss (March 28, 1897 – December 14, 1975) was an American football tackle who played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL).[1] During his time with the Green Bay Packers, Voss, along with Frank Hanny of the Chicago Bears were the first players to be ejected in a game in league history after exchanging punches.[2]
He died in 1975.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Tillie Voss". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ^ "Wisconsin". Archived from the original on May 3, 2021. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
- ^ "Walter C. Voss death notice". Detroit Free Press. December 18, 1975.
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Categories:
- 1897 births
- 1975 deaths
- American football ends
- American football tackles
- Akron Pros players
- Buffalo All-Americans players
- Buffalo Bisons (NFL) players
- Chicago Bears players
- Dayton Triangles players
- Detroit Panthers players
- Detroit Tigers (NFL) players
- Detroit Titans football players
- Detroit Mercy Titans men's basketball players
- Green Bay Packers players
- New York Giants players
- Rock Island Independents players
- Toledo Maroons players
- Players of American football from Detroit
- University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy alumni
- American men's basketball players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football offensive lineman, 1890s birth stubs