George Fritts
Guard, American football player
1919 – 1987
Who was George Fritts?
George H. Fritts was an American football player and coached at Clemson University and Newberry College. A native of Lenior City, Tennessee, Fritts attended Lenior City Tennessee before accepting a full scholarship to Clemson University. He played guard for the Clemson team from 1939 to 1942.
He was a starting player on both sides of the ball. Having played on Clemson's first Bowl team 1940, he completed his college football career then was drafted by the United States Army and the Philadelphia Eagles in the same year. Upon the end of the war, he was hired to coach the Columbus Georgia Football team but a manager in the front office of the Philadelphia Eagles contacted him for completing his requirements for professional football. An earlier exposure to high levels of radiation during WWII left him with a disability which resulted in his loss of eyesight after three years of playing for Philadelphia.
Frank Howard hired him to be an assistant coach at Clemson and after a few years left to coach the Gaffney, SC high school team where his teams won several state championships. He moved to Georgia to become a high school principal.
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- Born
- Dec 30, 1919
- Education
- Clemson University
- Died
- Feb 8, 1987
Savannah
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on July 23, 2013
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