Mitch Frerotte
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| Offensive guard | |
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| Date of birth: March 30, 1965 | |
| Place of birth: Kittanning, Pennsylvania | |
| Date of death: June 11, 2008 (aged 43) | |
| Place of death: Kittanning, Pennsylvania | |
| Career information | |
| College: Penn State | |
| Debuted in 1987 | |
| Last played in 1992 | |
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Paul Mitchael Frerotte (March 30, 1965 - June 11, 2008) was an American professional football player who played as a guard for four seasons in the National Football League, all with the Buffalo Bills. Frerotte is perhaps best known for scoring three touchdowns during the 1992 NFL season,[1] a record for an offensive lineman.[2]
Frerotte played in three Super Bowls: XXV, XXVI, and XXVII. He attended Kittanning High School and Penn State University.
[edit] Personal
Known as "Pit Bull" by his Bills teammates, Frerotte often wore an elaborate mask of eye black during games.[2] He was a well-known Harley-Davidson enthusiast, who once threatened ESPN's Joe Theismann with bodily harm after he mounted Frerotte's motorcycle without permission.[3]
Frerotte is the cousin of NFL quarterback Gus Frerotte. Mitch died from a massive heart attack at his mother's home on June 11, 2008. The coroner's report attributed his death to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a genetic heart condition which the American Heart Association calls the most common cause of sudden death in young athletes.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Hewitt, Brian (1993-01-31). "Unlikely Hero Hunt: Frerotte Fits the Bill". Chicago Sun-Times. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4153117.html. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
- ^ a b Anderson, Dave (1993-01-10). "Sports of The Times; The Pit Bull Who Catches TD Passes". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CEFDF1338F933A25752C0A965958260. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
- ^ Tasker, Steve; Pitoniak, Scott (2006). Steve Tasker's Tales from the Buffalo Bills. Sports Publishing. pp. 115–116. ISBN 1596700920.
- ^ "Coroner: former Buffalo Bills lineman Frerotte died of thick heart muscle". Associated Press. 2008-06-13. Archived from the original on 2008-06-24. http://web.archive.org/web/20080624014357/http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20080613/ca_pr_on_fo/nfl_frerotte_death_1. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
[edit] External links
- Mitch Frerotte's career stats, databasefootball.com
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- Players of American football from Pennsylvania
- Big 33 Football Classic alumni
- Buffalo Bills players
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- Pennsylvania State University alumni
- People from Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
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