American football player
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| Position: | Guard | ||||||||
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| Born: | (1965-03-30)March 30, 1965 Kittanning, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died: | June 11, 2008(2008-06-11) (aged 43) Kittanning, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 281 lb (127 kg) | ||||||||
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| College: | Penn St. | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 1987 | ||||||||
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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 (NFL), all with the Buffalo Bills.
Biography
Frerotte is perhaps best known for scoring three touchdowns during the 1992 NFL season, a record for an offensive lineman.
Frerotte played in three Super Bowls: XXV, XXVI, and XXVII. He attended Kittanning High School and Penn State University.
Personal life
Known as "Pit Bull" by his Bills teammates, Frerotte often wore an elaborate mask of eye black during games. 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.
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.
References
- Hewitt, Brian (January 31, 1993). "Unlikely Hero Hunt: Frerotte Fits the Bill". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on May 17, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2008.
- ^ Anderson, Dave (January 10, 1993). "Sports of The Times; The Pit Bull Who Catches TD Passes". The New York Times. Retrieved February 10, 2008.
- "Mitch Frerotte". Pro-Football-Reference.Com. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- Tasker, Steve; Pitoniak, Scott (2006). Steve Tasker's Tales from the Buffalo Bills. Sports Publishing. pp. 115–116. ISBN 1-59670-092-0.
- "Coroner: former Buffalo Bills lineman Frerotte died of thick heart muscle". Associated Press. June 13, 2008. Archived from the original on June 24, 2008. Retrieved June 14, 2008.
External links
- Mitch Frerotte's career stats, databasefootball.com
- Pro-Football-Reference.com