Mitch Frerotte

Mitch Frerotte
Mitch Frerotte
Position(s)
Offensive guard		 Jersey #(s)
59
Born March 30, 1965
Kittanning, Pennsylvania
Died June 11, 2008(2008-06-11) (aged 43)
Kittanning, Pennsylvania
Career information
Year(s) 1987–1992
College Penn State
Professional teams
Career stats
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Career highlights and awards

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.

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]

References

  1. ^ 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. 
  2. ^ 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. 
  3. ^ Tasker, Steve; Pitoniak, Scott (2006). Steve Tasker's Tales from the Buffalo Bills. Sports Publishing. pp. 115–116. ISBN 1596700920. 
  4. ^ "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. 

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