Pete Wismann
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Wismann in 1949
No. 22, 52
Position:Center
Linebacker
Personal information
Born:(1922-10-09)October 9, 1922
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Died:September 5, 2023(2023-09-05) (aged 100)
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school:Maplewood (MO)
College:Washington University (1942)
Saint Louis University (1946-1948)
NFL draft:1949 / Round: 7 / Pick: 64
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Games played:48
Starts:2
Interceptions:4
Player stats at PFR

Lawrence William "Pete" Wismann (October 9, 1922 – September 5, 2023) was an American football center and linebacker[1] who played five seasons with the San Francisco 49ers.[2]

Biography

Wismann was born October 9, 1922, in St. Louis. He attended Maplewood High School in Maplewood, Missouri.[3] Wismann played college football at Washington University before the war and at Saint Louis University after serving in the Marine Corps. He also worked as a mason.[4] Wismann died on September 5, 2023, at the age of 100.[5]

Wismann pictured in The Archive 1947, Saint Louis yearbook.

References

  1. ^ Branch, Eric (2021-03-13). "The last living original 49er: Ken Casanega's remarkable life reaches 100". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  2. ^ "75 for 75: First NFL Game". www.49ers.com. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  3. ^ Hank Gola, "San Francisco 49ers Have Living Link to Beginning with 90-year Pete Wismann, a Playmaker on All-America Football Conference Team," New York Daily News, January 28, 2013.
  4. ^ Gould IV, William B. (2002). Diary of a Contraband: The Civil War Passage of a Black Sailor (paperback ed.). Stanford University Press. p. 362. ISBN 0-8047-4708-3.
  5. ^ "In Memoriam" (PDF). Organized Labor. Vol. 123, no. 12. San Francisco Building & Construction Trades Council. December 2023. p. 22.


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