15 Facts About Al Wistert

Albert Alexander "Ox" Wistert was an American football offensive tackle who played in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles.

Al Wistert played his entire nine-year NFL career for the Eagles and became their team captain.

Al Wistert was named to play in the NFL's first Pro Bowl as an Eagle.

Al Wistert was the first Michigan alumnus to be selected to the Pro Bowl.

Al Wistert, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, was from a Lithuanian family.

At the time, Whitey Al Wistert had a factory job where he was involved with building Majestic radios.

Al Wistert was a consensus All-American and team MVP in 1942.

Al Wistert is well remembered, among other things, for his exploits in a 1942 game against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, and he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1968, one year after his brother Francis.

Al Wistert was the only one of the three brothers not to play on a national championship squad at Michigan.

Al Wistert earned All-Pro honors in eight of his nine seasons.

Al Wistert served as Eagles captain for five consecutive seasons, from 1946 to 1950, and was named All-Pro in each season.

In 2005, Al Wistert lamented not having been enshrined in the Professional Football Hall of Fame and on Philadelphia Eagles Honor Roll:.

Al Wistert was inducted into the Philadelphia Eagles Honor Roll on September 29,2009, along with Randall Cunningham.

Al Wistert was named as a senior finalist for the class of 2020's "blue ribbon panel" but missed out.

Al Wistert died on March 5,2016, in Grants Pass, Oregon at the age of 95.