19 Facts About Fred Trosko

Fred Trosko was an American football player and coach.

Fred Trosko played at the halfback position for the University of Michigan football team from 1937 to 1939.

Fred Trosko later served as the head football coach at Eastern Michigan University from 1952 to 1964.

Fred Trosko was a multi-sport star at Michigan, earning nine letters in football, baseball and basketball.

Fred Trosko played three years as a halfback for the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1937 to 1939.

Fred Trosko received the Meyer Morton Award in 1937 as the football player who showed the greatest development and most promise as a result of the annual spring practice.

Fred Trosko earned both bachelor's and master's degree in education from the University of Michigan.

Fred Trosko attained the rank of captain and served two of his five years of military service in the European Theater of Operations.

Fred Trosko was discharged from the military in May 1946.

In 1946, Fred Trosko was hired as an assistant football coach at his alma mater, Flint Northern High School.

Fred Trosko served three years as an assistant coach under Guy Huston, who had been his coach in the 1930s.

In 1949, Fred Trosko was hired as an assistant football coach at Owosso High School in Owosso, Michigan.

In July 1952, Fred Trosko was hired as head football coach at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Fred Trosko's teams won Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships in 1954 and 1957.

Fred Trosko's teams had a 29-game winless streak starting with the third game of the 1959 season and continuing through the fifth game of the 1962 season.

Fred Trosko had the second longest tenure of any head coach at the school.

Fred Trosko taught at Eastern Michigan and remained on the faculty at Eastern Michigan after retiring as football coach.

Fred Trosko ultimately retired in 1981 as a professor emeritus.

Fred Trosko died at his home at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina in February 1999.