1. Frederick Charles "Fuzzy" Thurston was an American professional football player who was an offensive guard for the Baltimore Colts and Green Bay Packers of the National Football League.
11 Facts About Fuzzy Thurston
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Fuzzy Thurston played basketball because his high school didn't have a football team.
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Fuzzy Thurston played junior varsity basketball as a 190-pound freshman at Valparaiso before gaining 40 pounds and joining the football team his sophomore year.
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Fuzzy Thurston led Valparaiso to an Indiana Collegiate Conference title and was twice selected All-American.
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Fuzzy Thurston was named All-Conference for the 1954 and 1955 seasons, while being named the conference's top lineman in 1955.
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Fuzzy Thurston was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fifth round of the 1956 NFL draft.
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Fuzzy Thurston was named to the 1961 and 1962 All-Pro teams.
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Fuzzy Thurston was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in.
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Fuzzy Thurston remained popular in Wisconsin after his playing days and could often be found at Fuzzy's, a bar he owned not far from Lambeau Field and at the Left Guard, a bar and restaurant he owned in Menasha, WI.
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Fuzzy Thurston was elected to the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 1982, and the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003.
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Fuzzy Thurston was the first athlete ever to be voted in by the people of Wisconsin, even though the Hall had been founded in 1951.