19 Facts About George Ceithaml

George Frank Ceithaml was an American football quarterback and coach.

George Ceithaml was the starting quarterback for Fritz Crisler's University of Michigan football teams in 1941 and 1942.

George Ceithaml later served as an assistant football coach at Michigan and the University of Southern California.

George Ceithaml was born in Chicago and raised on the city's South Side.

George Ceithaml was an All-City quarterback two straight years for Lindbloom High School.

In 1939 George Ceithaml enrolled at the University of Michigan and joined the football team at the beginning of the Fritz Crisler era.

George Ceithaml was 6-feet tall and weighed 184 pounds as a football player at Michigan.

The 1942 team captained by George Ceithaml has been called "Crisler's '42 Iron Men":.

In January 1943, George Ceithaml was a starter for the East All-Stars in the 1943 East-West Shrine Game.

George Ceithaml was the 19th player selected in the 1943 NFL draft, taken as the third round pick of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

George Ceithaml reached the rank of lieutenant and participated in the January 1944 landing at Anzio Beach and the June 1944 D-Day landing at Normandy.

In 1946, George Ceithaml was chosen to play for the holdover College All-Star team in an annual match against the NFL champions.

George Ceithaml intercepted a pass off Kenny Washington in the fourth quarter of the game to stop a late drive by the Rams.

George Ceithaml was initially assigned as the coach of the junior varsity squad, but was promoted to the position of backfield coach.

George Ceithaml served as USC's backfield coach from 1953 to 1956.

George Ceithaml opted to remain at USC for the 1956 season.

In February 1957 Don Clark was hired as USC's new head coach; and one week later, George Ceithaml announced his retirement from the coaching profession.

George Ceithaml retired in 1983 and moved back to California with his wife Joan.

George Ceithaml died on May 24,2012, at the age of 91 in Dana Point, California.