{{Short description|American football player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox college football player |currentnumber=31 |birth_date=c. 1909 |birth_place=[[Erwin, Tennessee]] |death_date={{death date|1972|11|30}} |death_place=[[Knoxville, Tennessee]] |currentposition=[[End (American football)|End]] |pastschools=[[Tennessee Volunteers football|Tennessee]] (1928–1930) |highlights= *[[College Football All-Southern Team|All-Southern]] ([[1929 College Football All-Southern Team|1929]]) }} '''Fritz Brandt''' (c. 1909 – November 30, 1972) was a [[college football]] player, one of the "flaming sophomores" on the [[1928 Tennessee Volunteers football team|1928]] [[Tennessee Volunteers football|Tennessee Volunteers]] that went 9–0–1.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 1, 1972 |title=Fritz Brandt Dies at 63 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&dat=19721201&id=7k4fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qNEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3470,317811&hl=en |access-date=February 12, 2024 |work=Daytona Beach Morning Journal|via=Google News}}</ref> As an [[End (American football)|end]], he played opposite [[Paul Hug]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hickman |first=Herman |date=October 25, 1954 |title=NEYLAND'S BOYS |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1954/10/25/neylands-boys |access-date=February 12, 2024 |website=Sports Illustrated Vault |language=en-us}}</ref> He was injured in the [[1929 Tennessee Volunteers football team|1929]] game against [[Centre Colonels football|Centre]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 5, 1930 |title=Tennessee Men Hurt In Defeating Centre |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19301005&id=53MdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LGQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3488,791821&hl=en |access-date=February 12, 2024 |work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|via=Google News}}</ref> Brandt was selected [[College Football All-Southern Team|All-Southern]] by the ''[[United Press]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 30, 1929 |title=United Press Picks Southern |work=Salt Lake Tribune}}</ref>
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