{{Short description|Danish-American football player}}
{{Infobox NFL biography | name = Lars Ditlev | image = Lars Ditlev and his wife.jpg | caption = Ditlev (right) with his wife, 1976 | birth_date = {{birth date|1951|12|06}} | birth_place = Randers, Denmark | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|01|24|1951|12|06}} | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 8<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/527892714/|title=NFL draft day phone call came for Tech twosome|work=Rapid City Journal|location=Rapid City, South Dakota|date=April 23, 2005|access-date=September 15, 2024|page=35|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref> | college = South Dakota Mines | position = Defensive end<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/653229441/|title=Evert, Hunt Deadlocked|work=The News and Observer|location=Raleigh, North Carolina|date=June 27, 1974|access-date=September 15, 2024|page=29|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/186025062/|title=Coming Home: 'White Shoes' Finally Brings Act to the Vet After Years of Running, Dancing to Glory|work=Philadelphia Daily News|location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|date=November 7, 1985|access-date=September 15, 2024|page=114|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref> | draftyear = 1974 | draftround = 13 | draftpick = 323 }}
'''Lars Ditlev''' (December 6, 1951 – January 24, 2021) was a Danish-American football player.
== Life and career == Ditlev was born in Randers,<ref name="a">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/rapid-city-journal-lars-ditlev/155341555/|title=Lars Ditlev|work=Rapid City Journal|location=Rapid City, South Dakota|date=February 6, 2021|access-date=September 15, 2024|page=E3|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref> the son of Peter Ditlev.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/239043776/|title=Lookin' In|work=Argus Leader|location=Sioux Falls, South Dakota|date=February 5, 1974|access-date=September 15, 2024|page=11|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref> He graduated from Lincoln High School.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/heraldnet/name/lars-ditlev-obituary?id=9747285|title=Lars Ditlev Obituary (1951-2021)|work=The Everett Herald|date=February 7, 2021|access-date=September 15, 2024}}</ref>
Ditlev played for the South Dakota Mines Hardrockers football team<ref>{{Citation|title=Roster 1973|work=South Dakota Mines Hardrockers Football}}</ref> during the 1970s.
Ditlev was selected in the 13th round of the 1974 NFL draft by the Philadelphia Eagles<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.footballdb.com/teams/nfl/philadelphia-eagles/draft/1974|title=1974 Philadelphia Eagles Draft|work=The Football Database|access-date=September 15, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/350345394/|title=Headlines being made after grid season|work=Rapid City Journal|location=Rapid City, South Dakota|date=February 2, 1974|access-date=September 15, 2024|page=10|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref> as a defensive end; he did not make the final roster.
Ditlev died on January 24, 2021, at the age of 69.<ref name="a" />
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